March 11
1861 - The Confederate States of America adopted its constitution.
1888 - A torrential rain storm hit the East Coast. The rain turned to snow the next day, becoming the "Blizzard of 1888," the most famous snowstorm in American history, resulting in more than 400 deaths.
1918 - What were believed to be the first confirmed cases of a deadly global flu pandemic were reported among U.S. Army soldiers stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas; 46 soldiers would die. (The influenza outbreak would ultimately kill an estimated 20 to 40 million people worldwide.)
1930 - William Howard Taft became the first U.S. president to be buried in the National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.
1941 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act, which provided war supplies to Allied countries during World War II.
1942 - Gen. Douglas MacArthur leaves the Philippines saying, "I shall return."
1985 - Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of the Soviet Union following the death of Konstantin Chernenko. At age 54, Gorbachev was the youngest member of the ruling Politburo.
1990 - A newly elected parliament in Lithuania declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
1993 - Janet Reno was unanimous Senate confirmation to become the nation's first female attorney general.
2004 - Over 200 people were killed and 1,400 injured when bombs exploded in Madrid train stations; al-Qaeda took responsibility for the attacks.
2006 - Former Serb leader Slobodan Milosevic was found dead at age 64 of a heart attack in his prison cell in the Netherlands, abruptly ending his four-year U.N. war crimes trial.
2010 - A federal appeals court in San Francisco upheld the use of the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and "In God We Trust" on U.S. currency.
2011 - Japan is hit by an enormous 9.0 magnitude earthquake that triggers a deadly 23-foot tsunami in the country's north, about 230 miles northeast of Tokyo. Cooling systems in one of the reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station fail shortly after the quake, causing a nuclear crisis. Nearly 20,000 people were killed in the quake and tsunami.
2012 - U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales shot and killed 16 Afghan villagers -- mostly women and children -- as they slept. (Bales later pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison without parole.)
2021 - President Joe Biden signed into law a $1.9 trillion COVID relief package that he said would help defeat the virus and nurse the economy back to health. Lower-income Americans would receive up to $1,400 in direct payments, along with extended unemployment benefits.
Birthdays
21 - Madison Brydges (actress)
22 - Lexi Rodriguez (volleyball player)
32 - Jodie Comer (actress)
32 - Anthony Davis (basketball player)
33 - Jude Demorest (actress)
43 - Thora Birch (actress)
44 - LeToya Luckett (singer)
46 - Joel Madden (singer)
46 - Benji Madden (singer)
48 - Becky Hammon (basketball player)
54 - Johnny Knoxville (actor)
56 - Terrence Howard (actor)
57 - Lisa Loeb (singer)
58 - John Barrowman (actor)
62 - Alex Kingston (actor)
64 - Elias Koteas (actor)
75 - Bobby McFerrin (singer)
91 - Sam Donaldson (broadcast journalist)
94 - Rupert Murdoch (media mogul)
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Today in Sports History - March 11
1892 - The first organized basketball game was played. The game was at Smith College in Springfield, Massachusetts between students and faculty members.
1909 - The first gold medal to a perfect-score bowler was awarded to A.C. Jellison by the American Bowling Congress.
1978 - Bobby Hull (Winnipeg Jets) joined Gordie Howe by getting his 1,000th career goal.
1979 - Randy Holt (Los Angeles Kings) was penalized nine times for 67 minutes in the first period of a game against the Philadelphia Flyers.
1990 - Jennifer Capriati, 13 years old, played her first professional tennis match.
1991 - Monica Seles ends Steffi Graf's streak of 186 consecutive weeks as the #1 ranked women's tennis player in the world.
2004 - odd Bertuzzi (Vancouver Canucks) was suspended by the NHL for hitting Steve Moore (Colorado Avalanche) in the side of the head from behind and driving his head into the ice in a game on March 8. Moore landed face-first with Bertuzzi on top of him. Moore suffered a broken neck, a concussion and deep cuts on his face. The NHL suspended Bertuzzi for the remainder of the regular season and the playoffs and announced that his eligibility would be assessed the following season and would take into account Moore's health and the progression of his recovery. The Canucks organization was also fined $250,000.
2004 - Major league baseball banned THG. The health policy advisory committee of management and the players' association unanimously determined that THG builds muscle mass.
2020 - The NBA suspends the 2019-2020 season until further notice after Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tests positive for COVID-19.
