Friday, March 11, 2022

History for March 11

History for March 11 - On-This-Day.com
Antonin Scalia 1936 - U.S. Supreme Court Justice
  • 537 - The Goths began their siege on Rome.
  • 1302 - The characters Romeo and Juliet were married this day according to William Shakespeare.
  • 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)
  • 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.
  • 1990 - Lithuania declared its independence from the Soviet Union. It was the first Soviet republic to break away from Communist control.

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