March 11th, 1878

Born on March 11th, 1878

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What happened on March 11th?

March 11th, 2020

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 virus epidemic a pandemic.

March 11th, 2012

U.S. Army soldier Robert Bales murdered sixteen civilians and wounded six others in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.

March 11th, 2011

A massive earthquake and tsunami struck northeastern Japan and triggered a nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.

March 11th, 2010

During the inauguration of Chilean president Sebastián Piñera, earthquakes registering 6.9 and 7.0 .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Mw struck the O'Higgins Region near the city of Pichilemu, causing widespread damage.

March 11th, 2009

A teenage gunman engaged in a shooting spree at a secondary school in Winnenden, Germany, killing 16, including himself.

March 11th, 2007

Georgian authorities accused Russia of orchestrating a helicopter attack in the Kodori Valley, in the breakaway territory of Abkhazia.

March 11th, 1999

Infosys became the first Indian-registered company to have its shares listed on Nasdaq.

March 11th, 1993

The U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed Janet Reno as the first female United States attorney general.

March 11th, 1984

The anime film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind by Hayao Miyazaki was released.

March 11th, 1978

After hijacking a bus north of Tel Aviv, Israel, members of the Palestine Liberation Organization faction Fatah engaged in a shootout with police, resulting in the deaths of 38 civilians and most of the perpetrators.

March 11th, 1888

The Great Blizzard of 1888 struck the northeastern United States, producing snowdrifts in excess of 50 ft (15 m) and confining some people to their houses for up to a week.

March 11th, 1864

The Great Sheffield Flood killed at least 240 people and damaged more than 600 homes, after a crack in the dam holding the Dale Dike Reservoir caused it to fail.

March 11th, 1851

The first performance of Verdi's Rigoletto took place at La Fenice in Venice (poster pictured).

March 11th, 1845

Māori forces, led by chiefs Te Ruki Kawiti and Hōne Heke, attacked the British settlement of Kororāreka, New Zealand, beginning the Flagstaff War.

March 11th, 1843

During a period of activity known as the Great Eruption, Eta Carinae (pictured) briefly became the second-brightest star in the night sky.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 11th

Same year
Born in 1878

81

Dorothea Douglass

English tennis and badminton player (1878–1960)

*September 3rd, 1878, Ealing †January 7th, 1960, Kensington

74

Joseph Stalin

Leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953

*December 18th, 1878, Gori †March 5th, 1953, Kuntsevo Dacha

86

Ernst Rodenwaldt

German racial hygienist, university teacher and military physician (1878-1965)

*August 5th, 1878, Berlin †June 4th, 1965, Ruhpolding

87

Marie-Elisabeth Lüders

German politician (1878–1966)

*June 25th, 1878, Berlin †March 23rd, 1966, West Berlin

87

Martin Buber

German Jewish Existentialist philosopher and theologian (1878–1965)

*February 8th, 1878, Vienna †June 13th, 1965, Jerusalem

64

Janusz Korczak

Polish-Jewish educator and physician (1878– 1942)

*July 22nd, 1878, Warsaw †August 7th, 1942, Treblinka extermination camp

89

Carl Sandburg

American writer and editor

*January 6th, 1878, Galesburg †July 22nd, 1967, Flat Rock

56

Erich Mühsam

German-Jewish anarchist writer (1878–1934)

*April 6th, 1878, Berlin †July 10th, 1934, Oranienburg concentration camp

78

Lucien Febvre

French historian (1878-1956)

*July 22nd, 1878, Nancy †September 11th, 1956, Saint-Amour

74

Ferenc Molnár

Hungarian-born dramatist and novelist (1878-1952)

*January 12th, 1878, Budapest †April 1st, 1952, New York City

51

Gustav Stresemann

German politician, statesman, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1878-1929)

*May 10th, 1878, Berlin †October 3rd, 1929, Berlin

87

Elizabeth Arden

Canadian American businesswoman

*December 31st, 1878, Woodbridge †October 18th, 1966, New York City

64

Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord

German general

*September 26th, 1878, Woldegk †April 25th, 1943, Berlin

51

Pierre Fatou

French mathematician and astronomer (1878–1929)

*February 28th, 1878, Lorient †August 9th, 1929, Pornichet

98

Eileen Gray

Irish architect and designer (1878-1976)

*August 9th, 1878, Enniscorthy †October 31st, 1976, 14th arrondissement of Paris

58

Antoine Védrenne

French rower (1878-1937)

*September 17th, 1878, Castillon-la-Bataille †January 13th, 1937, Castillon-la-Bataille

86

Selmar Aschheim

German gynecologist

*October 1st, 1878, Berlin †February 15th, 1965, Paris

65

Gordon Coates

New Zealand politician (1878–1943)

*February 3rd, 1878, Ruatuna †May 27th, 1943, Wellington

48

Albert Corey

French long distance runner (1878-1926)

*April 16th, 1878, Meursault †August 3rd, 1926, Paris

89

Lise Meitner

Austrian-Swedish physicist

*November 7th, 1878, Vienna †October 27th, 1968, Cambridge

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1878 is a normal year and no leap year.

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