Today: March 11, 2025

On this day: March 11

Events that happened on March 11.

• March 11, 1961: The Ken doll is introduced as Barbie's boyfriend.
• March 11, 1977:
  • Film director Roman Polanski is arrested for the sexual assault of 13-year-old Samantha Gailey.
  • The animated film "The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" is released.
  
• March 11, 1979: Actor Victor Kilian is beaten to death by burglars at his apartment in Hollywood, Los Angeles.
• March 11, 1983: Labor leader Bob Hawke becomes the new Prime Minister of Australia.
• March 11, 1986: The NFL adopts Instant Replay.
• March 11, 1987: Irish politics: Garret FitzGerald resigns as the leader of Fine Gael.
• March 11, 1989: The first episode of the reality TV series "Cops" is aired.
• March 11, 1990: Lithuania declares independence from the Soviet Union.
• March 11, 1996:
  • WWF: Steve Austin wrestles as "Stone Cold" for the first time in a fight against Savio Vega.
  • Liberal leader John Howard becomes the new Prime Minister of Australia.
  • The best-selling album "Falling into You" is released by Celine Dion.
  
• March 11, 2004: The Madrid train bombings kill 191 people.
• March 11, 2006: Former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milosevic dies in his cell.
• March 11, 2011: A magnitude 9.0 earthquake triggers a tsunami in Japan. 15,889 people are killed.
• March 11, 2016:
  • Soccer: Rafael Benítez is appointed as the new manager of Newcastle United.
  • The video game "Hitman" is released.
  
• March 11, 2018: A video of Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher spitting at a man in a car is published by the Daily Mirror.
• March 11, 2019: UFC star Conor McGregor is arrested for taking a man's phone in Miami Beach, Florida.
• March 11, 2020:
  • Coronavirus outbreak: The first death from the virus is reported in Ireland.
  • American film producer Harvey Weinstein is sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault.
  • The 2019-2020 NBA season is suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • The World Health Organization declares the Coronavirus outbreak as a global pandemic.
  
• March 11, 2022:
  • Russian forces begin to spread out around the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv.
  • Soccer: Barclays bank temporarily suspends the corporate credit cards of Chelsea F.C. due to worries about its operating licence.
  • Instagram is restricted in Russia.
  • Russia continues to surround and bombard multiple cities in Ukraine.
  • The European Union sets a deadline to end reliance on Russian oil and gas by 2027.
  

Is it that long ago already?

One week has already passed since March 4, 2025:

• The US pauses all military aid to Ukraine following the Trump-Zelenskyy row.

One month has passed since February 11, 2025:

• The turn-based video game "Civilization VII" is released.

Nine months have passed since June 11, 2024:

• Hunter Biden is found guilty at his federal gun trial.
• It is reported that the Biden administration plans to ban medical debt from credit reports.
• Elon Musk drops his legal case against OpenAI.