American musician Lawrence Welk was born on March 11, 1903 in Strasburg, North Dakota.

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“U.S. soldiers & German pistol”

Photo was taken on March 11, 1918

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Lillian and Dorothy Gish in 1921

On March 11, 1898 Dorothy Gish was born in Dayton, Ohio

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President John F. Kennedy and his nephew, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (RFK, Jr.) and presented his uncle with a salamander, “Shadrach” in the White House Oval Office, Washington, D.C. on March 11, 1961

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Starting March 11 the Great Blizzard of 1888 was a three-day East Coast snow storm that stretched from Chesapeake Bay to Canada’s Atlantic Provinces. 10 to 60 inches of snow fell but high winds piled up drifts 30 feet high in some places. Rail travel and communication systems were severely impacted. Shown is New York City during the blizzard.

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Louis Gossett, Ruby Dee and Sidney Poitier in A Raisin in The Sun.

The Broadway play premiered on March 11, 1959

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One of the largest ponderosa pines on the Colville Indian Reservation (Washington state.) Photo taken at the edge of Moses Meadow c. 1941

On March 11, 1824 the Bureau of Indian Affairs was formed. Image via Wikimedia Commons, public domain

On March 11, 1860, American architect Thomas Hastings was born in New York City. He worked for the prestigious architectural firm Carrère and Hastings that designed the New York Public Library Main Branch.

In 1900, Hastings married this beautiful woman named Helen Benedict of Greenwich, Connecticut. At the wedding Helen wore a dazzling diamond necklace, a veil that was secured by diamond sunbursts and carried a bouquet of wild orchids.

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Shemp Howard was born on March 11, 1895 in Manhattan, New York.

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American singer and songwriter Bobby McFerrin was born on March 11, 1950 in Manhattan, New York City.

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American modernist music composer, Carl Ruggles, was born on March 11, 1876 in Marion, Massachusetts.

As a six year old boy he made his own violin out of a cigar box.

Despite not having any formal musical education or studying music theory, Ruggles is considered one of the composers known as The American Five.

“Sun-Treader,” “Men and Mountains” and “Toys” are considered some of his greatest works.
His final work “Exaltation” was dedicated to his wife.

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