March 11th, 1897

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Born on March 11th, 1897 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on March 11th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on March 11th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (March 1897)

Born on March 11th, 1897

Weekday

Thursday

March 11th, 1897 was a Thursday.

Age

127

People born on March 11th, 1897 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 127 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♓

Pisces (The Fish)

February 20th, 1897 - March 20th, 1897

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 46,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 567 days, exactly on November 15th, 2025, people who were born on March 11th, 1897 will be 47,000 days old!

46,433 Days

6,633 Weeks

1,525 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on March 11th?

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 of 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 country's first female 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 Dale Dike Reservoir (pictured) caused it to fail.

March 11th, 1851

Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi's opera Rigoletto premiered at La Fenice in Venice.

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.

March 11th, 1708

Queen Anne withheld royal assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, in the most recent veto by a British monarch of a bill that had been passed by Parliament.

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

Born on March 11th, 1897

Henry Cowell

American composer, music theorist, pianist, teacher, publisher, and impresario (1897-1965)

*March 11th, 1897, Menlo Park †December 10th, 1965, New York City

Johann Raithel

German general and Knight's Cross recipient (1897-1961)

*March 11th, 1897, Munich †January 29th, 1961, Hamburg

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 11th?

Otto Grotewohl

German politician (1894–1964)

*March 11th, 1894, Brunswick †September 21st, 1964, East Berlin

Virgil Soeroredjo

Badminton player

*March 11th, 1985, Paramaribo

Douglas Adams

English author and humourist (1952–2001)

*March 11th, 1952, Cambridge †May 11th, 2001, Santa Barbara

Li Yinhui

Chinese badminton player

*March 11th, 1997, Wuhan

Sasha Alex Sloan

American singer-songwriter

*March 11th, 1995, Boston

Didier Drogba

Ivorian and French association football player

*March 11th, 1978, Abidjan

Elme de Villiers

Badminton player

*March 11th, 1993, Kroonstad

Paul Müller

Swiss actor (1923-2016)

*March 11th, 1923, Neuchâtel †September 2nd, 2016, Tivoli

Rupert Murdoch

Australian-born American media mogul (born 1931)

*March 11th, 1931, Melbourne

Bernd Fischerauer

Austrian director, screenwriter and author

*March 11th, 1943, Graz †May 14th, 2017, Munich

Wendy Clarkson

Badminton player

*March 11th, 1956, Glasgow

Harold Wilson

British politician

*March 11th, 1916, Huddersfield †May 24th, 1995, London

Dorothy Gish

American actress (1898–1968)

*March 11th, 1898, Dayton †June 4th, 1968, Rapallo

Shen Ye

Chinese badminton player

*March 11th, 1987, Changzhou

Ksenia Polikarpova

Russian-Israeli badminton player

*March 11th, 1990, Saint Petersburg

Paula Pereira

Badminton player

*March 11th, 1988, Rio de Janeiro

Bobby McFerrin

American jazz vocalista and composer

*March 11th, 1950, Manhattan

Peer Schmidt

German actor and voice actor

*March 11th, 1926, Erfurt †May 8th, 2010, Berlin

Vannevar Bush

American electrical engineer and science administrator (1890–1974)

*March 11th, 1890, Everett †June 28th, 1974, Belmont

Einar Uvsløkk

*March 11th, 1985, Trondheim

Same year
Born in 1897

Dirk Stikker

Politician and badminton player (1897-1979)

*February 5th, 1897, Winschoten †December 23rd, 1979, Wassenaar

William Faulkner

American writer (1897–1962)

*September 25th, 1897, New Albany †July 6th, 1962, Byhalia

Pierre Loeb

French Jewish galerist and art dealer persecuted by Nazis (1897-1964)

*September 24th, 1897, Paris †May 4th, 1964

Amelia Earhart

American aviation pioneer and author

*July 24th, 1897, Atchison †January 5th, 1939, Howland Island

Ludwig Erhard

Chancellor of West Germany (1963–1966)

*February 4th, 1897, Fürth †May 5th, 1977, Bonn

Paavo Nurmi

Finnish middle and long distance runner (1897-1973)

*June 13th, 1897, Turku †October 2nd, 1973, Helsinki

Paul VI

Head of the Catholic Church from 1963 to 1978

*September 26th, 1897, Concesio †August 6th, 1978, Castel Gandolfo

Irène Joliot-Curie

French scientist (1897-1956)

*September 12th, 1897, 13th arrondissement of Paris †March 17th, 1956, Paris

Georges Bataille

French intellectual and literary figure

*September 10th, 1897, Billom †July 9th, 1962, Paris

Joseph Goebbels

Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)

*October 29th, 1897, Rheydt †May 1st, 1945, Berlin

Marian Anderson

African-American contralto (1897–1993)

*February 21st, 1897, Philadelphia †April 8th, 1993, Portland

Judith Anderson

Australian stage and screen actress (1897–1992)

*February 10th, 1897, Adelaide †January 3rd, 1992, Santa Barbara

Kate O'Brien

Irish novelist, playwright and activist

*December 3rd, 1897, Limerick †August 13th, 1974, Canterbury

Viola Dana

Actress (1897-1987)

*June 26th, 1897, Brooklyn †July 3rd, 1987, Woodland Hills

Thornton Wilder

American playwright and novelist (1897–1975)

*April 17th, 1897, Madison †December 7th, 1975, Hamden

Alfredo Bracchi

Italian writer and actor (1897-1976)

*December 30th, 1897, Milan †October 11th, 1976, Milan

Frank Capra

Italian-born American film director (1897–1991)

*May 18th, 1897, Bisacquino †September 3rd, 1991, La Quinta

Lester B. Pearson

14th Prime Minister of Canada, from 1963 to 1968

*April 23rd, 1897, Toronto †December 27th, 1972, Ottawa

Everett Bradley

American pentathlete

*May 19th, 1897, Cedar Rapids †July 25th, 1969, Wichita

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Mary Ellis

American opera singer (1897–2003)

*June 15th, 1897, New York City †January 30th, 2003, London

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on March 11th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on March 11th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XI.III.MDCCCXCVII

11.3.1897

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

XC = 90

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1897 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
March 1897

March 1897

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March 11th, 1897

Born on March 11th, 1897

Weekday

Thursday

Age

Zodiac

♓

Pisces (The Fish)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 46,000 days old!

46,433 Days

6,633 Weeks

1,525 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on March 11th?

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

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

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.

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

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

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

The U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed Janet Reno as the country's first female attorney general.

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

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.

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.

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

Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi's opera Rigoletto premiered at La Fenice in Venice.

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

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

Queen Anne withheld royal assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, in the most recent veto by a British monarch of a bill that had been passed by Parliament.

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

Born on March 11th, 1897

American composer, music theorist, pianist, teacher, publisher, and impresario (1897-1965)

German general and Knight's Cross recipient (1897-1961)

Same Day Who's birthday is on March 11th?

Same year Born in 1897

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on March 11th

Alberta of Agen

Constantine

Óengus of Tallaght

Sophronius of Jerusalem

Vindicianus

Day of Restoration of Independence from the Soviet Union in 1990 (Lithuania)

Moshoeshoe Day (Lesotho)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

11.3.1897

Legend

Leap year

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March 1897

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 46,000 days old!

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

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 11th?

Same year
Born in 1897

Calendar
March 1897

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
9	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
10	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
11	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
12	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
13	29	30	31