March 11
Day of the year
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March 11 is the 70th day of the year (71st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 295 days remain until the end of the year.
| March 11 in recent years |
| 2026 (Wednesday) |
| 2025 (Tuesday) |
| 2024 (Monday) |
| 2023 (Saturday) |
| 2022 (Friday) |
| 2021 (Thursday) |
| 2020 (Wednesday) |
| 2019 (Monday) |
| 2018 (Sunday) |
| 2017 (Saturday) |
Events
Pre-1600
- 843 â Triumph of Orthodoxy: Empress Theodora II restores the veneration of icons in the Orthodox churches in the Byzantine Empire.[1]
- 1343 â ArnoÅ¡t of Pardubice becomes the last Bishop of Prague (3 March 1343 O.S.), and, a year later, the first Archbishop of Prague.[2]
- 1387 â Battle of Castagnaro: Padua, led by John Hawkwood, is victorious over Giovanni Ordelaffi of Verona.[3]
1601â1900
- 1641 â Guaranà forces living in the Jesuit reductions defeat bandeirantes loyal to the Portuguese Empire at the Battle of Mbororé in present-day PanambÃ, Argentina.[4]
- 1649 â The Frondeurs and the French government sign the Peace of Rueil.[5]
- 1702 â The Daily Courant, England's first national daily newspaper, is published for the first time.[6]
- 1708 â Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation.[7]
- 1784 â The signing of the Treaty of Mangalore brings the Second Anglo-Mysore War to an end.[8]
- 1795 â The Battle of Kharda is fought between the Maratha Confederacy and the Nizam of Hyderabad, resulting in Maratha victory.[9]
- 1845 â Flagstaff War: Unhappy with translational differences regarding the Treaty of Waitangi, chiefs HÅne Heke, Kawiti and MÄori tribe members chop down the British flagpole for a fourth time and drive settlers out of KororÄreka, New Zealand.[10]
- 1848 â Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine and Robert Baldwin become the first Prime Ministers of the Province of Canada to be democratically elected under a system of responsible government.[11]
- 1851 â The first performance of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Venice.[12]
- 1861 â American Civil War: The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is adopted.[13]
- 1864 â The Great Sheffield Flood kills 238 people in Sheffield, England.[14]
- 1872 â Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; it is located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.[15]
- 1879 â ShÅ Tai formally abdicates his position of King of RyÅ«kyÅ«, under orders from Tokyo, ending the Ryukyu Kingdom.[16]
- 1888 â The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400 people.[17]
- 1892 â The Saint-Germain bombing ushers France into the Ãre des attentats (1892-1894).[18]
1901âpresent
- 1917 â World War I: Mesopotamian campaign: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Frederick Stanley Maude.[19]
- 1927 â In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre.[20]
- 1941 â World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan.[21]
- 1945 â World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy attempts a large-scale kamikaze attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet anchored at Ulithi atoll in Operation Tan No. 2.[22]
- 1945 â World War II: The Empire of Vietnam, a short-lived Japanese puppet state, is established.[23]
- 1946 â Rudolf Höss, the first commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, is captured by British troops.[24]
- 1977 â The 1977 Hanafi Siege: Around 150 hostages held in Washington, D.C., by Hanafi Muslims are set free after ambassadors from three Islamic nations join negotiations.[25]
- 1978 â Coastal Road massacre: At least 37 are killed and more than 70 are wounded when Fatah hijack an Israeli bus, prompting Israel's Operation Litani.[26]
