March 11 in history: • 1851 – The first performance of Verdi's Rigoletto took place at La Fenice in Venice (poster pictured). → go there • 1993 – The U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed Janet Reno as the first female United States attorney general. → go there • 2007 – Georgian authorities accused Russia of orchestrating a helicopter attack in the Kodori Valley, in the breakaway territory of Abkhazia. → go there • 2010 – During the inauguration of Chilean president Sebastián Piñera, earthquakes registering 6.9 and 7.0 struck the O'Higgins Region near the city of Pichilemu, causing widespread damage. → go there • 2020 – The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 virus epidemic a pandemic. → go there Born 1278: Mary of Woodstock Wiki link Died 1646: Stanisław Koniecpolski Wiki link Born 1926: Ralph Abernathy Wiki link Died 1984: Gladys Pearl Baker Wiki link Pictured: Premiere poster of ''Rigoletto''.