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Historical Events on March 11

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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.
1641
Guaraní forces living in the Jesuit reductions defeat bandeirantes loyal to the Portuguese Empire at the Battle of Mbororé in present-day Panambí, Argentina.
1649
The Frondeurs and the French sign the Peace of Rueil.
1702
The Daily Courant, England's first national daily newspaper is published for the first time.
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.
1811
During André Masséna's retreat from the Lines of Torres Vedras, a division led by French Marshal Michel Ney fights off a combined Anglo-Portuguese force to give Masséna time to escape.
1824
The United States Department of War creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
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.
1848
Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine and Robert Baldwin become the first Prime Ministers of the Province of Canada to be democratically elected under a system of responsible government.
1851
The first performance of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Venice.
1861
American Civil War: The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is adopted.
1864
The Great Sheffield Flood kills 238 people in Sheffield, England.
1872
Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
1879
Shō Tai formally abdicated his position of King of Ryūkyū, under orders from Tokyo, ending the Ryukyu Kingdom.
1888
The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
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.
1927
In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre.
1931
Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR, abbreviated as GTO, is introduced in the Soviet Union.
1941
World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan.
1945
World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy attempts a large-scale kamikaze attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet anchored at Ulithi atoll in Operation Tan No. 2.
1945
World War II: The Empire of Vietnam, a short-lived Japanese puppet state, is established with Bảo Đại as its ruler.
1946
Rudolf Höss, the first commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, is captured by British troops.
1975
Vietnam War: North Vietnamese and Viet Cong guerrilla forces establish control over Buôn Ma Thuột commune from the South Vietnamese army.
1977
The 1977 Hanafi Siege: More than 130 hostages held in Washington, D.C., by Hanafi Muslims are set free after ambassadors from three Islamic nations join negotiations.
1978
Coastal Road massacre: At least 37 are killed and more than 70 are wounded when Fatah hijack an Israeli bus, prompting Israel's Operation Litani.
1983
Pakistan successfully conducts a cold test of a nuclear weapon.
1990
Lithuania declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.
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.
2004
Madrid train bombings: Simultaneous explosions on rush hour trains in Madrid, Spain, kill 192 people.
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.
2009
Winnenden school shooting: Sixteen are killed and 11 are injured before recent-graduate Tim Kretschmer shoots and kills himself, leading to tightened weapons restrictions in Germany.
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.
2012
A U.S. soldier kills 16 civilians in the Panjwayi District of Afghanistan near Kandahar.
2016
At least 21 people are killed by flooding and mudslides in and around São Paulo, Brazil, following heavy rain.

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