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March 11
March 11 is under the sign of Pisces.
Famous birthdays on this day include Nina Hagen (1955), Didier Drogba (1978) and Nina Hartley (1959).
Several movies were released around March 11 over the years, such as Some Like It Hot in 1959 directed by Billy Wilder and Rio Bravo in 1959 directed by Howard Hawks.
But much more happened on March 11 over the years: find out below
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Movies
Which were the most popular Movies released around March 11 over the years?
Some Like It Hot
Release year: 1959
Directed by: Billy Wilder
Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft
Country: United States of America
Rio Bravo
Release year: 1959
Directed by: Howard Hawks
Starring: John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson
Country: United States of America
The Thief of Bagdad
Release year: 1924
Directed by: Raoul Walsh
Starring: Douglas Fairbanks, Julanne Johnston, Snitz Edwards, Charles Belcher
Country: United States of America
Imitation of Life
Release year: 1959
Directed by: Douglas Sirk
Starring: Lana Turner, John Gavin, Sandra Dee, Susan Kohner
Country: United States of America
Hair
Release year: 1979
Directed by: Milos Forman
Starring: John Savage, Treat Williams, Beverly D'Angelo, Annie Golden
Country: United States of America
Historical Events
Which were the important events of March 11?
- 2019 Battle of Baghuz Fawqani, International military intervention against ISIL: US-backed Syrian forces resume their offensive on the final enclave controlled by ISIL in Syria at Baghuz. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
- 2018 2017–18 South Pacific cyclone season: Cyclone Hola makes landfall in New Zealand. (Newshub)
- 2017 Syrian Civil War: Twin bombings kill at least 40 people, mostly Shia Iraqi pilgrims, and wound over 100 in the Bab al-Saghir area of Damascus. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
- 2016 Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present): The Algerian Army kills three suspected Islamist militants near the eastern city of El Oued and seizes a large quantity of weapons, including six anti-aircraft missiles. (Reuters)
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Events
- Nina Hagen: German singer, well known in the new...
- Didier Drogba: Ivorian footballer who currently at age...
- Nina Hartley: American porno superstar with numerous...
- Johnny Knoxville: American stunt performer, comedian,...
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Famous Birthday
- Merlin Olsen: American athlete, pro football...
- Whitney Young: American civil rights activist (d....
- Betty Hutton: Battle Creek, Michigan -- Actress...
- James Reeb: American Unitarian Universalist minister...
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Famous Deaths
Music charts
Which were the top hits in that special week of March 11 over the years?
- 2018 God's Plan - Drake
- 2017 Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You
- 2016 Work - Rihanna Featuring Drake
- 2015 Uptown Funk! - Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars
- 2014 Pharrell Williams - Happy
- 2013 Harlem Shake - Baauer
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2012
Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)
- 2011 Lady GaGa - Born This Way
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2010
Imma Be - The Black Eyed Peas
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2009
Flo Rida - Right Round
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Top #1 songs in the USA
- 2017 Heathens - twenty one pilots
- 2016 twenty one pilots - Stressed Out
- 2015 Hozier - Take Me To Church
- 2014 Bastille - Pompeii
- 2013 Ho Hey - The Lumineers
- 2012 The Black Keys - Lonely Boy
- 2011 Rope - Foo Fighters
- 2010 Your Decision - Alice In Chains
Top #1 Rock songs
Books
Which were the most popular books released around March 11 over the years?
His Way
Year: 1987
By: Kitty Kelley
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • With a new afterword by the author in honor of Frank Sinatra’s 100th birthday This is the book that Frank Sinatra tried—but failed—to keep
How To Make Love To A Man
Year: 1982
By: Alexandra Penney
ASK ANY MAN. If you can get him to admit it, he'll probably tell you that he would like to be made love to almost as much as being a
A Man in Full
Year: 1999
By: Tom Wolfe
The setting is Atlanta, Georgia — a racially mixed, late-century boomtown full of fresh wealth and wily politicians. The protagonist is Charles Croker, once a college football star, now a late-middle-aged Atlanta conglomerate king whose outsize ego has at last …
The Sicilian
Year: 1985
By: Mario Puzo
After Mario Puzo wrote his internationally acclaimed The Godfather, he has often been imitated but never equaled. Puzo's classic novel, The Sicilian, stands as a cornerstone of his work--a lushly romantic, unforgettable tale of bloodshed, justice, and treachery.