All Events

Historical Events on March 11

  • American Civil War

    1861

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

  • World War I

    1917

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

  • 1918 flu pandemic

    1918

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

  • World War II

    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.

  • Vietnam War

    1975

    Vietnam War: North Vietnamese and Viet Cong guerrilla forces establish control over Buôn Ma Thuột commune from the South Vietnamese army.

  • Pakistan

    1983

    Pakistan successfully conducts a cold test of a nuclear weapon.

  • Michelle Bachelet

    2006

    Michelle Bachelet is inaugurated as first female president of Chile.

  • Georgia (country)

    2007

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

  • 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami

    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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