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2005-03-11

On this day in History - Mar. 11

  • 222 - Roman emperor Heliogabalus (b. c. 203) and his mother Julia Soaemias (b. 180), die, killed by the Praetorian Guard .
  • 1482 - Tomás Torquemada es nombrado Inquisidor de España.
  • 1502 - Persia: Ismail I Safi funda la dinastía safaví.
  • 1513 - Leo X is elected Pope.
  • 1514 - Muere el arquitecto Bramante.
  • 1526 - Carlos I de España contrae matrimonio en Sevilla con Isabel de Portugal.
  • 1537 - Fernão Mendes Pinto partiu para a Índia
  • 1539 - Os reis de Portugal e do Guzurate assinaram um contrato de paz .
  • 1542 - Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, primer gobernador de nombramiento real de Asunción, hace su entrada en esta ciudad.
  • 1544 - Torquato Tasso, was born, Italian poet (d. 1595) .
  • 1560 - Colocación de la primera piedra de la catedral de Cuzco (Perú).
  • 1596 - Isaac Elsevier was born publisher.
  • 1649 - The Frondeurs (rebels) and the French government sign the Peace of Rueil.
  • 1702 - The first regular English-language newspaper, The Daily Courant, is published in London.
  • 1754 - Nace el escritor Meléndez Valdés.
  • 1769 - Por ordem de D. José I, a praça de Mazagão, em Marrocos, é abandonada sendo a sua população transferida para o Brasil em Setembro seguinte, onde funda a Vila Nova de Mazagão, na Amazónia.
  • 1778 - Tratado do Pardo, que põe termo à Guerra existente na América do Sul, entre Portugal e a Espanha. Portugal cede as ilhas de Fernão Pó e Ano Bom.
  • 1785 - John McLean, was born, U.S. Supreme Court justice (d. 1861) .
  • 1810 - O imperador francês, Napoleão Bonaparte, casou com Maria Luisa, arquiduquesa da Áustria.
  • 1811 - Nace Urbain Jean Joseph le Verrier, co-descubridor de Neptuno.
  • 1821 - Assassinato do Czar Paulo I da Rússia.
  • 1842 - Nace Leandro N. Alem, caudillo radical, jurisconsulto, legislador y diplomático argentino.
  • 1845 - The Flagstaff War: In New Zealand, Chiefs Hone Heke and Kawiti lead 700 Maoris to chop down the British flagpole and drive settlers out of the British colonial settlement of Kororareka because of breaches of the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi.
  • 1847 - Johnny Appleseed, dies, pioneer, agronomist, (b. 1774) .
  • 1851 - Estreia da ópera Rigolleto de Verdi, no Teatro La Fenice, de Veneza.
  • 1864 - The Great Sheffield Flood: The largest man-made disaster ever to befall England kills over 250 people in Sheffield.
  • 1888 - The Great Blizzard of '88 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
  • 1897- A meteorite enters the earth's atmosphere and explodes over New Martinsville, West Virginia. The debris causes damage but no human injuries are reported.
  • 1900 - Boer War: Boer leader Paul Kruger's peace overtures are rejected by Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Lord Salisbury.
  • 1867 - hace erupción en volcán Great Mauna Loa, en Hawaii.
  • 1867 - Se estrena la ópera "Don Carlos", de Verdi, en París.
  • 1870 - August Leopold Crelle, matemático alemão.
  • 1871 - Como consecuencia de la epidemia de fiebre amarilla, se habilita en Buenos Aires el cementerio de la Chacarita.
  • 1876 - Carl Ruggles, composer (d. 1971) .
  • 1885 - Malcolm Campbell, was born, Grand Prix race car driver (d. 1948) .
  • 1890 - Vannevar Bush, was born, engineer and politician (d. 1974) .
  • 1890 - Nace Vannevar Bush, desarrollador.
  • 1892 - Raoul Walsh, was born, film director (d. 1980) .
  • 1898 - Dorothy Gish, was born, actress (d. 1968) .
  • 1899 - King Frederick IX of Denmark was born, (d. 1972).
  • 1903 - Lawrence Welk,was born, Champagne musicmaker (d. 1992) .
  • 1903 - Ronald Syme, was born, classicist and historian (d. 1989) .
  • 1907 - Helmut von Moltke,was born, jurist (d. 1945) .
  • 1908 - Revd Benjamin Waugh, dies, social reformer, founder of NSPCC, (b. 1839) .
  • 1910 - Robert Havemann, was born, chemist (d. 1982).
