Video: 'Roosevelt Signs! (1941)'
(Tuesday, March 11, 1941, 3:50 p.m. EST; during World War II) — President Franklin D. Roosevelt today signed into law the Lend-Lease bill, which was mainly aimed at helping Britain, then virtually alone in fighting Nazi Germany during a critical phase of World War II. Continue reading FDR signs Lend-Lease bill providing war supplies to countries fighting Axis powers 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 11 1941)
Video: 'Japan Earthquake Early Warning 3/11/2011 (w/ English subtitles)'
(Friday, March 11, 2011, 2:46 p.m. Japan Standard Time; during the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami) — A magnitude-9.0 earthquake and resulting tsunami struck 80 miles off Japan’s northeastern coast at Sendai today, killing 15,899 people and severely damaging the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture. Continue reading 18,428 people killed or missing in tsunami following 9.0 earthquake off Japan’s northeastern coast 10 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 11 2011)
