March 11
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Art and culture
- 1702 - The first regular English-language newspaper, The Daily Courant, is published in London.
- 1913 - Luigi Russolo published the treatise The Art of Noises (L'arte dei rumori).
Births
- 1544 - Torquato Tasso, Italian poet (d. 1595)
- 1887 - Raoul Walsh, American film director (d. 1980)
- 1890 - Vannevar Bush, American engineer and politician (d. 1974)
- 1921 - Ástor Piazzolla, Argentine composer (d. 1992)
- 1926 - Ralph Abernathy, American civil rights leader (d. 1990)
- 1952 - Douglas Adams, English writer (d. 2001)
- 1955 - Nina Hagen, German singer
Deaths
- 222 - Elagabalus, Roman Emperor
- 1931 - F.W. Murnau, German film director (b. 1888)
- 1969 - John Wyndham, English author (b. 1903)
Notes
- xxxx - Begierde im Blick
- xxxx - David LaChapelle
- xxxx - Vannevar Bush
- xxxx - Émile Cohl
- xxxx - Jon Gibson (minimalist musician)
- xxxx - Fredric Brown
- xxxx - Funky Nassau
- xxxx - Douglas Adams
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