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 - Wisconsin budget bill
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2011: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker signs a measure to eliminate most union rights for public employees, a proposal which had provoked three weeks of protests at the Wisconsin State Capitol building in Madison.

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