A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.
March 11: Day of the Week
March 11, 2024 was the 71st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 295 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Monday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is lunes.
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Here’s the March calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
March 11 Historical Event(s)
1702
The Daily Courant, England’s first national daily newspaper is published for the first time.
1867
The first performance of Don Carlos by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Paris.
1872
The Meiji Japanese government officially annexes the Ryukyu Kingdom into what would become the Okinawa prefecture.
1888
The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
1942
World War II: General Douglas MacArthur leaves Corregidor.
1990
Patricio Aylwin is sworn in as the first democratically elected President of Chile since 1970.
1993
Janet Reno is confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn in the next day, becoming the first female Attorney General of the United States.
1999
Infosys becomes the first Indian company listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
2006
Michelle Bachelet is inaugurated as first female president of Chile.
2011
An earthquake measuring 9.0 in magnitude strikes 130 km east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a tsunami killing thousands of people. This event also triggered the second largest nuclear accident in history, and one of only two events to be classified as a Level 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale.
Who were born on March 11?
1870
Louis Bachelier, French mathematician (d. 1946)
1936
Hollis Frampton, American filmmaker and theorist.
1956
D. J. MacHale, American author and television writer
1959
Nina Hartley, American porn star, author and feminist
1964
Emma Chambers, British actress
1964
Shane Richie, British actor
1966
Joe Hachem, Lebanese-born Australian poker player
1977
Becky Hammon, American basketball player
1978
Albert Luque, Spanish footballer
1985
Nikolai Topor-Stanley, Australian footballer
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