History for March 11

History for March 11 - On-This-Day.com
Lawrence Welk 1903, Ralph David Abernathy 1926, Rupert Murdoch 1931 - Media mogul


Antonin Scalia 1936 - U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Mark Metcalf 1946 - Actor ("Animal House"), Bobby McFerrin 1950 - Singer


537 - The Goths began their siege on Rome.


1867 - In Hawaii, the volcano Great Mauna Loa erupted.


1888 - The "Blizzard of '88" began along the U.S. Atlantic Seaboard shutting down communication and transportation lines. More than 400 people died.(March 11-14)


1907 - U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt induced California to revoke its anti-Japanese legislation.


1941 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized the Lend-Lease Act, which authorized the act of providing war supplies to the Allies.


1969 - Levi-Strauss started selling bell-bottomed jeans.


1986 - Popsicle announced its plan to end the traditional twin-stick frozen treat for a one-stick model.


1990 - Lithuania declared its independence from the Soviet Union. It was the first Soviet republic to break away from Communist control.