March 11th, 1879

Born on March 11th, 1879

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What happened on March 11th, 1879?

March 11th, 1879

Shō Tai formally abdicates his position of King of Ryūkyū, under orders from Tokyo, ending the Ryukyu Kingdom.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shō_Tai

What else 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.

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

Same year
Born in 1879

76

Albert Einstein

German-born theoretical physicist; developer of the theory of relativity (1879–1955)

*March 14th, 1879, Ulm †April 18th, 1955, Princeton

60

Leon Trotsky

Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879–1940)

*October 26th, 1879, Bereslavka †August 21st, 1940, Coyoacán

77

Frieda Lawrence

German writer

*August 11th, 1879, Metz †August 11th, 1956, Taos

66

Alla Nazimova

Russian-American actress, screenwriter and producer (1879–1945)

*June 3rd, 1879, Yalta †July 13th, 1945, Los Angeles

84

Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor

First female Member of Parliament to take her seat (1879-1964)

*May 19th, 1879, Danville †May 2nd, 1964, Grimsthorpe Castle

63

Jean Gilbert

German composer and conductor

*February 11th, 1879, Hamburg †December 20th, 1942, Buenos Aires

80

Max von Laue

German physicist, Nobel laureate and anti-Nazi

*October 9th, 1879, Koblenz †April 24th, 1960, West Berlin

92

Rudolf Friml

Czech composer (1879–1972)

*December 7th, 1879, Prague †November 12th, 1972, Hollywood

52

Vachel Lindsay

American poet

*November 10th, 1879, Springfield †December 5th, 1931, Springfield

67

Eduardo Marquina

Spanish writer (1879-1946)

*January 21st, 1879, Barcelona †November 21st, 1946, New York City

78

Natanael Berg

Swedish composer (1879-1957)

*February 9th, 1879, Stockholm †October 14th, 1957, Stockholm

79

Owen Willans Richardson

British physicist (1879-1959)

*April 26th, 1879, Dewsbury †February 15th, 1959, Alton

84

Hermann Barrelet

French rower

*September 25th, 1879, Neuchâtel †September 24th, 1964

82

Mazo de la Roche

Canadian writer (1879-1961)

*January 15th, 1879, Newmarket †July 12th, 1961, Toronto

47

Emperor Taishō

Emperor of Japan from 1912 until 1926

*August 31st, 1879, Akasaka Estate †December 25th, 1926, Hayama Imperial Villa

80

Jack Norworth

American songwriter, singer and vaudeville performer (1879-1959)

*January 5th, 1879, Philadelphia †September 1st, 1959, Laguna Beach

85

Louis Prével

French rower (1879-1964)

*January 29th, 1879, Nice †November 26th, 1964, Nice

64

Adolf Altmann

Holocaust victim

*September 8th, 1879, Huncovce †June 1st, 1944, Auschwitz

72

Charles Montier

Racing driver, engineer, and entrepreneur (1879-1952)

*June 28th, 1879, Naples †June 18th, 1952, Asnières-sur-Seine

66

Charles Delestraint

French general (1879-1945)

*March 12th, 1879, Biache-Saint-Vaast †April 19th, 1945, Dachau concentration camp

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1879 is a normal year and no leap year.

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