  • 1911 - Por primera vez se eleva un aeroplano en el aeródromo de Cuatro vientos (Madrid).
  • 1914 - Una sufragista daña el cuadro de Velázquez "La Venus del espejo" de la National Gallery.
  • 1915 - Revolución de México. Zapata y sus hombres entran en la capital azteca, de la que huye el general Obregón.
  • 1915 - Hans Peter Keller, was born, writer (d. 1988) .
  • 1915 - Karl Krolow, was born , German lyricist and essayist (d. 21 Jun 1999).
  • 1917 - Baghdad falls to the Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Maude.
  • 1918 - O governo dirigido por Sidónio Pais decreta o sufrágio universal, ao permitir o voto aos iletrados do sexo masculino. As restrições ao voto serão restabelecidas após a queda do Sidonismo.
  • 1919 - Mercer Ellington, was born, musician, composer (d. 1996).
  • 1920 - Julio Garavito Armero, dies, Colombian astronomer (b. 1865) .
  • 1921 - Astor Piazzolla, was born in Mar del Plata, Argentina, tango composer (d. 1992).
  • 1922 - Nacimiento de José Luis López Vázquez, actor.
  • 1926 - Eamon de Valera funda na Irlanda o partido Fianna Fail.
  • 1927 - Joachim Fuchsberger, was born, actor .
  • 1930 - Em Lisboa, foi fundada a Casa do Algarve .
  • 1931 - El boxeador español de los pesos pesados Paulino Uzcudum vence por K.O. al californiano Kennedy.
  • 1931 - F.W. Murnau, dies, director, (b. 1888).
  • 1931 - Rupert Murdoch, was born, publisher, entrepreneur .
  • 1934 - Sam Donaldson, was born, reporter .
  • 1936 - Reverend Ralph Abernathy, was born, civil rights leader (d. 1990) .
  • 1936 - Antonin Scalia, was born, associate justice of the United States Supreme Court .
  • 1936 - British Prime Minister pardons five convicted Irish militants who promise to join growing conflict with Germany.
  • 1940 - Nace Alberto Cortez, cantante argentino.
  • 1941 - World War II: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan.
  • 1942 - World War II: General Douglas MacArthur abandons Corregidor.
  • 1942 - Durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, o presidente Getulio Vargas decreta o confisco de bens de imigrantes alemães e italianos no Brasil.
  • 1948 - Dominique Sanda, was born, actress.
  • 1950 - Bobby McFerrin, was born, singer.
  • 1950 - Jerry Zucker, was born, producer, director, writer.
  • 1950 - Bobby McFerrin was born (singer) .
  • 1952 - Douglas Adams, was born, science fiction/comedy novelist (d. 2001).
  • 1954 - Nascimento de Tetê Espíndola (Terezinha Maria Miranda Espíndola), em Campo Grande - MS (veja o site oficial), cantora da MPB.
  • 1955 - Morte de Alexander Fleming, grande cientista escocês e gênio da humanidade, em Londres-Inglaterra, no ano de 1955 (conheçam a Descoberta de Penicilina).
  • 1955 - Nina Hagen, was born, singer.
  • 1955 - Alexander Fleming, biologist (b. 1881) .
  • 1957 - Admiral Richard E. Byrd, dies, explorer, (b. 1888).
  • 1957 - Se establece la colonia Esperanza, en la provincia de Santa Fe.
  • 1959 - In Cannes, France, Teddy Scholten wins the fourth Eurovision Song Contest for the Netherlands singing "Een beetje" (A little bit).
  • 1960 - Lanzamiento del cohete estadounidense Pioner V con el objetivo de llegar a Venus en cuatro meses.
  • 1960 - Roy Chapman Andrews, naturalista, zoólogo, cientista, explorador e escritor estadunidense (n. 1884).
  • 1964 - Shane Richie, was born, British actor.
  • 1964 - Raúl Leoni asume la Presidencia de Venezuela en sustitución de Rómulo Betancourt.
  • 1965 - Lawrence Llewelyn-Bowen, was born, British television presenter.
  • 1965 - Violencia racista en Alabama (EEUU). Asesinato de un reverendo.
  • 1966 - President Sukarno of Indonesia was forced to give up his executive power .
  • 1967 - Pink Floyd presenta su primera canción.
  • 1967 - Geraldine Farrar, dies, American soprano (b. 1882) .
  • 1968 - Lisa Loeb, was born, singer.
  • 1969 - John Wyndham, dies, author, (b. 1903) .
