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Tuesday, March 11, 2014

March 11 - The Day in History

March 11 : General Interest
1997: Paul McCartney knighted

On this day in 1997, Paul McCartney, a former member of the most successful rock band in history, The Beatles, was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his "services to music." read more


American Revolution
1779 : Congress establishes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/congress-establishes-the-us-army-corps-of-engineers

Automotive
2009 : Toyota sells 1 millionth hybrid in U.S.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/toyota-sells-1-millionth-hybrid-in-us

Civil War
1862 : President Lincoln shuffles the Union command
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lincoln-shuffles-the-union-command

Cold War
1985 : Mikhail Gorbachev picked to succeed Chernenko
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mikhail-gorbachev-picked-to-succeed-chernenko

Crime
1989 : COPS makes TV debut
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cops-makes-tv-debut

Disaster
1888 : Great Blizzard of '88 hits East Coast
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/great-blizzard-of-88-hits-east-coast

General Interest
1861 : Confederate constitution adoptede
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/confederate-constitution-adopted
1941 : FDR signs Lend-Lease
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-signs-lend-lease
1942 : MacArthur leaves Corregidor
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/macarthur-leaves-corregidor
1990 : Lithuania proclaims its independence
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lithuania-proclaims-its-independence
2004 : Terrorists bomb trains in Madrid
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/terrorists-bomb-trains-in-madrid

Hollywood
1989 : COPS debuts on Fox
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cops-debuts-on-

Literary
1818 : Frankenstein published
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/frankenstein-published

Music
1903 : Lawrence Welk is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lawrence-welk-is-born

Old West
1884 : Gunslinger Ben Thompson dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gunslinger-ben-thompson-dies

Presidential
1947 : Truman thanks Herbert Hoover for aiding post-WWII reconstruction
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/truman-thanks-herbert-hoover-for-aiding-post-wwii-reconstruction

Sports
1901 : Newspaper reports signing of so-called Chief Tokohama
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/newspaper-reports-signing-of-so-called-chief-tokohama

Vietnam War
1967 : Heavy battle rages during Operation Junction City
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/heavy-battle-rages-during-operation-junction-city

World War I
1918 : First cases reported in deadly influenza epidemic
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-cases-reported-in-deadly-influenza-epidemic

World War II
1942 : MacArthur leaves the Philippines
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/macarthur-leaves-the-philippines


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