March 11
Today is the 70th day of 2017, there are 295 days left in the year.
1861 - The Confederate States of America adopted its constitution.
1888 - A torrential rainstorm hit the East Coast. The rain turned to snow the next day and it became the Blizzard of 1888, the most famous snowstorm in American history. It caused more than 400 deaths.
1930 - William Howard Taft became the first U.S. president to be buried in the National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.
1941 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Lend-Lease Bill.
1942 - General Douglas MacArthur leaves the Philippines saying, "I shall return".
1957 - Charles Van Doren's 14-week run on the rigged NBC game show "Twenty-One" ended as he was "defeated" by attorney Vivienne Nearing; Van Doren's take was $129,000.
1977 - More than 130 hostages held in Washington, D.C. by Hanafi Muslims were freed after ambassadors from three Islamic nations joined the negotiations.
1985 - Mikhail Gorbachev became head of the Soviet Union following the death of Konstantin Chernenko. At age 54, he was the youngest member of the ruling Politburo.
1990 - Augusto Pinochet of Chile, dictator since 1973, stepped down.
1993 - Janet Reno won unanimous Senate confirmation to become America's first female Attorney General.
1997 - Rock star Paul McCartney was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
2004 - Over 200 people were killed and more than 1,400 injured when bombs exploded in Madrid train stations. Al-Qaeda took responsibility.
2011 - Japan is hit by an enormous 9.0 magnitude earthquake that triggers a deadly 23-foot tsunami in the country's north, about 230 miles northeast of Tokyo. Cooling systems in one of the reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station fail shortly after the earthquake, causing a nuclear crisis.
Birthdays
24 - Anthony Davis (basketball player)
25 - Jude Demorest (actress)
25 - Ainsley Bailey (actress)
26 - Poonam Pandey (model)
32 - Greg Olsen (football player)
35 - Thora Birch (actress)
36 - LeToya Luckett (singer)
38 - Joel Madden (singer)
46 - Johnny Knoxville (actor)
48 - Terrence Howard (actor)
54 - Alex Kingston (actress)
61 - Rob Paulsen (actor)
83 - Sam Donaldson (news anchor)
86 - Rupert Murdoch (entrepreneur)
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Today in Sports History - March 11
1917 - First NHL championship game ever played, Toronto Arenas beats Montreal Canadiens 7-3 in first of two-game set.
1924 - NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens sweep Ottawa Senators in two games.
1927 - The first Golden Gloves boxing tournament was held.
1930 - Babe Ruth signed a two-year contract with the New York Yankees for the sum of $80,000.
1961 - NHL record 40 penalties, Chicago Black Hawks and Toronto Maple Leafs (20 each).
1978 - Bobby Hull (Winnipeg Jets) joined Gordie Howe by getting his 1,000th career goal.
1979 - Randy Hold (Los Angeles Kings) receives 67 minutes in penalties in a 60 minute NHL hockey game.
1981 - Johnny Mize and Rube Foster elected to baseball Hall of Fame.
1986 - New York Islanders' Mike Bossy is first NHL player to score 50 goals in nine straight seasons.
1986 - The NFL adopts instant replay.
1987 - Wayne Gretzky scores his 1,500th NHL point.
1990 - 13-year-old Jennifer Capriati plays her first professional tennis match.
1991 - Monica Seles ends Steffi Graf's streak of 186 consecutive weeks ranked #1 in the world.
2004 - Major league baseball banned THG. The health policy advisory committee of management and the players' association unanimously determined that THG builds muscle mass.
Today is the 70th day of 2017, there are 295 days left in the year.
1861 - The Confederate States of America adopted its constitution.
1888 - A torrential rainstorm hit the East Coast. The rain turned to snow the next day and it became the Blizzard of 1888, the most famous snowstorm in American history. It caused more than 400 deaths.
1930 - William Howard Taft became the first U.S. president to be buried in the National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.
1941 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Lend-Lease Bill.
1942 - General Douglas MacArthur leaves the Philippines saying, "I shall return".
1957 - Charles Van Doren's 14-week run on the rigged NBC game show "Twenty-One" ended as he was "defeated" by attorney Vivienne Nearing; Van Doren's take was $129,000.
1977 - More than 130 hostages held in Washington, D.C. by Hanafi Muslims were freed after ambassadors from three Islamic nations joined the negotiations.
1985 - Mikhail Gorbachev became head of the Soviet Union following the death of Konstantin Chernenko. At age 54, he was the youngest member of the ruling Politburo.
1990 - Augusto Pinochet of Chile, dictator since 1973, stepped down.
1993 - Janet Reno won unanimous Senate confirmation to become America's first female Attorney General.
1997 - Rock star Paul McCartney was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
2004 - Over 200 people were killed and more than 1,400 injured when bombs exploded in Madrid train stations. Al-Qaeda took responsibility.
2011 - Japan is hit by an enormous 9.0 magnitude earthquake that triggers a deadly 23-foot tsunami in the country's north, about 230 miles northeast of Tokyo. Cooling systems in one of the reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station fail shortly after the earthquake, causing a nuclear crisis.
Birthdays
24 - Anthony Davis (basketball player)
25 - Jude Demorest (actress)
25 - Ainsley Bailey (actress)
26 - Poonam Pandey (model)
32 - Greg Olsen (football player)
35 - Thora Birch (actress)
36 - LeToya Luckett (singer)
38 - Joel Madden (singer)
46 - Johnny Knoxville (actor)
48 - Terrence Howard (actor)
54 - Alex Kingston (actress)
61 - Rob Paulsen (actor)
83 - Sam Donaldson (news anchor)
86 - Rupert Murdoch (entrepreneur)
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Today in Sports History - March 11
1917 - First NHL championship game ever played, Toronto Arenas beats Montreal Canadiens 7-3 in first of two-game set.
1924 - NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens sweep Ottawa Senators in two games.
1927 - The first Golden Gloves boxing tournament was held.
1930 - Babe Ruth signed a two-year contract with the New York Yankees for the sum of $80,000.
1961 - NHL record 40 penalties, Chicago Black Hawks and Toronto Maple Leafs (20 each).
1978 - Bobby Hull (Winnipeg Jets) joined Gordie Howe by getting his 1,000th career goal.
1979 - Randy Hold (Los Angeles Kings) receives 67 minutes in penalties in a 60 minute NHL hockey game.
1981 - Johnny Mize and Rube Foster elected to baseball Hall of Fame.
1986 - New York Islanders' Mike Bossy is first NHL player to score 50 goals in nine straight seasons.
1986 - The NFL adopts instant replay.
1987 - Wayne Gretzky scores his 1,500th NHL point.
1990 - 13-year-old Jennifer Capriati plays her first professional tennis match.
1991 - Monica Seles ends Steffi Graf's streak of 186 consecutive weeks ranked #1 in the world.
2004 - Major league baseball banned THG. The health policy advisory committee of management and the players' association unanimously determined that THG builds muscle mass.
