What happend on 11th March

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1942

World War II: General Douglas MacArthur abandons Corregidor.

1941

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

1936

British Prime Minister pardons five convicted Irish militants who promise to join growing conflict with Germany.

1927

In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre.

1917

Baghdad falls to the Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Maude.

1900

Boer War: Boer leader Paul Kruger's peace overtures are rejected by Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Lord Salisbury.

1897

A meteorite enters the earth's atmosphere and explodes over New Martinsville, West Virginia. The debris causes damage but no human injuries are reported.

1888

The Great Blizzard of '88 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.

1880

Harry H. Laughlin, American eugenicist (d. 1943)

1864

The Great Sheffield Flood: The largest man-made disaster ever to befall England kills over 250 people in Sheffield.