Historical Events on March 11

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Here are some historical events that happened on March 11:

1702 - The first regular English-language newspaper, "The Daily Courant", was published in London.

1861 - The Confederate Constitution was adopted by the Confederate States of America.

1941 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Lend-Lease Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies during World War II.

1977 - The 11th President of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos, lifted martial law in the country after nearly 9 years.

1990 - Lithuania declared its independence from the Soviet Union, becoming the first Soviet republic to do so.

2004 - Terrorist bombings in Madrid, Spain, killed 191 people and wounded over 2,000 others. It was one of Europe's deadliest terrorist attacks.

2011 - A magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Japan, triggering a devastating tsunami that killed over 15,000 people, caused a nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi

Nuclear Power Plant, and resulted in the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of residents.

2011 - The Arab Spring uprisings continued as protesters in Syria called for democratic reforms, leading to a civil war that still continues to this day.

2020 - The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a global pandemic, acknowledging the rapid spread of the coronavirus across the world.

These are just a few notable events that happened on March 11 throughout history.