WHAT HAPPENED ON 11. MARCH
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The first case of Spanish flu occurs, the start of a devastating worldwide pandemic. (11. March 1918)

In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre. (11. March 1927)

Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR, abbreviated as GTO, is introduced in the Soviet Union. (11. March 1931)

World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan. (11. March 1941)

World War II: General Douglas MacArthur leaves Corregidor. (11. March 1942)

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. (11. March 1945)

World War II: The Empire of Vietnam, a short-lived puppet state, is established with Bảo Đại as its ruler. (11. March 1945)

Rudolf Höss, the first commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, is captured by British troops. (11. March 1946)

Vietnam War: North Vietnamese and Viet Cong guerrilla forces establish control over Ban Me Thuot commune from the South Vietnamese army. (11. March 1975)

The 1977 Hanafi Muslim Siege: more than 130 hostages held in Washington, D.C., by Hanafi Muslims are set free after ambassadors from three Islamic nations join negotiations. (11. March 1977)

Coastal Road massacre: At least 37 are killed and more than 70 are wounded when Al Fatah hijack an Israeli bus, prompting Israel's Operation Litani. (11. March 1978)

Pakistan successfully conducts a cold test of a nuclear weapon. (11. March 1983)

Lithuania declares itself independent from the Soviet Union. (11. March 1990)

Patricio Aylwin is sworn in as the first democratically elected President of Chile since 1970. (11. March 1990)

Janet Reno is confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn in the next day, becoming the first female Attorney General of the United States. (11. March 1993)

Infosys becomes the first Indian company listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange. (11. March 1999)

Madrid train bombings: Simultaneous explosions on rush hour trains in Madrid, Spain, kill 191 people. (11. March 2004)

Michelle Bachelet is inaugurated as first female president of Chile. (11. March 2006)

Georgia claims Russian helicopters attacked the Kodori Valley in Abkhazia, an accusation that Russia categorically denies later. (11. March 2007)

Winnenden school shooting: 16 are killed and 11 are injured before recent-graduate Tim Kretschmer shoots and kills himself, leading to tightened weapons restrictions in Germany. (11. March 2009)