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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_11" title="March 11">March 11</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_Day" title="Commonwealth Day">Commonwealth Day</a></b> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth of Nations</a> (2024); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_Bliss" title="Baron Bliss">National Heroes and Benefactors Day</a></b> in Belize (2024); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longtaitou_Festival" title="Longtaitou Festival">Longtaitou Festival</a></b> in China (2024)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1864" title="1864">1864</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Sheffield_Flood" title="Great Sheffield Flood">Great Sheffield Flood</a></b> killed at least 240 people and damaged more than 600 homes, after a crack in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Dike_Reservoir" title="Dale Dike Reservoir">Dale Dike Reservoir</a> caused it to fail.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993" title="1993">1993</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a> unanimously confirmed <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Reno" title="Janet Reno">Janet Reno</a></b> as the country's first female <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Attorney_General" title="United States Attorney General">attorney general</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007" title="2007">2007</a> – Georgian authorities accused Russia of orchestrating <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Georgia_helicopter_incident" title="2007 Georgia helicopter incident">a helicopter attack</a></b> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodori_Valley" title="Kodori Valley">Kodori Valley</a> of the breakaway territory of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abkhazia" title="Abkhazia">Abkhazia</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009" title="2009">2009</a> – A teenage gunman engaged in <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnenden_school_shooting" title="Winnenden school shooting">a shooting spree</a></b> at a secondary school in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnenden" title="Winnenden">Winnenden</a>, Germany, killing 16, including himself.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_of_Woodstock" title="Mary of Woodstock">Mary of Woodstock</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1278); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanis%C5%82aw_Koniecpolski" title="Stanisław Koniecpolski">Stanisław Koniecpolski</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1646); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Abernathy" title="Ralph Abernathy">Ralph Abernathy</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1926); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_Pearl_Baker" title="Gladys Pearl Baker">Gladys Pearl Baker</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1984)</p>
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