- 1981 â Hundreds of students protest in the University of Pristina in Kosovo, then part of Yugoslavia, to give their province more political rights. The protests then became a nationwide movement.[27]
- 1982 â Fifteen people are killed when Widerøe Flight 933 crashes into the Barents Sea near Gamvik, Norway.[28]
- 1983 â Bob Hawke is appointed Prime Minister of Australia.[29]
- 1985 â Mikhail Gorbachev is elected to the position of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, making Gorbachev the USSR's de facto, and last, head of state.[30]
- 1990 â Lithuania declares independence from the Soviet Union.[31]
- 1990 â Patricio Aylwin is sworn in as the first democratically elected President of Chile since 1970.[32]
- 2003 â The International Criminal Court holds its inaugural session in The Hague.[33]
- 2004 â Madrid train bombings: Simultaneous explosions on rush hour trains in Madrid, Spain kill 191 people.[34]
- 2006 â Michelle Bachelet is inaugurated as the first female president of Chile.[35]
- 2008 â Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-123, carrying the first component of the Japanese KibÅ module to the International Space Station.[36]
- 2009 â Winnenden school shooting: Fifteen are killed and nine are injured before recent graduate Tim Kretschmer shoots and kills himself, leading to tightened weapons restrictions in Germany.[37]
- 2010 â Economist and businessman Sebastián Piñera is sworn in as President of Chile. Aftershocks of the 2010 Pichilemu earthquakes hit central Chile during the ceremony.[38]
- 2011 â An earthquake measuring 9.0 in magnitude strikes 130 km (81 mi) east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a tsunami killing thousands of people. This event also triggered the second largest nuclear accident in history, and one of only two events to be classified as a Level 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale.[39]
- 2012 â A U.S. soldier kills 16 civilians in the Panjwayi District of Afghanistan near Kandahar.[40]
- 2018 â A Bombardier Challenger 604 crashes into the Zagros Mountains near the Iranian city of Shar-e-kord, killing all 11 people on board.[41]
- 2020 â The World Health Organization (WHO) declares the COVID-19 virus epidemic a pandemic.[42]
- 2021 â US President Joe Biden signs the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan into law.[43]
- 2023 â The Burmese military kills at least 30 villagers, including 3 Buddhist monks, during the Pinlaung massacre in Shan State, Myanmar.[44]
Births
Pre-1600
- 1278 â Mary of Woodstock, daughter of Edward I of England (died c. 1332)[45]
- 1544 â Torquato Tasso, Italian poet and educator (died 1595)[46]
1601â1900
- 1738 â Benjamin Tupper, American general (died 1792)[47]
- 1785 â John McLean, American jurist and politician (died 1861)[48]
- 1806 â Louis Boulanger, French Romantic painter, lithographer and illustrator (died 1867)[49]
- 1811 â Urbain Le Verrier, French mathematician and astronomer (died 1877)[50]
- 1815 â Anna Bochkoltz, German operatic soprano, voice teacher and composer (died 1879)[51]
- 1818 â Marius Petipa, French-Russian dancer and choreographer (died 1910)[52]
- 1819 â Henry Tate, English businessman and philanthropist, founded Tate & Lyle (died 1899)[53]
- 1822 â Joseph Louis François Bertrand, French mathematician, economist, and academic (died 1900)[54]
- 1863 â Andrew Stoddart, English cricketer and rugby player (died 1915)[55]
- 1870 â Louis Bachelier, French mathematician and theorist (died 1946)[56]
- 1876 â Carl Ruggles, American composer and painter (died 1971)[57]
- 1880 â Harry H. Laughlin, American eugenicist and sociologist (died 1943)[58]
- 1884 â Lewi Pethrus, Swedish minister and hymn-writer (died 1974)[59]
- 1885 â Malcolm Campbell, English race car driver (died 1948)[60]
- 1887 â Raoul Walsh, American actor and director (died 1980)[61]
- 1890 â Vannevar Bush, American engineer and academic (died 1974)[62]
