Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-123, carrying the first component of the Japanese Kibō module to the International Space Station. Date: March 11, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 11 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today)

Winnenden school shooting: Fifteen are killed and nine are injured before recent graduate Tim Kretschmer shoots and kills himself, leading to tightened weapons restrictions in Germany. Date: March 11, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 11 📅 Events on this day in 2009 📅 On This Day (Today)

Economist and businessman Sebastián Piñera is sworn in as President of Chile. Aftershocks of the 2010 Pichilemu earthquakes hit central Chile during the ceremony. Date: March 11, 2010 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 11 📅 Events on this day in 2010 📅 On This Day (Today)

An earthquake measuring 9.0 in magnitude strikes 130 km (81 mi) east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a tsunami killing thousands of people. This event also triggered the second largest nuclear accident in history, and one of only two events to be classified as a Level 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale. Date: March 11, 2011 Read…

A U.S. soldier kills 16 civilians in the Panjwayi District of Afghanistan near Kandahar. Date: March 11, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 11 📅 Events on this day in 2012 📅 On This Day (Today)

A Bombardier Challenger 604 crashes into the Zagros Mountains near the Iranian city of Shar-e-kord, killing all 11 people on board. Date: March 11, 2018 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 11 📅 Events on this day in 2018 📅 On This Day (Today)

The World Health Organization (WHO) declares the COVID-19 virus epidemic a pandemic. Date: March 11, 2020 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 11 📅 Events on this day in 2020 📅 On This Day (Today)

US President Joe Biden signs the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan into law. Date: March 11, 2021 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 11 📅 Events on this day in 2021 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Burmese military kills at least 30 villagers, including 3 Buddhist monks, during the Pinlaung massacre in Shan State, Myanmar. Date: March 11, 2023 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 11 📅 Events on this day in 2023 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France. Date: March 10, 1906 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 10 📅 Events on this day in 1906 📅 On This Day (Today)