Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/March 11

March 11:

• 1845 - Māori forces led by chiefs Kawiti and Hone Heke destroyed the British settlement of Kororareka in New Zealand, beginning the Flagstaff War.
• 1966 - In power since World War II, President Sukarno of Indonesia was ousted by Suharto and the military.
• 1990 - The Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic ceased to exist when Lithuania proclaimed the restoration of independence from the Soviet Union.
• 1996 - John Howard (pictured) took office as the 25th Prime Minister of Australia.
• 2004 - The March 11th Attacks: A series of terrorist bombings on commuter trains killed 191 people and wounded more than 1,800 in Madrid, Spain.

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