February 11
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February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 323 days remaining, 324 in leap years.
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Events
- 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jinmu.
- 731 - Gregory II ends his reign as Pope.
- 824 - Paschal I ends his reign as Pope.
- 1531 - Henry VIII of England recognized as supreme head of the Church of England.
- 1752 - Pennsylvania Hospital, 1st hospital in the United States, opens.
- 1790 - Society of Friends petitions U.S. Congress for abolition of slavery.
- 1794 - First session of United States Senate open to the public.
- 1808 - Anthracite coal first burned as fuel, experimentally.
- 1809 - Robert Fulton patents the steamboat
- 1810 - Napoléon marries Marie-Louise of Austria.
- 1812 - Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry gerrymanders for the first time.
- 1814 - Norway's independence is proclaimed, marking the ultimate end of the Kalmar Union
- 1826 - University College London is founded under the name University of London.
- 1837 - American Physiological Society organizes in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 1840 - Gaetano Donizetti's opera La Fille du Régiment receives its first performance in Paris.
- 1843 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera I Lombardi receives its first performance in Milan.
- 1855 - Kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia, by Abuna Salama III in a ceremony at the church of Derasge Maryam.
- 1858 - The Blessed Virgin Mary reputedly appears to Saint Bernadette Soubirous of Lourdes.
- 1861 - American Civil War: United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state.
- 1873 - King Amadeus I of Spain abdicates.
- 1889 - Meiji constitution of Japan adopted; 1st Diet of Japan convenes in 1890
- 1902 - Police beat up universal suffrage demonstrators in Brussels.
- 1903 - Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna.
- 1905 - Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer nos.
- 1908 - Australia regain the Ashes with a 308 run cricket victory over England.
- 1916 - Emma Goldman arrested for lecturing on birth control.
- 1919 - Friedrich Ebert (SPD), elected President of Germany.
- 1928 - 1928 Winter Olympic Games open in St. Moritz, Switzerland
- 1929 - Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty.
- 1937 - A sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers Union.
- 1938 - BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Capek play R.U.R. (This play coined the term 'robot.')
- 1941 - First Gold record presented to Glenn Miller for "Chattanooga Choo Choo".
- 1943 - General Dwight Eisenhower selected to command the allied armies in Europe.
- 1945 - Yalta Conference ends.
- 1948 - John Costello succeeds Éamon de Valera as Taoiseach of Ireland.
- 1953 - President Dwight Eisenhower refuses clemency appeal for Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
- 1953 - The Soviet Union breaks off diplomatic relations with Israel.
- 1961 - Trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem.
- 1963 - The Beatles tape 10 tracks for their first album, including "Please, Please Me".
- 1964 - At the Washington, DC Coliseum, The Beatles have their 1st live appearance in the United States.
- 1964 - Greeks and Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus.
- 1964 - The Republic of China (Taiwan) breaks off diplomatic relations with France.
- 1968 - Israeli-Jordanian border clashes.
- 1968 - Madison Square Garden III closes and Madison Square Garden IV opens in New York City
- 1971 - US, UK, USSR, others sign Seabed Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons in international waters.
- 1973 - Vietnam War: First release of American prisoners of war from Vietnam takes place.
- 1978 - Censorship: China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, Shakespeare and Dickens.
- 1979 - Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini seizes power in Iran.
- 1981 - 100,000 gallons (380 m³) of radioactive coolant leak into the containment building of TVA Sequoyah 1 nuclear plant in Tennessee, contaminating 8 workers
- 1986 - Rights activist Anatoly Sharansky, released by the USSR, leaves the country.
- 1987 - Philippines constitution goes into effect.
- 1990 - James "Buster" Douglas KOs Mike Tyson to win heavyweight boxing crown.
- 1990 - Nelson Mandela, a political prisoner for 27 years, is freed from Victor Verster prison outside Cape Town, South Africa.
- 1991 - UNPO, the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization, forms in The Hague, Netherlands.
- 1999 - Pluto, a planet with an irregular orbit, changes from the eighth to ninth planet furthest from the sun. It had been the eighth furthest since 1979.
