Born on 11 March 1957

At A Glance

11 March 1957 at a glance

Day of the week

11 March 1957 was a Monday.

Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)

“Singing the Blues” by Guy Mitchell was No. 1 on David Kent's retrospective Australian chart. This chart was compiled later by David Kent from radio station charts.

Top Film of 1957

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1957 was The Bridge on the River Kwai.

Star sign

The star sign for 11 March is Pisces.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 11 March 1957 fell in the Year of the Rooster.

Birthstone

The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 11 March 1957 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 11 March

• 1941 World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan.
• 1945 World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy attempts a large-scale kamikaze attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet anchored at Ulithi atoll in Operation Tan No. 2.
• 1945 World War II: The Empire of Vietnam, a short-lived Japanese puppet state, is established.
• 1946 Rudolf Höss, the first commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, is captured by British troops.
• 1981 Hundreds of students protest in the University of Pristina in Kosovo, then part of Yugoslavia, to give their province more political rights. The protests then became a nationwide movement.

Famous people born on 11 March

• Johnny Knoxville, American actor and entertainer (born 1971)
• Rupert Murdoch, Australian-American businessman and media magnate (born 1931)
• Jodie Comer, English actress (born 1993)
• Anton Yelchin, Russian-American actor (1989–2016)

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