Friday, March 11, 2011

March 11

Track Year Event Artist Song Album
1 1708 Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation. Lukid Veto Chord
2 1824 The United States War Department creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Devendra Banhart Onward the Indian The Black Babies
3 1864 The Great Sheffield Flood: The largest man-made disaster ever to befall England kills over 250 people in Sheffield. The Books We Bought the Flood The Way Out
4 1872 Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain. Mewithoutyou Seven Sisters Catch for Us the Foxes
5 1931 Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR, abbreviated as GTO, is introduced in the Soviet Union. Ronnie & the Daytonas GTO GTO
6 2011 An earthquake measuring 8.9 in magnitude struck 130 km (80 miles) east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a tsunami. Beck Earthquake Weather Guero

(Historical facts about March 11 are from Wikipedia.)

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