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.
• 1784

  The signing of the Treaty of Mangalore brings the Second Anglo-Mysore War to an end.
• 1872

  The Meiji Japanese government officially annexes the Ryukyu Kingdom into what would become the Okinawa prefecture.
• 1917

  World War I: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.
• 1990

  Lithuania declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.
• 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.
• 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.

• 1890

  Vannevar Bush, American engineer and politician (d. 1974)
• 1928

  Albert Salmi, American actor (d. 1990)
• 1948

  Dominique Sanda, French actress
• 1950

  Bobby McFerrin, American singer
• 1957

  Lady Chablis, American entertainer
• 1958

  Jim Pinkerton, American pundit
• 1959

  Dejan Stojanović, Serbian-American poet
• 1970

  Delia Gallagher, American journalist
• 1980

  Dan Uggla, American baseball player
• 1980

  Paul Scharner, Austrian footballer

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