On This Day in History March 11, 2023

Historical Events 843  Icon veneration officially re-instated in Hagia Sophia Cathedral in Constantinople 1502  Ismail I, founder of the Safavid dynasty, crowned Shah of Persia (rules till 1524) 1966  Military coup led by Indonesian General Suharto breaks out 1985  Mikhail Gorbachev replaces Konstantin Chernenko as Soviet leader 2011  9.0 magnitude earthquake strikes 130 km (80 miles) east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a tsunami killing thousands of people and causing the second worst nuclear accident in history at Fukushima nuclear plant 2018  China's National People's Congress approves removal of term limits for a leader, will allow Xi Jinping presidency for life 2020  COVID-19 declared a pandemic by the head of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, with 121,564 cases worldwide and 4,373 deaths More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Harold Wilson 1916 - 1995 Louise Brough 1923 - 2014 Terrence Howard 54th Birthday Vinnette Carroll 1922 - 2002 More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Alexander Fleming 1881 - 1955 Richard E. Byrd 1888 - 1957 More Famous Deaths March 11: Read All About It! UK's First Daily Newspaper There were to be no ‘shock, horror’ stories in the UK’s first daily newspaper published on this day. Readers were asked to judge reported events for themselves. Read the Article