Today in History for 11th March 2018:
Historical Events
537 – Goths lay siege to Rome
1912 – 1st Stanley Cup game to be played in 3 20-min periods, formerly played in 30-min halfs, Quebec beats Moncton 9-3 on way to sweep
1961 – Then NHL record 40 penalties, Black Hawks and Maple Leafs (20 each)
1978 – USF-led Bill Cartwright scores 23 points as the Dons oust NC
1995 – -36.8°F (-38.2°C) in Chosedachar, Komi-district, on 67°N
2012 – 59th ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament: #17 Florida State beats #4 North Carolina, 85-82
Famous Birthdays
1738 – Benjamin Tupper, Continental Army officer, and pioneer to the Ohio Country (d. 1792)
1904 – Cornelis Jan Bakker, Dutch/US nuclear physicist
1940 – Alberto Cortez, Argentinian singer
1950 – Jerry Zucker, director (Airplane, Naked Gun), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1973 – Sammie Brennan, CFL defensive back (BC Lions)
1987 – Tomethy Furse, British bassist (The Horrors)
Famous Deaths
1602 – Emilio de’ Cavalieri, Italian composer
1854 – Willard Richards, American religious leader (b. 1804)
1932 – Dora Carrington, British Bloomsbury artist commits suicide aged 38
1937 – Joseph S. Cullinan, American oil industrialist (b. 1860)
1960 – Roy Chapman Andrews, US biologist/explorer, dies at 76
1962 – Will Vesper, German author (Tristan und Isolde), dies at 79