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  • Italy
    Friday Mar 11, 1796
    Napoleon

    Bonaparte left Paris to take command of the Army of Italy

    Italy
    Friday Mar 11, 1796

    Two days after the marriage, Bonaparte left Paris to take command of the Army of Italy.




  • Augustinian Church, Vienna, Austria
    Sunday Mar 11, 1810
    Napoleon

    Napoleon married Marie Louise

    Augustinian Church, Vienna, Austria
    Sunday Mar 11, 1810

    Napoleon married the Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma, daughter of Francis II on March 11, 1810 at the Augustinian Church, Vienna, who was 18 years old at the time.




  • Springfield, Illinois, U.S.
    Wednesday Mar 11, 1846
    Abraham Lincoln

    Edward Baker Lincoln

    Springfield, Illinois, U.S.
    Wednesday Mar 11, 1846

    Edward Baker Lincoln (Eddie), born in 1846, died February 1, 1850, probably of tuberculosis.




  • Switzerland
    Thursday Mar 11, 1847
    Revolutions of 1848

    Sonderbund War

    Switzerland
    Thursday Mar 11, 1847

    The Sonderbund War of November 1847 was a civil war in Switzerland, then still a relatively loose confederacy of cantons.




  • U.S.
    Tuesday Mar 11, 1862
    Abraham Lincoln

    Lincoln removed McClellan

    U.S.
    Tuesday Mar 11, 1862

    In 1862 Lincoln removed McClellan for the general's continued inaction. He elevated Henry Halleck in July and appointed John Pope as head of the new Army of Virginia.




  • Ireland
    Friday Mar 11, 1921
    Irish War of Independence

    State of war with England

    Ireland
    Friday Mar 11, 1921

    on 11 March, Dáil Éireann President Éamon de Valera called for acceptance of a "state of war with England". The Dail voted unanimously to empower him to declare war whenever he saw fit, but he did not formally do so.




  • Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
    Tuesday Mar 11, 1930
    Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

    The famous Salt March

    Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
    Tuesday Mar 11, 1930

    This (Gandhi's letter to the viceroy of India) was highlighted by the famous Salt March to Dandi from 12 March to 6 April, where, together with 78 volunteers, he marched 388 kilometres (241 mi) from Ahmedabad to Dandi, Gujarat to make salt himself, with the declared intention of breaking the salt laws. Thousands of Indians joined him on this march to the sea. The march took 25 days to cover 240 miles with Gandhi speaking to often huge crowds along the way.


  • U.S.
    Tuesday Mar 11, 1941
    Winston Churchill

    Lend-Lease

    U.S.
    Tuesday Mar 11, 1941

    It was for this reason that Churchill was relieved when Roosevelt was re-elected in 1940. Upon re-election, Roosevelt set about implementing a new method of providing necessities to Great Britain without the need for monetary payment. He persuaded Congress that repayment for this immensely costly service would take the form of defending the US. The policy was known as Lend-Lease and it was formally enacted on 11 March 1941.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Tuesday Mar 11, 1941
    World War II

    Lend-Lease

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Tuesday Mar 11, 1941

    Roosevelt promoted Lend-Lease programmes of aid to support the British war effort.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Friday Mar 11, 1955
    World Bank

    Economic Development Institute

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Friday Mar 11, 1955

    The World Bank Institute (WBI) was a "global connector of knowledge, learning and innovation for poverty reduction". It aimed to inspire change agents and prepare them with essential tools that can help achieve development results. WBI had four major strategies to approach development problems: innovation for development, knowledge exchange, leadership and coalition building, and structured learning. World Bank Institute (WBI) was formerly known as Economic Development Institute (EDI), established on 11 March 1955 with the support of the Rockefeller and Ford Foundations.


  • Qanat-e Malek, Kerman Province, Iran
    Monday Mar 11, 1957
    Qasem Soleimani

    Birth

    Qanat-e Malek, Kerman Province, Iran
    Monday Mar 11, 1957

    Soleimani was born on 11 March 1957, in the village of Qanat-e Malek, Kerman Province.


  • Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Tuesday Mar 11, 1958
    Pope Francis

    Society of Jesus

    Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Tuesday Mar 11, 1958

    Bergoglio studied at the archdiocesan seminary, Inmaculada Concepción Seminary, in Villa Devoto, Buenos Aires, and, after three years, entered the Society of Jesus as a novice on 11 March 1958.


  • Vienna, Austria
    Saturday Mar 11, 1972
    1973 oil crisis

    OPEC threatens "appropriate sanctions"

    Vienna, Austria
    Saturday Mar 11, 1972

    OPEC threatens "appropriate sanctions" against companies that "fail to comply with . . . any action taken by a Member Country in accordance with [OPEC] decisions."


  • South Vietnam
    Tuesday Mar 11, 1975
    Vietnam War

    The ARVN proved incapable of resisting the onslaught

    South Vietnam
    Tuesday Mar 11, 1975

    The ARVN proved incapable of resisting the onslaught, and its forces collapsed on 11 March.


  • U.S.
    Thursday Mar 11, 1976
    Audrey Hepburn

    Robin and Marian

    U.S.
    Thursday Mar 11, 1976

    After 1967, Hepburn chose to devote more time to her family and acted only occasionally in the following decades. She attempted a comeback playing Maid Marian in the period piece Robin and Marian (1976) with Sean Connery co-starring as Robin Hood, which was moderately successful.


  • Al Qurnah, Iraq
    Monday Mar 11, 1985
    Iran–Iraq War

    Operation Badr

    Al Qurnah, Iraq
    Monday Mar 11, 1985

    The Iraqis attacked again on 28 January 1985; they were defeated, and the Iranians retaliated on 11 March 1985 with a major offensive directed against the Baghdad-Basra highway (one of the few major offensives conducted in 1985), codenamed Operation Badr (after the Battle of Badr, Muhammad's first military victory in Mecca).


  • Moscow, Russia
    Monday Mar 11, 1985
    Mikhail Gorbachev

    General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

    Moscow, Russia
    Monday Mar 11, 1985

    Became General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union


  • Moscow, Russia
    Monday Mar 11, 1985
    Dissolution of the Soviet Union

    General Secretary

    Moscow, Russia
    Monday Mar 11, 1985

    Mikhail Gorbachev was elected General Secretary by the Politburo on March 11, 1985, three hours after predecessor Konstantin Chernenko's death at age 73.


  • Hamburg, Germany
    Saturday Mar 11, 1995
    Samsung

    Prohibiting The advertising and Sale of Rollei Watches On German Territory

    Hamburg, Germany
    Saturday Mar 11, 1995

    Samsung Techwin acquired German camera-maker Rollei in 1995. Samsung (Rollei) used its optic expertise on the crystals of a new line of 100% Swiss-made watches, designed by a team of watchmakers at Nouvelle Piquerez S.A. in Bassequort, Switzerland. Rolex's decision to fight Rollei on every front stemmed from the close resemblance between the two names and fears that its sales would suffer as a consequence. In the face of such a threat, the Geneva firm decided to confront. This was also a demonstration of the Swiss watch industry's determination to defend itself when an established brand is threatened. Rolex sees this front-line battle as vital for the entire Swiss watch industry. Rolex has succeeded in keeping Rollei out of the German market. On 11 March 1995, the Cologne District court prohibited the advertising and sale of Rollei watches on German territory.


  • Hanoi, Vietnam
    Tuesday Mar 11, 2003
    SARS Coronavirus (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)

    SARS Containing in Vietnam: Hanoi French Hospital stops admission

    Hanoi, Vietnam
    Tuesday Mar 11, 2003

    Hanoi French Hospital didn't accept new patients starting from March 11, but it only kept its own infected staff.