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Births
- 1380 - Gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini, Italian humanist (d. 1459)
- 1465 - Elizabeth of York, queen of King Henry VII of England (d. 1503)
- 1535 - Pope Gregory XIV (d. 1591)
- 1557 - John Uijtenbogaert, Dutch theologian
- 1568 - Honore d'Urfe, French writer
- 1657 - Bernard Le Bovier Fontenelle, French scientist and man of letters
- 1755 - Albert Christoph Dies, composer
- 1764 - Marie-Joseph de Chenier, French poet (d. 1811)
- 1774 - Hans Jarta, Swedish political activist, administrator, publicist
- 1776 - Joannis Capodistrias, Greek governor of Troezen (d. 1836)
- 1780 - Karoline von Günderode, German poet (d. 1806)
- 1790 - Ignaz Assmayer, composer
- 1800 - William Henry Fox Talbot, English photographic pioneer (d. 1877)
- 1802 - Lydia Child, novelist and abolitionist (d. 1880)
- 1810 - Loisa Puget, composer
- 1812 - Benjamin Franklin Sands, U.S. Navy commander
- 1812 - Alexander Hamilton Stephens, Vice President of the Confederate States of America, (d. 1883)
- 1813 - Otto Ludwig, German novelist, playwright, and critic
- 1819 - Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, composer
- 1821 - Hermann Allmers, writer
- 1821 - Auguste Edouard Mariette, French Egyptologist
- 1830 - Peter Arnold Heise, composer
- 1830 - Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf, musician (d. 1913)
- 1833 - Melville Weston Fuller, 8th Chief Justice of the United States
- 1839 - Josiah Willard Gibbs, theoretical physicist and chemist (d. 1903)
- 1847 - Thomas Alva Edison, inventor (d. 1931)
- 1860 - Rachilde (Marguérite Vallette-Eymery), French author (d. 1953)
- 1867 - August W Messer, German philosopher, educator, and psychologist
- 1869 - Helene Kroller-Muller, Dutch museum founder and patron of the arts
- 1869 - Else Lasker-Schüler, lyricist, dramatist, and narrator (d. 1945)
- 1873 - Feodor Chaliapin, Russian singer (d. 1938)
- 1874 - Elsa Beskow (Maartman), Swedish]] children's book author (d. 1953)
- 1874 - Fritz Bennicke Hart, English-born Australian composer (d. 1949)
- 1875 - Sara Wennerberg-Reuter, composer
- 1879 - Jean Gilbert, composer
- 1882 - Gheorghe Cucu, composer
- 1883 - Paul August von Klenau, Danish composer, conductor
- 1887 - John van Melle, South African writer (d. 1953)
- 1889 - Vladimir Mikhaylovich Deshevov, composer
- 1890 - John de Vries, writer
- 1891 - J.W. Hearne English cricketer (d. 1965)
- 1893 - Johan Alberts, Dutch writer
- 1894 - Isaac Kolthoff, chemist
- 1894 - Alfonso Leng, composer (d. 1974)
- 1895 - Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer
- 1896 - Else Lasker-Schüler, writer
- 1897 - Yves de La Casiniere, composer
- 1898 - Leó Szilárd, physicist, peace activist (d. 1964)
- 1900 - Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher (d. 2002)
- 1900 - Thomas Hitchcock Jr, polo player
- 1902 - Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect and designer (d. 1971)
- 1903 - Hans Redlich, composer (d. 1968)
- 1904 - Sir Keith Holyoake, Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1983)
- 1904 - Henry LaBouisse, head of UNICEF
- 1905 - Elizabeth Vuyk, Dutch-Indonesian writer
- 1906 - Denis Barnett, British air chief marshal
- 1907 - E W Swanton, author, sports commentator
- 1908 - Sutan Takdir Alishahbana, Indonesian linguist, author, novelist
- 1908 - Vivian Ernest Fuchs, geologist, explorer (d. 1999)
- 1908 - Josh White
- 1909 - Max Baer, boxer and actor
- 1909 - Joseph Mankiewicz, director
- 1911 - Alec Cairncross, chancellor of the University of Glasgow
- 1912 - Roy Fuller, English poet and novelist
- 1912 - Rudolf Firkusny Napajedla, pianist
- 1913 - Lucio Diestro, composer
- 1914 - Matt Dennis, singer
- 1914 - French Duynstee, Dutch lawyer
- 1914 - Winand Borgerhoff Mulder, Dutch judge
- 1914 - Menelaos Pallantios, composer
- 1915 - Patrick Leigh Fermor, author
- 1915 - Mervyn Levy, artist, critic
- 1915 - Haakon Stotijn, Dutch oboist
- 1916 - Bernice Levin Neugarten, social scientist and gerontologist
- 1917 - Richard Jock Kinneir, graphic designer
- 1917 - Sidney Sheldon, author
- 1919 - Gretchen Fraser, skier
- 1919 - Eva Gabor, actress (d. 1995)
- 1919 - Eddie Robinson, American football coach.
