On this day, March 11 …

2019: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is quoted in the Washington Post as saying she is not in favor of impeaching President Trump because it would be too divisive, saying he's "just not worth it." (Trump would be impeached nine months later, on Dec. 18, 2019.)

Also on this day:

1513: Giovanni de’ Medici is proclaimed pope, succeeding Julius II; he takes the name Leo X.

Giovanni de’ Medici is proclaimed pope, succeeding Julius II; he takes the name Leo X. 1888: The Blizzard of '88, also known as the "Great White Hurricane," begins its onslaught on the northeastern United States, resulting in some 400 deaths.

The Blizzard of '88, also known as the "Great White Hurricane," begins its onslaught on the northeastern United States, resulting in some 400 deaths. 1918: The first apparent confirmed U.S. cases of a deadly global flu pandemic are reported among U.S. Army soldiers stationed at Fort Riley, Kan. (The worldwide outbreak of influenza would kill an estimated 20 million to 40 million people.)

The first apparent confirmed U.S. cases of a deadly global flu pandemic are reported among U.S. Army soldiers stationed at Fort Riley, Kan. (The worldwide outbreak of influenza would kill an estimated 20 million to 40 million people.) 1935: The Bank of Canada begins operations.

The Bank of Canada begins operations. 1941: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Bill, which would provide war supplies to countries fighting the Axis powers in World War II.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Bill, which would provide war supplies to countries fighting the Axis powers in World War II. 1954: The U.S. Army charges that Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, R-Wis., and his subcommittee’s chief counsel, Roy Cohn, have exerted pressure to obtain favored treatment for Pvt. G. David Schine, a former consultant to the subcommittee. (The conflict would culminate in the Senate Army-McCarthy hearings that April through June.)

The U.S. Army charges that Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, R-Wis., and his subcommittee’s chief counsel, Roy Cohn, have exerted pressure to obtain favored treatment for Pvt. G. David Schine, a former consultant to the subcommittee. (The conflict would culminate in the Senate Army-McCarthy hearings that April through June.) 1959: The Lorraine Hansberry drama “A Raisin in the Sun” opens at New York City’s Ethel Barrymore Theater.

The Lorraine Hansberry drama “A Raisin in the Sun” opens at New York City’s Ethel Barrymore Theater. 1977: More than 130 hostages held in Washington, D.C., by Hanafi Muslims are freed after ambassadors from three Islamic nations joined the negotiations.