What Day of the Week

March 11, 2020 was the 71^st day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 295 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mercredi.

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Here’s the March calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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.

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• 222

  Emperor Elagabalus is assassinated, along with his mother, Julia Soaemias, by the Praetorian Guard during a revolt. Their mutilated bodies are dragged through the streets of Rome before being thrown into the Tiber.
• 1387

  Battle of Castagnaro: English condottiero Sir John Hawkwood leads Padova to victory in a factional clash with Verona.
• 1708

  Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation.
• 1824

  The United States Department of War creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
• 1864

  The Great Sheffield Flood: The largest man-made disaster ever to befall England kills over 250 people in Sheffield.
• 1917

  World War I: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.
• 1978

  Coastal Road massacre: At least 37 are killed and more than 70 are wounded when Al Fatah hijack an Israeli bus, prompting Israel’s Operation Litani.
• 1985

  Mikhail Gorbachev becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
• 1999

  Infosys becomes the first Indian company listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
• 2009

  Seventeen are killed in a shooting at a school in Germany.

• 1920

  Nicolaas Bloembergen, Dutch physicist, Nobel laureate
• 1936

  Antonin Scalia, American Supreme Court Justice
• 1936

  Hollis Frampton, American filmmaker and theorist.
• 1950

  Bobby McFerrin, American singer
• 1953

  László Bölöni, Romanian football player and manager
• 1974

  Kate Brian, American author
• 1975

  Eric the Midget, American radio personality
• 1975

  Shawn Springs, American football player
• 1986

  Mariko Shinoda, Japanese actress (AKB48)
• 1991

  Jack Rodwell, English footballer

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