Timeline March 1911

Events in March 1911 3

• 1911 – 1986 L. Ron Hubbard (1911-1986) Died 24 January 1986, aged 74 American author who founded the Church of Scientology in 1954 after publishing the book Dianetics. He spent his final years in seclusion in California, continuing to direct the organization from hiding. His movement remains controversial and influential decades after his death.
• 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Garment factory blaze kills 146 workers in New York A fire broke out in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in Manhattan on 25 March 1911, killing 146 garment workers, mostly young immigrant women. Locked exit doors and inadequate fire escapes trapped many victims. The disaster spurred sweeping reforms in workplace safety and labor law in the United States.
• 1911 – 1983 Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) Died 25 February 1983, aged 71 Tennessee Williams was an American playwright whose works, including A Streetcar Named Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, won two Pulitzer Prizes and reshaped American theatre. He is regarded as one of the greatest playwrights of the twentieth century. His plays remain widely performed and adapted.