On This Day - March 11th

Featured Event:

Japan struck by earthquake and tsunami (2011) ☠️

On this day in 2011, an earthquake struck off the northeastern coast of Honshu, Japan, causing widespread damage in the country and triggering a devastating tsunami that instigated a major nuclear accident.

Other Events:

1985: Mikhail Gorbachev succeeded Konstantin Chernenko as leader of the Soviet Union. 🤵🏻

1990: Following a vote in the parliament, Lithuania became the first Soviet republic to declare its independence from the U.S.S.R. 🇱🇹

1997: Beatle Paul McCartney is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II 🗡️

2020: The World Health Organization declared that the COVID-19 outbreak was a pandemic 🦠

Holidays:

Moshoeshoe Day 🇱🇸

Featured Birthdays:

1931: Rupert Murdoch 🇦🇺 (Publisher)

1952: Douglas Adams 🇬🇧 (Author)

1978: Didier Drogba 🇨🇮 (Football Player)

1993: Anthony Davis 🇺🇸 (Basketball Player)

Featured Deaths:

1955: Alexander Fleming 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (Bacteriologist)

1957: Richard E. Byrd 🇺🇸 (Aviator)

2006: Slobodan Milošević 🇷🇸 (President)

2024: Paul Alexander 🇺🇸 (Polio Survivor)