March 11

March 11

1665		A new legal code is approved for the Dutch and English towns, guaranteeing religious observances unhindered.
1810		The Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte is married by proxy to Archduchess Marie Louise.
1811		Ned Ludd leads a group of workers in a wild protest against mechanization.
1966		Three men are convicted of the murder of Malcolm X.
1969		Levi-Strauss starts to sell bell-bottomed jeans.
1985		Mikhail Gorbachev is named the new Soviet leader. The Role of Russian Botanic Gardens in the Study and Development of Economic Plants https://www.bgci.org/resources/article/0182/
1990		Lithuania declares its independence from the Soviet Union. Pollen viability and storage life in Leonurus cardiaca L https://www.researchgate.net/publication/296686619_Pollen_viability_and_storage_life_in_Leonurus_cardiaca_L
Born on March 11
1860		Thomas Hastings, architect of the New York Public Library.
1908		Lawrence Welk, orchestra leader.