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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, ...
January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November • December March 11 : Time: 14:18 UTC Date: December 20
A seismogram recorded in Massachusetts, United States. The magnitude 9.1 (M w) undersea megathrust earthquake occurred on 11 March 2011 at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) in the north-western Pacific Ocean at a relatively shallow depth of 32 km (20 mi), [9] [56] with its epicenter approximately 72 km (45 mi) east of the Oshika Peninsula of Tōhoku, Japan, lasting approximately six minutes.
Spain marked the 20th anniversary of the terrorist Madrid train bombings of March 11, 2004, that killed 191 people as experts say there are lessons learned on the importance of fighting Al Qaeda.
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.
The Great Blizzard of 1888, also known as the Great Blizzard of '88 or the Great White Hurricane (March 11–14, 1888), was one of the most severe recorded blizzards in American history. The storm paralyzed the East Coast from the Chesapeake Bay to Maine, [1] [2] as well as the Atlantic provinces of Canada. [3]
March 11. National Promposal Day. March 12. National Girl Scout Day. Daylight Saving Time Starts. National Plant a Flower Day. March 13. National Good Samaritan Day. National K9 Veterans Day ...
Disasters and accidents 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami A 9.0 magnitude earthquake hits offshore of Japan's Miyagi prefecture, producing tsunamis as high as 10 meters near the epicenter and reaching land throughout the Pacific ocean. (Japan Times) (Canadian Press via Google News), (AP via ABC News America) At least 1000 people have died in the earthquake and tsunami. (LA Times) The Sendai ...