March 11 - Pancakes

Pancakes!

This Day In History

1702

The Daily Courant, England's first national daily newspaper is published for the first time.

1851

The first performance of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Venice.

1888

The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.

1927

In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre.

1990

Lithuania declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.

2011

An earthquake measuring 9.0 in magnitude strikes 130 km (81 mi) east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a tsunami killing thousands of people. This event also triggered the second largest nuclear accident in history.

Famous Birthdays

1890

Vannevar Bush, American engineer and politician (d. 1974)

1893

Wanda Gág, American author and illustrator (d. 1946)

1903

Lawrence Welk, American musician (d. 1992)

1915

J. C. R. Licklider, American computer scientist (d. 1990)

1916

Ezra Jack Keats, American author (d. 1983)

1936

Antonin Scalia, American Supreme Court Justice

1950

Bobby McFerrin, American singer

1956

Rob Paulsen, American voice actor

1963

Alex Kingston, English actress

1967

John Barrowman, Scottish-American actor

1968

Lisa Loeb, American singer-songwriter and actress

1974

Bobby Abreu, Venezuelan baseball player

1989

Anton Yelchin, Russian/American actor