- 1893 â Wanda Gág, American author and illustrator (died 1946)[63]
- 1897 â Henry Cowell, American pianist and composer (died 1965)[64]
- 1898 â Dorothy Gish, American actress (died 1968)[65]
- 1899 â Frederik IX of Denmark (died 1972)[66]
- 1899 â James H. Douglas, Jr., American lawyer, and politician, United States Deputy Secretary of Defense (died 1988)[67]
1901âpresent
- 1903 â Ronald Syme, New Zealand historian and scholar (died 1989)[68]
- 1903 â Lawrence Welk, American accordion player and bandleader (died 1992)[69]
- 1907 â Jessie Matthews, English actress, singer, and dancer (died 1981)[70]
- 1908 â Matti Sippala, Finnish javelin thrower (died 1997)[71]
- 1910 â Robert Havemann, German chemist and academic (died 1982)[72]
- 1911 â Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet, Scottish general and politician (died 1996)[73]
- 1913 â Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke, German colonel and pilot (died 1944)[74]
- 1915 â Vijay Hazare, Indian cricketer (died 2004)[75]
- 1915 â J. C. R. Licklider, American computer scientist and psychologist (died 1990)[76]
- 1915 â Dude Martin, American country singer, bandleader, radio and television host (died 1991)[77]
- 1916 â Harold Wilson, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1995)[46]
- 1920 â Nicolaas Bloembergen, Dutch-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2017)[78]
- 1921 â Astor Piazzolla, Argentine tango composer and bandoneon player (died 1992)[79]
- 1922 â Cornelius Castoriadis, Greek economist and philosopher (died 1997)[80]
- 1922 â Abdul Razak Hussein, Malaysian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Malaysia (died 1976)[81]
- 1922 â José Luis López Vázquez, Spanish actor, costume designer, scenic designer and assistant director (died 2009)[82]
- 1923 â Louise Brough, American tennis player (died 2014)[83]
- 1925 â Margaret Oakley Dayhoff, American biochemist and academic (died 1983)[84]
- 1926 â Ralph Abernathy, American minister and activist (died 1990)[85]
- 1927 â Vince Boryla, American basketball player, coach, and executive (died 2016)[86]
- 1927 â Freda Meissner-Blau, Austrian activist and politician (died 2015)[87]
- 1927 â Robert Mosbacher, American businessman, and politician, United States Secretary of Commerce (died 2010)[88]
- 1927 â Josep Maria Subirachs, Spanish sculptor and painter (died 2014)[89]
- 1929 â Timothy Carey, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1994)[90]
- 1929 â Jackie McGlew, South African cricketer (died 1998)[91]
- 1930 â David Gentleman, English illustrator and engraver[92]
- 1930 â Claude Jutra, Canadian actor, director and screenwriter (died 1986)[93]
- 1931 â Rupert Murdoch, Australian-American businessman and media magnate[46]
- 1932 â Leroy Jenkins, American violinist and composer (died 2007)[94]
- 1932 â Nigel Lawson, English journalist and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (died 2023)[95]
- 1934 â Sam Donaldson, American journalist[96]
- 1936 â Antonin Scalia, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (died 2016)[46]
- 1940 â Alberto Cortez, Argentinian-Spanish singer-songwriter (died 2019)[97]
- 1941 â Shelly Zegart, quilt historian (died 2025)[98]
- 1943 â Arturo Merzario, Italian race car driver[99]
- 1945 â Dock Ellis, American baseball player and coach (died 2008)[100]
- 1945 â Harvey Mandel, American guitarist[101]
- 1946 â Mark Metcalf, American actor[102]
- 1947 â Tristan Murail, French composer and educator[103]
- 1948 â Roy Barnes, American politician, 80th Governor of Georgia[104]
- 1948 â Jim McMillian, American basketball player (died 2016)[105]
- 1950 â Bobby McFerrin, American singer-songwriter, producer, and conductor[46]
- 1950 â Jerry Zucker, American director, producer, and screenwriter[106]
