March 11
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Art and culture
- 1702 - The first regular English-language newspaper, The Daily Courant, is published in London.
- 1913 - Luigi Russolo published the treatise The Art of Noises (L'arte dei rumori).
- 2005 - Begierde im Blick exhibition opens in Hamburg
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Births
- 1544 - Torquato Tasso, Italian poet (d. 1595)
- 1887 - Raoul Walsh, American film director (d. 1980)
- 1890 - Vannevar Bush, American engineer and politician (d. 1974)
- 1921 - Ástor Piazzolla, Argentine composer (d. 1992)
- 1926 - Ralph Abernathy, American civil rights leader (d. 1990)
- 1940 - Jon Gibson, American composer (d. 2020)
- 1952 - Douglas Adams, English writer (d. 2001)
- 1955 - Nina Hagen, German singer
- 1963 - David LaChapelle, American photographer and film director
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Deaths
- 222 - Elagabalus, Roman Emperor
- 1931 - F.W. Murnau, German film director (b. 1888)
- 1952 - Douglas Adams, English writer (d. 2001)
- 1969 - John Wyndham, English author (b. 1903)
- 1972 - Fredric Brown, American science fiction and mystery writer (b. 1906)
- 2019 - Hal Blaine, American drummer and session musician (b. 1929)
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