  • Hague, Netherlands
    Saturday Mar 11, 2006
    Slobodan Milošević

    Death

    Hague, Netherlands
    Saturday Mar 11, 2006

    On 11 March 2006, Milošević was found dead in his prison cell in the UN war crimes tribunal's detention centre, located in the Scheveningen section of The Hague, Netherlands.


  • U.S.
    Wednesday Mar 11, 2009
    Carlos Slim

    the world's third-richest person 2009

    U.S.
    Wednesday Mar 11, 2009

    On March 11, 2009, Forbes ranked Slim as the world's third-richest person, behind Gates and Buffett and ahead of Larry Ellison.


  • Japan
    Friday Mar 11, 2011
    05:46:00 AM
    Disasters with highest death tolls

    2011 TōHoku Earthquake and Tsunami

    Japan
    Friday Mar 11, 2011
    05:46:00 AM

    The 2011 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tōhoku was a magnitude 9.0–9.1 (Mw) undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that occurred at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) on Friday 11 March 2011. The tsunami swept the Japanese mainland and killed over ten thousand people, mainly through drowning, though blunt trauma also caused many deaths. The latest report from the Japanese National Police Agency report confirms 15,898 deaths, 6,157 injured, and 2,531 people missing across twenty prefectures, and a report from 2015 indicated 228,863 people were still living away from their home in either temporary housing or due to permanent relocation.


  • Japan
    Friday Mar 11, 2011
    05 PM
    Nuclear Power

    Tōhoku earthquake

    Japan
    Friday Mar 11, 2011
    05 PM

    Following the Tōhoku earthquake on 11 March 2011, one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded, and a subsequent tsunami off the coast of Japan, the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant suffered three core meltdowns due to failure of the emergency cooling system for lack of electricity supply. This resulted in the most serious nuclear accident since the Chernobyl disaster.


  • North Korea
    Monday Mar 11, 2013
    Korean War

    North Korea claimed that the armistice had become invalid

    North Korea
    Monday Mar 11, 2013

    After a new wave of UN sanctions, on 11 March 2013, North Korea claimed that the armistice had become invalid.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Monday Mar 11, 2013
    Bitcoin

    The update to this release resulted in a minor blockchain fork

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Monday Mar 11, 2013

    The update to this release resulted in a minor blockchain fork on the 11 March 2013. The fork was resolved shortly afterward. Seeding nodes through IRC was discontinued in version 0.8.2. From version 0.9.0 the software was renamed to Bitcoin Core.


  • U.S.
    Friday Mar 11, 2016
    Chumlee

    First appearance in court

    U.S.
    Friday Mar 11, 2016

    Chumlee was released on bond the following day. His first appearance in court was set for March 11, 2016.


  • Hong Kong, China
    Sunday Mar 11, 2018
    Hong Kong independence

    March 2018 Legislative Council by-elections for the four seats left vacant by the disqualified legislators over the oath-taking controversy

    Hong Kong, China
    Sunday Mar 11, 2018

    In the March 2018 Legislative Council by-elections for the four seats left vacant by the disqualified legislators over the oath-taking controversy, three candidates were disqualified by the Electoral Affairs Commission (EAC) returning officers, including Demosistō's Agnes Chow on the basis of that she "cannot possibly comply with the requirements of the relevant electoral laws, since advocating or promoting 'self-determination' is contrary to the content of the declaration that the law requires a candidate to make to uphold the Basic Law and pledge allegiance to the [Hong Kong Special Administrative Region]".


  • Madrid, Spain
    Monday Mar 11, 2019
    Zinedine Zidane

    Return to Real Madrid

    Madrid, Spain
    Monday Mar 11, 2019

    Zidane returned as the Real Madrid head coach on 11 March 2019, on a contract until summer 2022.


  • Geneva, Switzerland
    Wednesday Mar 11, 2020
    Covid-19 Pandemic: 2020 Coronavirus outbreak

    A Pandemic

    Geneva, Switzerland
    Wednesday Mar 11, 2020

    On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a pandemic.