1861 - The Confederate States of America adopted its constitution.
1888 - A torrential rain storm hit the East Coast. The rain turned to snow the next day, becoming the "Blizzard of 1888," the most famous snowstorm in American history, resulting in more than 400 deaths.
1918 - What were believed to be the first confirmed cases of a deadly global flu pandemic were reported among U.S. Army soldiers stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas; 46 soldiers would die. (The influenza outbreak would ultimately kill an estimated 20 to 40 million people worldwide.)
1930 - William Howard Taft became the first U.S. president to be buried in the National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.
1941 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act, which provided war supplies to Allied countries during World War II.
1942 - Gen. Douglas MacArthur leaves the Philippines saying, "I shall return."
1985 - Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of the Soviet Union following the death of Konstantin Chernenko. At age 54, Gorbachev was the youngest member of the ruling Politburo.
1990 - A newly elected parliament in Lithuania declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
1993 - Janet Reno was unanimous Senate confirmation to become the nation's first female attorney general.
2004 - Over 200 people were killed and 1,400 injured when bombs exploded in Madrid train stations; al-Qaeda took responsibility for the attacks.
2006 - Former Serb leader Slobodan Milosevic was found dead at age 64 of a heart attack in his prison cell in the Netherlands, abruptly ending his four-year U.N. war crimes trial.
2010 - A federal appeals court in San Francisco upheld the use of the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and "In God We Trust" on U.S. currency.
2011 - Japan is hit by an enormous 9.0 magnitude earthquake that triggers a deadly 23-foot tsunami in the country's north, about 230 miles northeast of Tokyo. Cooling systems in one of the reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station fail shortly after the quake, causing a nuclear crisis. Nearly 20,000 people were killed in the quake and tsunami.
2012 - U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales shot and killed 16 Afghan villagers -- mostly women and children -- as they slept. (Bales later pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison without parole.)
2021 - President Joe Biden signed into law a $1.9 trillion COVID relief package that he said would help defeat the virus and nurse the economy back to health. Lower-income Americans would receive up to $1,400 in direct payments, along with extended unemployment benefits.
Birthdays
21 - Madison Brydges (actress)
22 - Lexi Rodriguez (volleyball player)
32 - Jodie Comer (actress)
32 - Anthony Davis (basketball player)
33 - Jude Demorest (actress)
43 - Thora Birch (actress)
44 - LeToya Luckett (singer)
46 - Joel Madden (singer)
46 - Benji Madden (singer)
48 - Becky Hammon (basketball player)
54 - Johnny Knoxville (actor)
56 - Terrence Howard (actor)
57 - Lisa Loeb (singer)
58 - John Barrowman (actor)
62 - Alex Kingston (actor)
64 - Elias Koteas (actor)
75 - Bobby McFerrin (singer)
91 - Sam Donaldson (broadcast journalist)
94 - Rupert Murdoch (media mogul)
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Today in Sports History - March 11
1892 - The first organized basketball game was played. The game was at Smith College in Springfield, Massachusetts between students and faculty members.
1909 - The first gold medal to a perfect-score bowler was awarded to A.C. Jellison by the American Bowling Congress.
1978 - Bobby Hull (Winnipeg Jets) joined Gordie Howe by getting his 1,000th career goal.
1979 - Randy Holt (Los Angeles Kings) was penalized nine times for 67 minutes in the first period of a game against the Philadelphia Flyers.
1990 - Jennifer Capriati, 13 years old, played her first professional tennis match.
1991 - Monica Seles ends Steffi Graf's streak of 186 consecutive weeks as the #1 ranked women's tennis player in the world.
2004 - odd Bertuzzi (Vancouver Canucks) was suspended by the NHL for hitting Steve Moore (Colorado Avalanche) in the side of the head from behind and driving his head into the ice in a game on March 8. Moore landed face-first with Bertuzzi on top of him. Moore suffered a broken neck, a concussion and deep cuts on his face. The NHL suspended Bertuzzi for the remainder of the regular season and the playoffs and announced that his eligibility would be assessed the following season and would take into account Moore's health and the progression of his recovery. The Canucks organization was also fined $250,000.
2004 - Major league baseball banned THG. The health policy advisory committee of management and the players' association unanimously determined that THG builds muscle mass.
2020 - The NBA suspends the 2019-2020 season until further notice after Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tests positive for COVID-19.