- 1951 â Dominique Sanda, French model and actress[107]
- 1952 â Douglas Adams, English author and playwright (died 2001)[108]
- 1953 â Derek Daly, Irish-American race car driver and sportscaster[109]
- 1953 â Jimmy Iovine, American record producer and businessman, co-founded Beats Electronics[110]
- 1953 â Bernie LaBarge, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist[111]
- 1954 â David Newman, American composer and conductor[112]
- 1954 â Gale Norton, American politician, 48th United States Secretary of the Interior[113]
- 1955 â Leslie Cliff, Canadian swimmer[114]
- 1955 â Nina Hagen, German singer-songwriter[115]
- 1956 â Willie Banks, American triple jumper[116]
- 1956 â Helen Rollason, English sports journalist and sportscaster (died 1999)[117]
- 1957 â Qasem Soleimani, Former Iranian commander of the Quds Force (died 2020)[118]
- 1958 â Anissa Jones, American child actress (died 1976)[119]
- 1959 â Nina Hartley, American pornographic actress/director, sex educator, sex-positive feminist, and author[120]
- 1960 â Warwick Taylor, New Zealand rugby player[121]
- 1961 â Elias Koteas, Canadian actor[46]
- 1961 â Bruce Watson, Canadian-Scottish guitarist[122]
- 1962 â Matt Mead, American politician, 32nd Governor of Wyoming[123]
- 1962 â Jeffrey Nordling, American actor[102]
- 1963 â Gary Barnett, English footballer and manager[124]
- 1963 â Alex Kingston, English actress[46]
- 1963 â David LaChapelle, American photographer and director[125]
- 1964 â Peter Berg, American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor[126]
- 1964 â Raimo Helminen, Finnish ice hockey player and coach[127]
- 1964 â Vinnie Paul, American drummer, songwriter and producer (died 2018)[128]
- 1964 â Shane Richie, English actor and singer[129]
- 1965 â Nigel Adkins, English footballer and manager[130]
- 1965 â Jesse Jackson, Jr., American lawyer and politician[131]
- 1965 â Wallace Langham, American actor[102]
- 1965 â Jenny Packham, English fashion designer[132]
- 1966 â John Thompson III, American basketball player and coach[133]
- 1967 â John Barrowman, Scottish-American actor and singer[46]
- 1967 â Sergei Bautin, Belarusian ice hockey player and coach (died 2022)[134]
- 1967 â Brad Carson, American lawyer and politician[135]
- 1968 â Lisa Loeb, American singer-songwriter[136]
- 1969 â Terrence Howard, American actor and producer[137]
- 1969 â Soraya, Colombian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2006)[138]
- 1969 â Michael Rulli, American politician and businessman[139]
- 1971 â Johnny Knoxville, American actor and entertainer[140]
- 1971 â Martin RuÄinský, Czech ice hockey player[141]
- 1971 â Lee Sang-hoon, South Korean baseball player[142]
- 1974 â Bobby Abreu, Venezuelan baseball player[143]
- 1976 â Thomas Gravesen, Danish footballer[144]
- 1977 â Becky Hammon, American-Russian basketball player and coach[145]
- 1977 â Michal HandzuÅ¡, Slovak ice hockey player[146]
- 1978 â Didier Drogba, Ivorian footballer[46]
- 1978 â Albert Luque, Spanish footballer[147]
- 1979 â Elton Brand, American basketball player[148]
- 1979 â Fred Jones, American basketball player[149]
- 1979 â Benji Madden, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[150]
- 1979 â Joel Madden, American singer-songwriter and producer[150]
- 1980 â Rich Hill, American baseball player[151]
- 1980 â Mark Rober, American YouTuber and engineer[152]
- 1980 â Dan Uggla, American baseball player[153]
- 1981 â David Anders, American actor[102]
- 1981 â Lee Evans, American football player[154]
- 1981 â Russell Lissack, English musician[155]
- 1981 â LeToya Luckett, American singer-songwriter and actress[156]
- 1982 â Brian Anderson, American baseball player[157]
- 1982 â Thora Birch, American actress, producer, and director[102]
- 1983 â Lukáš KrajÃÄek, Czech ice hockey player[158]
