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News & Politics - On This Day (March 11) 
MSFixR says: 1649 – The Peace of Rueil was signed, signaling an end to the opening episodes of the Fronde, France's civil war, after little blood had been shed.
1801 – Russian Emperor Paul I of Russia was assassinated in his bedroom by a band of dismissed officers, leading the way for his son Alexander I to accede the throne.
1847 - Johnny Appleseed , American pioneer agronomist died. (b. 1774) 1851 - The first performance of Rigoletto, written by Verdi. 1917 – World War I: British forces led by Sir Stanley Maude captured Baghdad, the southern capital of the Ottoman Empire.
1955 - Alexander Fleming , Scottish scientist, Nobel laureate died. (b. 1881) (A Scottish biologist and pharmacologist. Fleming published many articles on bacteriology, immunology, and chemotherapy. His best-known achievements are the discovery of the enzyme lysozyme in 1922 and discovery of the antibiotic substance penicillin from the fungus Penicillium notatum in 1928, for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 with Florey and Chain.)
1955 - Oscar Mayer , Bavarian-born American meat packer died. (b. 1859) (Oh, I wish I were an Oscar Meyer wiener
That is what I truly want to be
'Cause if I were an Oscar Meyer wiener
Everyone would be in love with me.)
The Wienermobile
1966 – In power since World War II, President Sukarno of Indonesia was essentially ousted by Suharto and the military after being forced to sign the Presidential Order Supersemar.
1971 - Philo T. Farnsworth , American television pioneer died. (b. 1906) (An American inventor. He is best known for inventing the first completely electronic television. In particular, he was the first to make a working electronic image pickup device (video camera tube), and the first to demonstrate an all-electronic television system to the public.)
2003 – The International Criminal Court, a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression, held its inaugural session.
2004 - Simultaneous explosions on rush hour trains in Madrid (Spain) kill 192 people. Original post: On This Day (March 11) |
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