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Calendar day; March 11, 2015

Wednesday, the 11th of March, 2015 is the 70th day in 2015 and in the 11th calendar week.

General Events:

World Plumbing Day
March 11, 2015 in the World

World Plumbing Day is an international event, initiated by the World Plumbing Council, held on 11 March each year to recognise the important role plumbing plays in societal health and amenity.

The WPC, through its member countries and its partnerships with bodies like the World Health Organisation, works all year round to promote the benefits of safe plumbing, but in 2010 it decided to launch the concept of embedding a single day on the world’s calendar dedicated to plumbing. The idea was that on March 11 each year people all over the world would pause to reflect on the vital role plumbing plays in preserving their health and way of life – in the case of countries like ours – or in building sustainable disease free futures for millions in the developing world.

And so World Plumbing Day was born, and it is big and getting bigger all the time. Today, on the continents of Australia, Europe and Africa events are organised to mark the occasion and draw attention to the importance of good plumbing and sanitation. In China, England, Germany, India, Canada, North and South America and many more places industry leaders – like us here today – governments, policy makers, and community based organisations are promoting World Plumbing Day.

Right now, today, in offices and training colleges, on worksites and in classrooms, and in legislatures and Parliaments around the world, World Plumbing Day is being marked and recognised. In media releases and magazine articles in Chinese, Hindi, English, German and Spanish the message about the link between good plumbing sanitation and human and environmental health is reaching millions of people each March.

http://www.worldplumbingday.org/

Where is the event?
Worldwide

National Worship of Tools Day
March 11, 2015 in the USA

March 11th is National Worship of Tools Day.  A day to out into the garage, the tool shed, the storage closet or where ever it is you keep your tools.  You can clean them, reorganize them,  make something new with them or maybe go to the store and buy a new one.

It is hard to imagine the world without tools as they are a part of our daily lives.  From the hammer,  the screwdriver and the wrench to the most sophisticated tools.  Upon their use, they sometimes get rusty and need shined, they get dirty and need cleaned, they get dull and need sharpened and etc.  National Worship of Tools Day would be the day to spend some extra time shining them up or fixing them up if they needed it.  Taking care of your tools helps them to last longer, which in turn is a benefit for you.

 Please note, there are more than a few ladies who love to work with their hands, and find today to be an important holiday.

Where is the event?
Nationwide USA

Youth Day in Pakistan
March 11, 2015 in Pakistan

Youth Day is celebrated annually in Pakistan is observed on March 11, 2015. Youth Day is celebrated annually in Pakistan

Where is Youth Day in Pakistan?
Nationwide Pakistan

Historical Events on 11th March:

537 – Goths lay siege to Rome

1502 – Ismail I crowned Shah of Persia (rules till 1524), founder of the Safavid dynasty

1649 – The Frondeurs (French rebels) and the French government sign the Peace of Rueil

1669 – Volcano Etna in Italy erupts killing 15,000

1708 – Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation

1845 – The Flagstaff War: In New Zealand, Chiefs Hone Heke and Kawiti lead 700 Maoris to chop down the British flagpole and drive settlers out of the British colonial settlement of Kororareka because of breaches of the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi.

1848 – Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine and Robert Baldwin become the first Prime Ministers of the Province of Canada to be democratically elected under a system of responsible government.

1864 – The Great Sheffield Flood: the largest man-made disaster ever to befall England kills over 250 people in Sheffield.

1872 – The Meiji Japanese government officially annexes the Ryukyu Kingdom into what would become the Okinawa prefecture

1897 – A meteorite enters the earth’s atmosphere and explodes over New Martinsville, West Virginia. The debris causes damage but no human injuries are reported.

1917 – 1st NHL championship game ever played, Toronto Arenas beats Montreal Canadiens 7-3 in 1st of 2 game set (second game on March 13)

1918 – First confirmed cases of the Spanish Flu in the US are reported at Fort Riley, Kansas

1920 – Syria proclaims Emir Feisal king after the country has fought off French domination

1927 – Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens famous Roxy Theater (NYC)

1953 – American B-47 accidentally drops a nuclear bomb 15,000 feet on Mars Bluff, South Carolina; it created a crater 75 feet acrosss, but the nuclear core did not detonate, due to 6 safety catches

1970 – Iraq Ba’th Party recognizes Kurd nation

1982 – Menachem Begin & Anwar Sadat sign peace treaty in Washington DC

1985 – Mikhail Gorbachev replaces Konstantin Chernenko as Soviet leader

1986 – 1 million days since traditional foundation of Rome, 4/21/753 BC

1990 – Lithuania declares its Independence

1997 – Ashes of Star Trek creator, Gene Roddenberry are launched into space

2003 – The International Criminal Court holds its inaugural session in The Hague

2011 – An earthquake measuring 9.0 in magnitude strikes 130 km (80 miles) east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a tsunami killing thousands of people. This event also triggered the second largest nuclear accident in history, and one of only two events to be classified as a Level 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale