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On this day: March 11

POSTED: 09:10 AM PST Mar 05, 2013 UPDATED: 11:00 PM PDT Mar 10, 2013

Spanish Influenza breaks out, Janet Reno is confirmed as the first female attorney general, and a massive earthquake and tsunami cripple Japan, all on this day.

OTD March 11 - Rigoletto — 2 / 42

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1851: The first performance of the opera "Rigoletto" by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Venice, Italy. The tragedy had a successful premiere and is considered by many to be the first of the operatic masterpieces of Verdi's middle-to-late career.

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