Coastal Road massacre: At least 37 are killed and more than 70 are wounded when Fatah hijack an Israeli bus, prompting Israel's Operation Litani. Date: March 11, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 11 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today)

Hundreds of students protest in the University of Pristina in Kosovo, then part of Yugoslavia, to give their province more political rights. The protests then became a nationwide movement. Date: March 11, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 11 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day…

Fifteen people are killed when Widerøe Flight 933 crashes into the Barents Sea near Gamvik, Norway. Date: March 11, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 11 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today)

Bob Hawke is appointed Prime Minister of Australia. Date: March 11, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 11 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today)

Mikhail Gorbachev is elected to the position of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, making Gorbachev the USSR's de facto, and last, head of state. Date: March 11, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 11 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day…

Patricio Aylwin is sworn in as the first democratically elected President of Chile since 1970. Date: March 11, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 11 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today)

Lithuania declares independence from the Soviet Union. Date: March 11, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 11 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today)

The International Criminal Court holds its inaugural session in The Hague. Date: March 11, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 11 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day (Today)

Madrid train bombings: Simultaneous explosions on rush hour trains in Madrid, Spain kill 191 people. Date: March 11, 2004 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 11 📅 Events on this day in 2004 📅 On This Day (Today)

Michelle Bachelet is inaugurated as the first female president of Chile. Date: March 11, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 11 📅 Events on this day in 2006 📅 On This Day (Today)