  • England, United Kingdom
    Wednesday Mar 11, 2020
    International Monetary Fund

    UK called to pledge £150 billion to the IMF catastrophe relief fund

    England, United Kingdom
    Wednesday Mar 11, 2020

    On 11 March, the UK called to pledge £150 billion to the IMF catastrophe relief fund. It came to light on 27 March that "more than 80 poor and middle-income countries" had sought a bailout due to the coronavirus.


  • U.S.
    Wednesday Mar 11, 2020
    Covid-19 Pandemic: 2020 Coronavirus outbreak

    American travel suspension

    U.S.
    Wednesday Mar 11, 2020

    On 11 March, President Donald Trump announced the suspension of most travel from Europe (excluding the United Kingdom) for 30 days, beginning on 13 March. He also said that health insurance companies agreed to waive all co-payments for coronavirus treatments and extend insurance coverage to cover coronavirus treatments. The Department of Homeland Security clarified that the travel suspension only applied to the Schengen Area; it does not apply to European countries that are not members of the Schengen Agreement, such as the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, Croatia, Albania, or Belarus. Furthermore, the travel ban does not apply to US citizens or permanent residents, or their family members or those traveling on certain types of visas.


  • Torino, Italy
    Wednesday Mar 11, 2020
    Covid-19 Pandemic: 2020 Coronavirus outbreak

    Rugani tested positive

    Torino, Italy
    Wednesday Mar 11, 2020

    On 11 March, it was announced that Juventus and national team footballer Daniele Rugani has tested positive to COVID-19.


  • New Jersey, U.S.
    Wednesday Mar 11, 2020
    Bitcoin

    281,000 bitcoins were sold by owners who held them for only thirty days

    New Jersey, U.S.
    Wednesday Mar 11, 2020

    According to CoinMetrics and Forbes, on 11 March, 281,000 bitcoins were sold by owners who held them for only thirty days. This compared to 4,131 bitcoins that had laid dormant for a year or more indicating that the vast majority of the bitcoin volatility on that day was from recent buyers.


  • Italy
    Friday Mar 11, 1796
    Napoleon

    Bonaparte left Paris to take command of the Army of Italy

    Italy
    Friday Mar 11, 1796

    Two days after the marriage, Bonaparte left Paris to take command of the Army of Italy.


  • Augustinian Church, Vienna, Austria
    Sunday Mar 11, 1810
    Napoleon

    Napoleon married Marie Louise

    Augustinian Church, Vienna, Austria
    Sunday Mar 11, 1810

    Napoleon married the Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma, daughter of Francis II on March 11, 1810 at the Augustinian Church, Vienna, who was 18 years old at the time.


  • Springfield, Illinois, U.S.
    Wednesday Mar 11, 1846
    Abraham Lincoln

    Edward Baker Lincoln

    Springfield, Illinois, U.S.
    Wednesday Mar 11, 1846

    Edward Baker Lincoln (Eddie), born in 1846, died February 1, 1850, probably of tuberculosis.


  • Switzerland
    Thursday Mar 11, 1847
    Revolutions of 1848

    Sonderbund War

    Switzerland
    Thursday Mar 11, 1847

    The Sonderbund War of November 1847 was a civil war in Switzerland, then still a relatively loose confederacy of cantons.


  • U.S.
    Tuesday Mar 11, 1862
    Abraham Lincoln

    Lincoln removed McClellan

    U.S.
    Tuesday Mar 11, 1862

    In 1862 Lincoln removed McClellan for the general's continued inaction. He elevated Henry Halleck in July and appointed John Pope as head of the new Army of Virginia.


  • Ireland
    Friday Mar 11, 1921
    Irish War of Independence

    State of war with England

    Ireland
    Friday Mar 11, 1921

    on 11 March, Dáil Éireann President Éamon de Valera called for acceptance of a "state of war with England". The Dail voted unanimously to empower him to declare war whenever he saw fit, but he did not formally do so.


  • Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
    Tuesday Mar 11, 1930
    Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

    The famous Salt March

    Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
    Tuesday Mar 11, 1930

    This (Gandhi's letter to the viceroy of India) was highlighted by the famous Salt March to Dandi from 12 March to 6 April, where, together with 78 volunteers, he marched 388 kilometres (241 mi) from Ahmedabad to Dandi, Gujarat to make salt himself, with the declared intention of breaking the salt laws. Thousands of Indians joined him on this march to the sea. The march took 25 days to cover 240 miles with Gandhi speaking to often huge crowds along the way.


  • U.S.
    Tuesday Mar 11, 1941
    Winston Churchill

    Lend-Lease

    U.S.
    Tuesday Mar 11, 1941

    It was for this reason that Churchill was relieved when Roosevelt was re-elected in 1940. Upon re-election, Roosevelt set about implementing a new method of providing necessities to Great Britain without the need for monetary payment. He persuaded Congress that repayment for this immensely costly service would take the form of defending the US. The policy was known as Lend-Lease and it was formally enacted on 11 March 1941.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Tuesday Mar 11, 1941
    World War II

    Lend-Lease

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Tuesday Mar 11, 1941

    Roosevelt promoted Lend-Lease programmes of aid to support the British war effort.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Friday Mar 11, 1955
    World Bank

    Economic Development Institute

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Friday Mar 11, 1955

    The World Bank Institute (WBI) was a "global connector of knowledge, learning and innovation for poverty reduction". It aimed to inspire change agents and prepare them with essential tools that can help achieve development results. WBI had four major strategies to approach development problems: innovation for development, knowledge exchange, leadership and coalition building, and structured learning. World Bank Institute (WBI) was formerly known as Economic Development Institute (EDI), established on 11 March 1955 with the support of the Rockefeller and Ford Foundations.


  • Qanat-e Malek, Kerman Province, Iran
    Monday Mar 11, 1957
    Qasem Soleimani

    Birth

    Qanat-e Malek, Kerman Province, Iran
    Monday Mar 11, 1957

    Soleimani was born on 11 March 1957, in the village of Qanat-e Malek, Kerman Province.


  • Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Tuesday Mar 11, 1958
    Pope Francis

    Society of Jesus

    Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Tuesday Mar 11, 1958

    Bergoglio studied at the archdiocesan seminary, Inmaculada Concepción Seminary, in Villa Devoto, Buenos Aires, and, after three years, entered the Society of Jesus as a novice on 11 March 1958.


  • Vienna, Austria
    Saturday Mar 11, 1972
    1973 oil crisis

    OPEC threatens "appropriate sanctions"

    Vienna, Austria
    Saturday Mar 11, 1972

    OPEC threatens "appropriate sanctions" against companies that "fail to comply with . . . any action taken by a Member Country in accordance with [OPEC] decisions."


  • South Vietnam
    Tuesday Mar 11, 1975
    Vietnam War

    The ARVN proved incapable of resisting the onslaught

    South Vietnam
    Tuesday Mar 11, 1975

    The ARVN proved incapable of resisting the onslaught, and its forces collapsed on 11 March.


  • U.S.
    Thursday Mar 11, 1976
    Audrey Hepburn

    Robin and Marian

    U.S.
    Thursday Mar 11, 1976

    After 1967, Hepburn chose to devote more time to her family and acted only occasionally in the following decades. She attempted a comeback playing Maid Marian in the period piece Robin and Marian (1976) with Sean Connery co-starring as Robin Hood, which was moderately successful.


  • Al Qurnah, Iraq
    Monday Mar 11, 1985
    Iran–Iraq War

    Operation Badr

    Al Qurnah, Iraq
    Monday Mar 11, 1985

    The Iraqis attacked again on 28 January 1985; they were defeated, and the Iranians retaliated on 11 March 1985 with a major offensive directed against the Baghdad-Basra highway (one of the few major offensives conducted in 1985), codenamed Operation Badr (after the Battle of Badr, Muhammad's first military victory in Mecca).


