Almanac for March 11th

Erin O'Riordan's Almanac for March 11th: https://ko-fi.com/post/March-11-F1F4JEDC0

March 10, 1926 Milwaukee Leader

Beatles Trivia
March 11, 1997: Paul McCartney becomes Sir Paul McCartney when he is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.

Bummer March 11th

March 11, 1888: The Great White Hurricane, or Great Blizzard of 1888, begins on the East Coast of the United States. The storm kills an estimated 400 people.

March 11, 1918: Private Albert Gitchell, stationed in the U.S. Army at Fort Riley, Kansas, is discovered to have the first-recorded case of influenza in what becomes the influenza pandemic of 1918. An estimated 50 million to 100 million people die of influenza during the pandemic worldwide.

March 11, 1931: Film director F.W. Murnau, who directed Nosferatu (1922), dies from injuries he sustained the previous day when he is thrown from a car in which he is a passenger.

March 11, 1978: French singer/songwriter/dancer Claude François succumbs to electrocution injuries in the hospital a short time after he receives a severe shock while trying to change a lightbulb in his bathroom. He’s 39 years old.

March 11, 2004: A series of coordinated bombings of commuter train cars kills 191 people in Madrid, Spain. The terrorism was planned in retaliation for Spain’s involvement in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. 

March 11, 2020: The World Health Organization declares COVID-19 a pandemic.