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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/1669" title="1669">1669</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Etna" title="Mount Etna">Mount Etna</a> in Sicily <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1669_eruption_of_Mount_Etna" title="1669 eruption of Mount Etna">began erupting</a></b>, eventually producing the largest lava flow in the volcano's history, and damaging <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catania" title="Catania">Catania</a> and other towns.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1843" title="1843">1843</a> – During a period of activity known as the Great Eruption, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eta_Carinae" title="Eta Carinae">Eta Carinae</a></b> briefly became the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_brightest_stars" title="List of brightest stars">second-brightest star</a> in the night sky.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984" title="1984">1984</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime" title="Anime">anime</a> film <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nausica%C3%A4_of_the_Valley_of_the_Wind_(film)" title="Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (film)">Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind</a></b></i> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayao_Miyazaki" title="Hayao Miyazaki">Hayao Miyazaki</a> was released.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011" title="2011">2011</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_T%C5%8Dhoku_earthquake_and_tsunami" title="2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami">A massive earthquake and tsunami</a></b> struck <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%8Dhoku_region" title="Tōhoku region">northeastern Japan</a> and triggered <b><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_nuclear_disaster" title="Fukushima nuclear disaster">a nuclear disaster</a></b> at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_Daiichi_Nuclear_Power_Plant" title="Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant">Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012" title="2012">2012</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">U.S. Army</a> soldier <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bales" title="Robert Bales">Robert Bales</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandahar_massacre" title="Kandahar massacre">murdered sixteen civilians</a></b> and wounded six others in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandahar_Province" title="Kandahar Province">Kandahar Province</a>, Afghanistan.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Tupper" title="Benjamin Tupper">Benjamin Tupper</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1738); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Meade_Welch" title="Jane Meade Welch">Jane Meade Welch</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1854); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Rollason" title="Helen Rollason">Helen Rollason</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1956)</p>