| March 11th 1865 | | Gen Sherman's Union forces occupies Fayetteville, NC
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| March 11th 1867 | | Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Don Carlos," premieres in Paris
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| March 11th 1867 | | Great Mauna Loa eruption (Hawaiian volcano)
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| March 11th 1882 | | Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association organized in Princeton NJ
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| March 11th 1888 | | Great blizzard of '88 strikes NE US
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| March 11th 1892 | | 1st public basketball game (Springfield, Mass)
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| March 11th 1895 | | Spanish cruiser Reina Regenta sinks at Gibraltar, 400 killed
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| March 11th 1901 | | Cincinnati Enquirer reports Balt mgr John McGraw signed Cherokee Indian Tokohoma, who is really black 2nd baseman Charlie Grant
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| March 11th 1904 | | Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Brandon Wheat Kings in 2 games
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| March 11th 1905 | | Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 beat Rat Portage Thisles, 2 games to 1
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| March 11th 1910 | | Jack Hobbs 1st Test ton (187 v SAfr), his only Test hit wicket
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| March 11th 1912 | | 1st Stanley Cup game to be played in 3 20-min periods, formerly played in 30-min halfs, Quebec beats Moncton 9-3 on way to sweep
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| March 11th 1917 | | British troops occupy Baghdad
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| March 11th 1917 | | 1st NHL championship game ever played, Toronto Arenas beats Montreal Canadiens 7-3 in 1st of 2 game set (second game on March 13)
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| March 11th 1918 | | Moscow becomes capital of revolutionary Russia
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