  • Moscow, Russia
    Monday Mar 11, 1985
    Mikhail Gorbachev

    General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

    Moscow, Russia
    Monday Mar 11, 1985

    Became General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union


  • Moscow, Russia
    Monday Mar 11, 1985
    Dissolution of the Soviet Union

    General Secretary

    Moscow, Russia
    Monday Mar 11, 1985

    Mikhail Gorbachev was elected General Secretary by the Politburo on March 11, 1985, three hours after predecessor Konstantin Chernenko's death at age 73.


  • Hamburg, Germany
    Saturday Mar 11, 1995
    Samsung

    Prohibiting The advertising and Sale of Rollei Watches On German Territory

    Hamburg, Germany
    Saturday Mar 11, 1995

    Samsung Techwin acquired German camera-maker Rollei in 1995. Samsung (Rollei) used its optic expertise on the crystals of a new line of 100% Swiss-made watches, designed by a team of watchmakers at Nouvelle Piquerez S.A. in Bassequort, Switzerland. Rolex's decision to fight Rollei on every front stemmed from the close resemblance between the two names and fears that its sales would suffer as a consequence. In the face of such a threat, the Geneva firm decided to confront. This was also a demonstration of the Swiss watch industry's determination to defend itself when an established brand is threatened. Rolex sees this front-line battle as vital for the entire Swiss watch industry. Rolex has succeeded in keeping Rollei out of the German market. On 11 March 1995, the Cologne District court prohibited the advertising and sale of Rollei watches on German territory.


  • Hanoi, Vietnam
    Tuesday Mar 11, 2003
    SARS Coronavirus (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)

    SARS Containing in Vietnam: Hanoi French Hospital stops admission

    Hanoi, Vietnam
    Tuesday Mar 11, 2003

    Hanoi French Hospital didn't accept new patients starting from March 11, but it only kept its own infected staff.


  • Hague, Netherlands
    Saturday Mar 11, 2006
    Slobodan Milošević

    Death

    Hague, Netherlands
    Saturday Mar 11, 2006

    On 11 March 2006, Milošević was found dead in his prison cell in the UN war crimes tribunal's detention centre, located in the Scheveningen section of The Hague, Netherlands.


  • U.S.
    Wednesday Mar 11, 2009
    Carlos Slim

    the world's third-richest person 2009

    U.S.
    Wednesday Mar 11, 2009

    On March 11, 2009, Forbes ranked Slim as the world's third-richest person, behind Gates and Buffett and ahead of Larry Ellison.


  • Japan
    Friday Mar 11, 2011
    05:46:00 AM
    Disasters with highest death tolls

    2011 TōHoku Earthquake and Tsunami

    Japan
    Friday Mar 11, 2011
    05:46:00 AM

    The 2011 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tōhoku was a magnitude 9.0–9.1 (Mw) undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that occurred at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) on Friday 11 March 2011. The tsunami swept the Japanese mainland and killed over ten thousand people, mainly through drowning, though blunt trauma also caused many deaths. The latest report from the Japanese National Police Agency report confirms 15,898 deaths, 6,157 injured, and 2,531 people missing across twenty prefectures, and a report from 2015 indicated 228,863 people were still living away from their home in either temporary housing or due to permanent relocation.


  • Japan
    Friday Mar 11, 2011
    05 PM
    Nuclear Power

    Tōhoku earthquake

    Japan
    Friday Mar 11, 2011
    05 PM

    Following the Tōhoku earthquake on 11 March 2011, one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded, and a subsequent tsunami off the coast of Japan, the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant suffered three core meltdowns due to failure of the emergency cooling system for lack of electricity supply. This resulted in the most serious nuclear accident since the Chernobyl disaster.


