World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan. Date: March 11, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 11 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today)

World War II: The Empire of Vietnam, a short-lived Japanese puppet state, is established. Date: March 11, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 11 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)

World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy attempts a large-scale kamikaze attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet anchored at Ulithi atoll in Operation Tan No. 2. Date: March 11, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 11 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)

Rudolf Höss, the first commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, is captured by British troops. Date: March 11, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 11 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today)

The 1977 Hanafi Siege: Around 150 hostages held in Washington, D.C., by Hanafi Muslims are set free after ambassadors from three Islamic nations join negotiations. Date: March 11, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 11 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today)

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…