Birthdays & Historical Events – March 11

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Birthdays & Historical Events – March 11

Historical Events on March 11

Events that occurred on March 11 throughout history

1869

Thanks to a pardon from out-going President Andrew Johnson, Dr

Thanks to a pardon from out-going President Andrew Johnson, Dr. Samuel Mudd boards the steamer ship Liberty bound for his family in Maryland. He leaves behind his cell at Fort Jefferson located on an island of the Dry Tortugas off the Gulf Coast of Florida where he was imprisoned as a co-conspirator in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. John Wilkes Booth was the actual assassin.

1930

President William Howard Taft is interred at Arlington National Cemetery

President William Howard Taft is interred at Arlington National Cemetery. He's the first president and chief justice of the United States to be buried in the national cemetery. John F. Kennedy is the only other president buried there.

1959

The Ethel Barrymore Theatre on Broadway in New York City

The Ethel Barrymore Theatre on Broadway in New York City debuts Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun. It's the first production written by an African American woman to be seen on Broadway.

2020

World Health Organization Director-General Dr

World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus confirms the COVID-19 outbreak is a pandemic.