  • North Korea
    Monday Mar 11, 2013
    Korean War

    North Korea claimed that the armistice had become invalid

    North Korea
    Monday Mar 11, 2013

    After a new wave of UN sanctions, on 11 March 2013, North Korea claimed that the armistice had become invalid.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Monday Mar 11, 2013
    Bitcoin

    The update to this release resulted in a minor blockchain fork

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Monday Mar 11, 2013

    The update to this release resulted in a minor blockchain fork on the 11 March 2013. The fork was resolved shortly afterward. Seeding nodes through IRC was discontinued in version 0.8.2. From version 0.9.0 the software was renamed to Bitcoin Core.


  • U.S.
    Friday Mar 11, 2016
    Chumlee

    First appearance in court

    U.S.
    Friday Mar 11, 2016

    Chumlee was released on bond the following day. His first appearance in court was set for March 11, 2016.


  • Hong Kong, China
    Sunday Mar 11, 2018
    Hong Kong independence

    March 2018 Legislative Council by-elections for the four seats left vacant by the disqualified legislators over the oath-taking controversy

    Hong Kong, China
    Sunday Mar 11, 2018

    In the March 2018 Legislative Council by-elections for the four seats left vacant by the disqualified legislators over the oath-taking controversy, three candidates were disqualified by the Electoral Affairs Commission (EAC) returning officers, including Demosistō's Agnes Chow on the basis of that she "cannot possibly comply with the requirements of the relevant electoral laws, since advocating or promoting 'self-determination' is contrary to the content of the declaration that the law requires a candidate to make to uphold the Basic Law and pledge allegiance to the [Hong Kong Special Administrative Region]".


  • Madrid, Spain
    Monday Mar 11, 2019
    Zinedine Zidane

    Return to Real Madrid

    Madrid, Spain
    Monday Mar 11, 2019

    Zidane returned as the Real Madrid head coach on 11 March 2019, on a contract until summer 2022.


  • Geneva, Switzerland
    Wednesday Mar 11, 2020
    Covid-19 Pandemic: 2020 Coronavirus outbreak

    A Pandemic

    Geneva, Switzerland
    Wednesday Mar 11, 2020

    On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a pandemic.


  • England, United Kingdom
    Wednesday Mar 11, 2020
    International Monetary Fund

    UK called to pledge £150 billion to the IMF catastrophe relief fund

    England, United Kingdom
    Wednesday Mar 11, 2020

    On 11 March, the UK called to pledge £150 billion to the IMF catastrophe relief fund. It came to light on 27 March that "more than 80 poor and middle-income countries" had sought a bailout due to the coronavirus.


  • U.S.
    Wednesday Mar 11, 2020
    Covid-19 Pandemic: 2020 Coronavirus outbreak

    American travel suspension

    U.S.
    Wednesday Mar 11, 2020

    On 11 March, President Donald Trump announced the suspension of most travel from Europe (excluding the United Kingdom) for 30 days, beginning on 13 March. He also said that health insurance companies agreed to waive all co-payments for coronavirus treatments and extend insurance coverage to cover coronavirus treatments. The Department of Homeland Security clarified that the travel suspension only applied to the Schengen Area; it does not apply to European countries that are not members of the Schengen Agreement, such as the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, Croatia, Albania, or Belarus. Furthermore, the travel ban does not apply to US citizens or permanent residents, or their family members or those traveling on certain types of visas.


  • Torino, Italy
    Wednesday Mar 11, 2020
    Covid-19 Pandemic: 2020 Coronavirus outbreak

    Rugani tested positive

    Torino, Italy
    Wednesday Mar 11, 2020

    On 11 March, it was announced that Juventus and national team footballer Daniele Rugani has tested positive to COVID-19.


  • New Jersey, U.S.
    Wednesday Mar 11, 2020
    Bitcoin

    281,000 bitcoins were sold by owners who held them for only thirty days

    New Jersey, U.S.
    Wednesday Mar 11, 2020

    According to CoinMetrics and Forbes, on 11 March, 281,000 bitcoins were sold by owners who held them for only thirty days. This compared to 4,131 bitcoins that had laid dormant for a year or more indicating that the vast majority of the bitcoin volatility on that day was from recent buyers.


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