  • 1969 - Rafael Caldera toma posesión de la Presidencia de Venezuela.
  • 1970 - O Cônsul-Geral japonês em São Paulo, Nobuo Okuchi, é seqüestrado por revolucionários brasileiros.
  • 1970 - Erle Stanley Gardner, dies, novelist, (b. 1889) .
  • 1971 - Philo T. Farnsworth, dies, television pioneer, (b. 1906) .
  • 1971 - Johnny Knoxville, was born ("Jackass"), television personality.
  • 1972 - Frederick Brown, dies (b. 1906), sci-fi author (Martians Go Home).
  • 1973 - El partido peronista obtiene casi el cincuenta por ciento de los votos en las elecciones argentinas.
  • 1973 - Hector J. Campora vence a primeira eleição presidencial ocorrida na Argentina desde 1965.
  • 1973 - Los franceses dan la victoria a los partidarios del general Charles de Gaulle.
  • 1975 - Presumível tentativa de golpe de Estado de oficiais afectos ao general Spínola. A derrota deste grupo vai radicalizar a acção política do MFA, levando à política de nacionalizações e da reforma agrária, à institucionalização do MFA e à criação do Conselho da Revolução.
  • 1975 - Acusado de una supuesta conjura militar, el general portugués Spinola busca refugio político en Brasil.
  • 1977 - El Gobierno Español, presidido por Adolfo Suárez, aprueba una amnistía total.
  • 1978 - El Gobierno decide el ingreso de España en la OTAN.
  • 1978 - Morreu o escritor e historiador português Francisco Oliveira Martins.
  • 1978 - Nine Palestinian Al Fatah guerillas hijack a bus in Israel, killing 34 civilians and wounding 70 before being killed by security forces. The Israelis retaliate by invading southern Lebanon three days later, under codename Operation Litani.
  • 1979 - Benji Madden, was born, ("Good Charlotte"), band .
  • 1979 - Joel Madden, was born, ("Good Charlotte"), band .
  • 1980 - Muere el director de orquesta, violinista y compositor popular argentino Julio De Caro.
  • 1981 - Augusto Pinochet inicia um mandato de oito anos como presidente do Chile.
  • 1981 - David Anders, was born, actor.
  • 1981 - Lee Evans, was born, American football player .
  • 1982 - Thora Birch, was born, actress .
  • 1985 - Mikhail Gorbachev becomes Soviet leader.
  • 1986 - se cumplen 1.000.000 de días desde la fundación tradicional de Roma, el 21 de abril del 753 A.deC.
  • 1989 - Veinticuatro jefes de Estado firman la Declaración de La Haya para crear, dentro de la ONU, una autoridad mundial que proteja el medio ambiente.
  • 1990 - Patricio Aylwin asume la presidencia de Chile y pone fin a dieciséis años de dictadura militar.
  • 1990 - Lithuania declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.
  • 1990 - Patricio Aylwin is sworn-in as the first democratically elected Chilean president since 1973.
  • 1991 - A curfew is imposed on black townships in South Africa after fighting between rival political gangs kills 49.
  • 1993 - A Coréia do Norte retira-se do Tratado de Não-Proliferação Nuclear. O país se recusa a permitir a inspeção de sua produção de armas nucleares por oficiais Ocidentais.
  • 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.
  • 1993 - Manuel da Fonseca, escritor português.
  • 1994 - Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, seguindo os passos de seu pai, toma posse na Presidência da República do Chile, substituindo Patrício Aylvin, primeiro líder da redemocratização do país.
  • 1994 - El democristiano Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle accede a la presidencia de Chile.
  • 1996 - John Howard comes to power as the twenty-fifth Prime Minister of Australia.
  • 1997 - An explosion at a nuclear waste reprocessing plant in Japan exposes 35 workers to low-level radioactive contamination in the worst nuclear accident in Japan's history.
  • 1997 - O músico e ex- Beatle Paul McCartney recebe o título de Cavaleiro do Império Britânico da rainha Elizabete II.
  • 1998 - Pinochet jura como senador y provoca una escalada de violencia .
  • 1999 - Infosys becomes the first Indian company listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
  • 2002 - James Tobin, dies, economist, (b. 1918) .
  • 2003 - The International Criminal Court is founded in The Hague.
  • 2004 - Simultaneous explosions on rush hour trains in Madrid kill 191 people.
  • 2004 - Atentado em Madrid -Espanha no ano de 2004, contra trens de passageiros, que deixaram mais de 190 mortos e cerca de 1500 feridos.


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