🗞️Today’s Headlines

Everything important that’s ever happened on March 11:

2011 — A 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck Japan, triggering a massive tsunami and causing the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

2004 — Ten bombs detonated on commuter trains in Madrid, killing 193 people and injuring over 2,000 in a coordinated terrorist attack.

1990 — Lithuania declared independence from the USSR, leading the charge for freedom among Soviet republics.

1985 — Mikhail Gorbachev became leader of the Soviet Union, ushering in a new era of reform and glasnost (openness) policies.

1941 — The US Congress approved the Lend-Lease Act, providing critical aid to Allied nations during World War II.

1918 — The Spanish flu pandemic reached the United States, where the first cases were reported in Kansas military facilities.

🎂 Today’s Birthdays

On March 11, we’re singing to:

Rupert Murdoch (1931) — Australian-born American publisher and media mogul who built a global empire with News Corp and Fox News.

Antonin Scalia (1936) — US Supreme Court associate justice known for his originalist interpretation of the Constitution and significant influence on conservative legal thought.

 🪦Who Died Today?

On March 11, we’re saying goodbye to:

Elagabalus (222) — Roman emperor infamous for his controversial and eccentric reign, marked by religious upheaval and political chaos.

Alexander Mackenzie (1820) — Scottish explorer who became the first European to cross North America to the Pacific Ocean by land.

Alexander Fleming (1955) — Scottish bacteriologist who discovered penicillin, which revolutionized medicine, earning himself a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

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