Video: 'The People Vs. Leo Frank'

(Tuesday, March 11, 1986) — The State of Georgia awarded a posthumous pardon today to Leo Frank, a Jewish businessman who was lynched in 1915 for the murder of 13-year-old Mary Phagan. Continue reading Georgia pardons Jewish businessman Leo Frank 30 years ago today (Mar 11 1986) →

Image: President Sukarno (R) of Indonesia walks with the Major General Suharto (L) March 11, 1966 in Idonesia

(Friday, March 11, 1966, evening local time) — The “Transition to the New Order” took place tonight in Indonesia when President Sukarno signed a document that effectively surrendered nearly all of his powers to his Defense Minister, General Suharto, leaving Sukarno as the nominal head of state but only a figurehead.