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11 March, 2006
Michelle Bachelet is inaugurated as first female president of Chile.
11 March, 2004
11 March 2004 Madrid train bombings: Simultaneous explosions on rush hour trains in Madrid (Spain) kill 192 people.
11 March, 2003
The International Criminal Court holds its inaugural session in The Hague.
11 March, 1999
Infosys becomes the first Indian company listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
11 March, 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 Japans history.
11 March, 1996
The EU Database Directive is passed.
11 March, 1996
John Winston Howard becomes the 25th Prime Minister of Australia. His term in office is the second longest in Australian history, ending on December 3, 2007.
11 March, 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.
11 March, 1991
A curfew is imposed on black townships in South Africa after fighting between rival political gangs kills 49.
11 March, 1990
Lithuania declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.
11 March, 1990
Patricio Aylwin is sworn-in as the first democratically elected Chilean president since 1970.
11 March, 1988
Iran-Iraq War: Iran and Iraq agree to stop attacking civilian centers.
11 March, 1985
Mikhail Gorbachev becomes the Soviet Unions leader.
11 March, 1978
Nine Palestinian Al Fatah guerrillas 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 in Operation Litani.
11 March, 1977
The 1977 Hanafi Muslim Siege: more than 130 hostages held in Washington, D.C., by Hanafi Muslims are set free after ambassadors from three Islamic nations join negotiations.
11 March, 1966
Supersemar: President Sukarno of Indonesia is forced to give up his executive power.
11 March, 1966
A fire at two ski resorts in Numata, Japan kills 31 people.
11 March, 1945
World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy attempts a large-scale kamikaze attack on the U.S. Pacific fleet anchored at Ulithi atoll in Operation Tan No. 2.
11 March, 1942
World War II: General Douglas MacArthur abandons Corregidor.
11 March, 1941
World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan.
11 March, 1936
British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin pardons five convicted Irish militants who promise to join growing conflict with Germany.
11 March, 1931
Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR, abbreviated as GTO, is introduced in the Soviet Union.
11 March, 1927
In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre.
11 March, 1918
Bolshevist Russia moves the national capital from Petrograd to Moscow.
11 March, 1918
First confirmed cases of the Spanish Flu are observed at Fort Riley, Kansas.
11 March, 1917
World War I: Baghdad falls to the Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.
11 March, 1912
Eleftherios Venizelos, leader of the Liberal Party, wins the Greek elections again.
11 March, 1900
Second Boer War: Boer leader Paul Krugers peace overtures are rejected by Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Lord Salisbury.
11 March, 1897
A meteorite enters the earths atmosphere and explodes over New Martinsville, West Virginia. The debris causes damage but no human injuries are reported.
11 March, 1888
The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
11 March, 1872
Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
11 March, 1872
The Meiji Japanese government officially annexes the Ryukyu Kingdom into what would become the Okinawa prefecture.
11 March, 1867
The first performance of Don Carlos written by Verdi.
11 March, 1864
The Great Sheffield Flood: The largest man-made disaster ever to befall England kills over 250 people in Sheffield.
11 March, 1861
American Civil War: The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is adopted.
11 March, 1851
The first performance of Rigoletto, written by Verdi.
11 March, 1848
Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine and Robert Baldwin become the first Prime Ministers of the Province of Canada to be democratically elected under a system of responsible government.
11 March, 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.
11 March, 1845
British baker Henry Jones invents self-raising flour.
11 March, 1824
The United States War Department creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
11 March, 1801
Paul I of Russia is assassinated, leading the way for his son Alexander I to accede the throne.
11 March, 1779
Army Corps of Engineers for the United States is authorized by Congress.
11 March, 1708
Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation.
11 March, 1702
The first regular English language newspaper, The Daily Courant, is published in London, England.
11 March, 1649
The Frondeurs (rebels) and the French government sign the Peace of Rueil.
11 March, 1387
The Battle of Castagnaro begins.
11 March, 928
Trpimir II succeeds to the Croatian throne.

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