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Saturday 23 April 2016

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.