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March 11 is the 70th day of the year (71st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; ... This event also triggered the second largest nuclear accident in history, ...
March 11: Commonwealth Day in the Commonwealth of Nations (2024); National Heroes and Benefactors Day in Belize (2024) Dale Dyke Dam in Sheffield, after its rupture 1864 – The Great Sheffield Flood killed at least 240 people and damaged more than 600 homes, after a crack in the Dale Dike Reservoir (pictured) caused it to fail.
Vinnie Paul (March 11, 1964 –June 22, 2018), American musician, songwriter, and drummer from Pantera, Damageplan and Hellyeah, would have turned 60 this year. Lawrence Welk (March 11, 1903 –May 17, 1992), American accordionist, entertainer, and Roughrider Award recipient, would have turned 121 this year.
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March 11: Independence Day in Lithuania 1864 – A crack in the Dale Dyke Dam in Sheffield , England, caused it to fail, and the resulting flood killed 238 people and damaged over 600 homes. 1945 – World War II : The Empire of Japan established the Empire of Vietnam , a short-lived puppet state , with Bảo Đại as its ruler.
Douglas MacArthur's escape from the Philippines during World War II began on 11 March 1942, after U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered him to withdraw. MacArthur left Corregidor Island and traveled in PT boats with his forces through stormy seas patrolled by Japanese warships, reaching Mindanao two days later.
David Bowie (born 1947) is an English musician. After "Space Oddity" reached the top five of the UK Singles Chart in 1969, he re-emerged during the glam rock era with "Starman" and the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.