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Interesting things that happened March 11th:

Birthdays on this date:
 In 1731 Robert Treat Paine, a signer of the Declaration of Independence
 In 1832 Brig. Gen. William R. Cox, Second North Carolina Infantry, ANV
 In 1903 Lawrence Welk, bandleader, bubble maker
 In 1916 Harold Wilson, former British Prime Minister
 In 1926 Ralph D. Abernathy, civil rights leader
 In 1931 Rupert Murdoch, "newspaper" publisher
 In 1934 Tina Louise, actor (Gilligan's Island)
       + Sam Donaldson, ABC correspondent
 In 1936 Antonin Scalia (in Trenton, NJ), U.S. Supreme Court Justice
 In 19?? Susan Richardson (in Bath, Maine)

Events worth noting:
       + Johnny Appleseed Day
 In 1302 According to Shakespeare, this is Romeo and Juliet's wedding day.
 In 1810 Emperor Napoleon married by proxy to Archduchess Marie Louise.
 In 1847 John Chapman 'Johnny Appleseed' died in Allen County, Ind.
 In 1861 Confederate convention in Montgomery, Ala, adopts constitution.
 In 1865 Union forces under General Sherman occupied Fayetteville, NC.
 In 1867 Great Mauna Loa eruption (volcano in Hawaii).
 In 1888 Blizzard struck the northeastern United States.  400 people died.
 In 1892 First public game of basketball.
 In 1926 Eamon De Valera resigns as leader of the Sinn Fein.
 In 1930 Former Pres. and Chief Justice William Taft buried in Arlington.
 In 1941 President FDR signed into law the Lend-Lease Bill.
 In 1942 Gen. Douglas MacArthur left Bataan for Australia.
 In 1953 First woman doctor commissioned in regular army - F. M. Adams
 In 1958 Charles Van Doren finally loses on "21".
       + An unarmed hydrogen bomb is accidentally dropped on Mars Bluff, SC
         by the US Air Force.
 In 1985 Soviet Union announces death of its leader Konstantin Chernenko.
         Mikhail S. Gorbachev becomes Communist Party general secretary.
 In 1986 187.27 million shares traded in the New York Stock Exchange.

And remember ...
 Foot Health Month
 International Hamburger and Pickle Month
 National Frozen Food Month
 National Furniture Refinishing Month
 National Nutrition Month (US)
 National Peanut Month
 National Women's History Month
 Red Cross Month

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several errors have been found in the past.  Don't place any bets on the basis
of what you find here.  -- Gabe