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This Day in History

March 11
0222
 Syrian Emporer of Rome, Varius A Bassianus, is murdered
0417  Zosimus becomes Bishop of Rome
0537  Goths siege Rome
1544  Poet Torquato Tasso is born
1669  Volcano Mt. Etna in Sicily erupts killing over 15,000 people
1683  Composer Giovanni Veneziano born
1936  Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia born
1959  Venus is a hit song by Frankie Avalon
1974  Mount Etna in Sicily erupts

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