March 11 in History

Historical Events on March 11

1845 Flagstaff War: Unhappy with translational differences regarding the Treaty of Waitangi, chiefs Hone Heke, Kawiti and Māori tribe members chop down the British flagpole for a fourth time and drive settlers out of Kororareka, New Zealand.

1861 American Civil War: The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is adopted.

1917 World War I: Mesopotamian campaign: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.

1918 The first case of Spanish flu occurs, the start of a devastating worldwide pandemic.

1946 Rudolf Höss, the first commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, is captured by British troops.

2006 Michelle Bachelet is inaugurated as first female president of Chile.

2007 Georgia claims Russian helicopters attacked the Kodori Valley in Abkhazia, an accusation that Russia categorically denies later.

2010 Economist and businessman Sebastián Piñera is sworn in as President of Chile, while three earthquakes, the strongest measuring magnitude 6.9 and all centered next to Pichilemu, capital of Cardenal Caro province, hit central Chile during the ceremony.

2011 An earthquake measuring 9.0 in magnitude strikes 130 km (81 mi) 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.

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Famous Birthdays on March 11

1916 Harold Wilson

1931 Rupert Murdoch

1936 Antonin Scalia

1978 Didier Drogba

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Famous Deaths on March 11

222 Elagabalus

1874 Charles Sumner

1957 Richard E. Byrd

2006 Slobodan Milošević

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