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March 11
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| | FEATURED BIOGRAPHY
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2006: Chilean politician Michelle Bachelet became the first woman to serve as the country's president as she was sworn into office. [ Take our quiz of women's famous firsts .]
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2004: Madrid suffered a series of
terrorist attacks when 10 bombs, detonated by Islamist militants, exploded on four trains at three different rail stations, killing 191 people and injuring some 1,800 others.
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1990: Following a vote in the parliament, Lithuania became the first Soviet republic to declare its independence from the U.S.S.R.
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1942: During World War II, Allied forces in the Southwest Pacific Theatre came under the command of U.S. General
Douglas MacArthur following his tour on the Bataan Peninsula in the Philippines. [ From Hannibal to George Washington, test your knowledge of war personalities .]
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1931: Newspaper entrepreneur Rupert Murdoch, founder of the News Corporation Ltd., was born in Melbourne, Australia.
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