On This Day: Magnitude 8.9 earthquake and tsunami strike Japan

Following are some of the major events to have occurred on March 11: 1917 – British and Indian troops marched into Baghdad in World War One, capturing 9,000 Turkish prisoners. 1955 – Sir Alexander Fleming, Scottish bacteriologist who discovered penicillin in 1928, died. 1993 – Janet Reno confirmed as first female attorney-general of the United States. 1995 –...