March 11 in Pop Culture History |
| March 11th is… Day for Debunking Dream Day National Day for the Recognition of Funeral Directors and Mortuaries Johnny Appleseed day (also September 26). Oatmeal Nut Waffles Day Plumbing Day Prom Day National 3-1-1 Day Worship of Tools Day |
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105 – Ts’ai Lun invented paper, in China. 1818 – Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (21 years old), was published widely. It is recognized as the world’s first science fiction novel. An earlier edition was published in a limited quantity. 1864 – The Great Sheffield Flood killed 238 people in Sheffield, England. 1888 – Great Blizzard of 1888, east coast USA, killed over 400 people. 1916 – USS Nevada (BB-36) was commissioned as the first US Navy ‘super-dreadnought’. 1918 – The influenza epidemic of 1918 began in Fort Riley in Kansas. It claimed 20-50 million lives worldwide. 1927 – Samuel Roxy Rothafel opened the Roxy Theatre in NYC. 1933 – 42nd Street Was released in theaters. 1960 – Pioneer V was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. 1967 – #1 Hit March 11, 1967 – March 17, 1967: Supremes – Love Is Here and Now You’re Gone 1974 – The children’s special Free to Be… You and MeMarlo Toms produced “The,” which aired at ABC. 1989 – COPS FOX debuted it. It was one of the earliest ‘reality TV” shows. 1994 – Four weddings, and one funeral Was released in theaters. 1997 – ‘Queen Elizabeth II knighted Sir’ Paul McCartney for his “services to music.” 2005 – Robots debuted in theaters. 2006 – #1 Hit March 11, 2006 – March 17, 2006: James Blunt – You’re Beautiful 2011 – Battle: Los Angeles debuted in theaters. 2011 (Earthquake) Coastal Honshu, Japan 2011 – Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster, Japan |