- 1984 â Rob Brown, American actor[102]
- 1985 â Paul Bissonnette, Canadian ice hockey player[159]
- 1985 â Daniel Vázquez Evuy, Equatoguinean footballer[160]
- 1985 â Cassandra Fairbanks, American journalist and activist[161]
- 1985 â Stelios Malezas, Greek footballer[162]
- 1985 â Greg Olsen, American football player and commentator[163]
- 1985 â Nikolai Topor-Stanley, Australian footballer[164]
- 1986 â Dario Cologna, Swiss skier[165]
- 1987 â Marc-André Gragnani, Canadian ice hockey player[166]
- 1987 â Tanel Kangert, Estonian cyclist[167]
- 1987 â Ngonidzashe Makusha, Zimbabwean sprinter and long jumper[168]
- 1988 â Pedro Báez, Dominican baseball player[169]
- 1988 â Fábio Coentrão, Portuguese footballer[170]
- 1988 â Cecil Lolo, South African footballer (died 2015)[171]
- 1989 â Malcolm Delaney, American basketball player[172]
- 1989 â Orlando Johnson, American basketball player[173]
- 1989 â Anton Yelchin, Russian-American actor (died 2016)[174]
- 1990 â Ayumi Morita, Japanese tennis player[175]
- 1992 â Austin Swift, American producer and actor[176]
- 1993 â Jodie Comer, English actress[46]
- 1993 â Anthony Davis, American basketball player[177]
- 1994 â Andy Robertson, Scottish footballer[178]
- 1996 â Conor Garland, American ice hockey player[179]
- 1997 â Travis Konecny, Canadian ice hockey player[180]
- 1997 â Ray Spalding, American basketball player[181]
- 2003 â Tristan VukÄeviÄ, Serbian-Swedish basketball player[182]
- 2004 â Margarita Kolosov, German rhythmic gymnast[183]
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 222 â Elagabalus, Roman emperor (born 203)[184]
- 638 â Sophronius of Jerusalem (born 560)[185]
- 1198 â Marie of France, Countess of Champagne (born 1145)[186]
- 1486 â Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg (born 1414)[187]
- 1575 â Matthias Flacius, Croatian theologian and reformer (born 1520)[188]
- 1576 â Juan de Salcedo, Spanish conquistador (born 1549)[189]
1601â1900
- 1602 â Emilio de' Cavalieri, Italian organist and composer (born 1550)[190]
- 1607 â Giovanni Maria Nanino, Italian composer and educator (born 1543)[191]
- 1665 â Clemente Tabone, Maltese landowner and militia member (born c. 1575)[192]
- 1689 â Sambhaji, second Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire (born 1657)[193]
- 1722 â John Toland, Irish philosopher and theorist (born 1670)[194]
- 1759 â John Forbes, Scottish general (born 1707)[195]
- 1820 â Benjamin West, American-English painter and academic (born 1738)[196]
- 1851 â Marie-Louise Coidavid, Queen of Haiti (born 1778)[197]
- 1851 â George McDuffie, American lawyer and politician, 55th Governor of South Carolina (born 1790)[198]
- 1863 â Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet, English general (born 1803)[199]
- 1869 â Vladimir Odoyevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (born 1803)[200]
- 1870 â Moshoeshoe I of Lesotho (born 1786)[201]
- 1874 â Charles Sumner, American lawyer and politician (born 1811)[202]
- 1898 â William Rosecrans, American general and politician (born 1819)[203]
1901âpresent
- 1907 â Jean Casimir-Perier, French lawyer and politician, 6th President of France (born 1847)[204]
- 1908 â Edmondo De Amicis, Italian journalist and author (born 1846)[205]
- 1908 â Benjamin Waugh, English minister and activist (born 1839)[206]
- 1915 â Thomas Alexander Browne, English-Australian author (born 1826)[207]
- 1931 â F. W. Murnau, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1888)[208]
- 1937 â Joseph S. Cullinan, American businessman, co-founded Texaco (born 1860)[209]
- 1944 â Hendrik Willem van Loon, Dutch-American journalist and historian (born 1882)[210]
- 1944 â Edgar Zilsel, Austrian historian and philosopher of science, linked to the Vienna Circle (born 1891)[211]
- 1949 â Henri Giraud, French general and politician (born 1879)[212]
