March 11th in History
March 11th in History
- 1702: The 'Daily Courant', the first successful English newspaper, was first published. It consisted of only 1 sheet
- 1779: US Army Corps of Engineers founded
- 1983: Donald Maclean, spy and associate of Guy Burgess, buried in Moscow
- 1985: Mikhail Gorbachev becomes last USSR leader.
- 1990: Lithuania declares its independence from the USSR
March 11th birthdays
- 1811: Urbain Le Verrier, French mathematician
- 1819: Sir Henry Tate, Founder of London's Tate Gallery
- 1822: Joseph Louis Francois Bertrand, French mathematician
- 1890: Vannevar Bush, American engineer
- 1898: Dorothy Gish, Silent screen star
- 1915: J. C. R. Licklider, American Internet pioneer
- 1931: Rupert Murdoch, Australian-born entrepreneur
- 1947: Tristan Murail, French composer
