What happend on 11th March

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1988

Iran-Iraq War: Cease Fire declared.

1985

Mikhail Gorbachev becomes Soviet leader.

1983

Bob Hawke becomes 23rd Prime Minister of Australia.

1978

Nine Palestinian Al Fatah guerillas hijack a bus in Israel, killing 34 civilians and wounding 70 before being killed by security forces. The Israelis retaliate by invading southern Lebanon three days later, under codename Operation Litani.

1977

130+ hostages held in Washington, D.C., by Hanafi Muslims were set free after ambassadors from three Islamic nations joined negotiations.

1971

Paul Semadeni is born. Scholar, good guy, jokester, Chiropractor

1966

President Sukarno of Indonesia was forced to give up his executive power.

1966

Henry "Dickie" Marrow" is murdered in a violent racially-motivated crime in Oxford, N.C..

1966

A fire at two ski resorts in Numata, Japan kills 31 people.

1959

In Cannes, France, Teddy Scholten wins the fourth Eurovision Song Contest for the Netherlands singing "Een beetje" (A little bit).