- 1952 â Pierre Renoir, French actor and director (born 1885)[213]
- 1955 â Alexander Fleming, Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1881)[214]
- 1955 â Oscar F. Mayer, German-American businessman, founded Oscar Mayer (born 1859)[215]
- 1956 â Aleksanteri Aava, Finnish poet (born 1883)[216]
- 1957 â Richard E. Byrd, American admiral and explorer (born 1888)[217]
- 1959 â Lester Dent, American author (born 1904)[218]
- 1960 â Roy Chapman Andrews, American paleontologist and explorer (born 1884)[219]
- 1967 â Geraldine Farrar, American soprano and actress (born 1882)[220]
- 1969 â John Wyndham, English author (born 1903)[221]
- 1970 â Erle Stanley Gardner, American lawyer and author (born 1889)[222]
- 1971 â Philo Farnsworth, American inventor, developer of the first all electronic television system (born 1906)[223]
- 1971 â Whitney Young, American activist (born 1921)[224]
- 1978 â Claude François, French entertainer (born 1939)[225]
- 1982 â Edmund Cooper, English poet and author (born 1926)[226]
- 1982 â Horace Gregory, American poet, translator, and academic (born 1898)[227]
- 1986 â Sonny Terry, American singer and harmonica player (born 1911)[228]
- 1989 â James Kee, American lawyer and politician (born 1917)[229]
- 1989 â John J. McCloy, American lawyer and diplomat (born 1895)[230]
- 1992 â Richard Brooks, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1912)[231]
- 1995 â Myfanwy Talog, Welsh actress and singer (born 1945)[232]
- 1996 â Vince Edwards, American actor and director (born 1928)[233]
- 1999 â Herbert Jasper, Canadian psychologist, anatomist, and neurologist (born 1906)[234]
- 1999 â Camille Laurin, Canadian psychiatrist and politician (born 1922)[235]
- 2002 â James Tobin, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918)[236]
- 2006 â Bernie Geoffrion, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1931)[237]
- 2006 â Slobodan MiloÅ¡eviÄ, Serbian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (born 1941)[238]
- 2010 â Hans van Mierlo, Dutch politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born 1931)[239]
- 2012 â James B. Morehead, American colonel and pilot (born 1916)[240]
- 2013 â Martin Adolf Bormann, German priest and theologian (born 1930)[241]
- 2013 â Simón Alberto Consalvi, Venezuelan journalist and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Venezuela (born 1927)[242]
- 2014 â Dean Bailey, Australian footballer and coach (born 1967)[243]
- 2014 â Joel Brinkley, American journalist and academic (born 1952)[244]
- 2015 â Walter Burkert, German philologist and scholar (born 1931)[245]
- 2015 â Jimmy Greenspoon, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (born 1948)[246]
- 2016 â Iolanda BalaÈ, Romanian high jumper (born 1936)[247]
- 2016 â Doreen Massey, English geographer and political activist (born 1944)[248]
- 2018 â Ken Dodd, English comedian and singer (born 1927)[249]
- 2018 â Siegfried Rauch, German actor (born 1932)[250]
- 2018 â Karl Lehmann, German cardinal (born 1936)[251]
- 2018 â Mary Rosenblum, American science fiction and mystery author (born 1952)[252]
- 2021 â Ray Campi, American singer and musician (born 1934)[253]
- 2021 â Takis Mousafiris, Greek composer and songwriter (born 1936)[254]
- 2022 â Rupiah Banda, President of Zambia (born 1937)[255]
- 2024 â Paul Alexander, Polio survivor (born 1946)[256]
- 2025 â Junior Bridgeman, American basketball player and businessman (born 1953)[257]
- 2025 â Clive Revill, New Zealand actor and singer (born 1930)[258]
Holidays and observances
- Christian feast day:
- Day of Restoration of Independence from the Soviet Union in 1990 (Lithuania)[264]
- Moshoeshoe Day (Lesotho)[265]
- Saudi Flag Day[266]
Notes
- Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 639. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.