- 1920 - King Farouk I of Egypt (d. 1965)
- 1920 - Daniel Galouye, American science fiction author
- 1920 - Billy Halop, actor
- 1920 - Paul Peter Piech, artist (d. 1996)
- 1920 - General Daniel "Chappie" James, Jr., American soldier
- 1921 - Lloyd Bentsen, American politician
- 1922 - Tudor Jarda, composer
- 1923 - Ronald Arculus, British diplomat
- 1924 - Mary Tregear, Oriental art historian
- 1925 - Peter Berger, British Vice-Admiral
- 1925 - Virginia Johnson, doctor and sexologist
- 1925 - Kim Stanley, actress (d. 2001)
- 1926 - Paul Bocuse, French chef
- 1926 - Alexander Gibson, British conductor
- 1926 - Leslie Nielsen, Canadian actor
- 1928 - Gerry Alexander, West Indies cricketer
- 1928 - Raoul Cita, rocker
- 1928 - Gotthilf Fischer, choirmaste
- 1928 - Archibald Forster, business executive
- 1928 - Conrad Janis, actor
- 1929 - Leonard Gregory Kastle, composer
- 1930 - C H Dearnley, organist
- 1930 - Alevtina Koltschina, Soviet skier
- 1931 - Larry Merchant, author and boxing commentator
- 1932 - Jerome Lowenthal, pianist, professor
- 1934 - Tina Louise, actress
- 1934 - Francesco Pennisi, composer
- 1934 - Mary Quant, fashion designer
- 1934 - John Surtees, British race car driver
- 1934 - Mel Carnahan, American politician (d. 2000)
- 1935 - Bent Lorentzen, composer
- 1935 - (disputed) - Gene Vincent, guitarist and vocalist (d. 1971)
- 1936 - Burt Reynolds, actor
- 1937 - Lodewijk Boer, Dutch violinist and playwright
- 1937 - Marilyn Butler, English professor
- 1937 - Peter Lashley, West Indies cricket player
- 1937 - Bill Lawry, Australian cricket player
- 1938 - Bevan Congdon, New Zealand cricket player
- 1938 - Willy Correa de Oliveira, composer
- 1938 - Manuel Noriega, Panamanian general and dictator
- 1939 - Gerry Goffin, lyricist
- 1939 - Jane Yolen, science fiction author
- 1940 - Bobby "Boris" Pickett, American musician
- 1941 - Sergio Mendes, musician, songwriter
- 1942 - Otis Clay, gospel qand R&B singer
- 1943 - Iain Cameron, British brigadier
- 1944 - Buddhadev Dasgupta, film director
- 1944 - Bert Greene, golfer
- 1947 - Faith Popcorn, trend spotter
- 1953 - Philip Anglim, actor
- 1953 - Jeb Bush, American politician
- 1956 - Catherine Hickland, American actress
- 1961 - Mary Docter, speed skater
- 1961 - Carey Lowell, actress
- 1962 - Sheryl Crow, musician
- 1964 - Ken Shamrock, martial artist and professional wrestler
- 1967 - Hank Gathers, basketball player (d. 1990)
- 1969 - Jennifer Aniston, actress
- 1970 - Alistair Brown, English cricketer
- 1974 - D'Angelo, singer
- 1975 - Zsuzsa Hickel, Hungarian spiritualist
- 1975 - Chuck Watanabe, kayaker
- 1976 - Brice Beckham, American actor
- 1979 - Brandy Norwood, singer
- 1980 - Natasha Bobo, actress
- 1980 - Matthew Lawrence, actor
- 1981 - Kelly Rowland, singer (Destiny's Child)
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Deaths
- 641 - Heraclius, Emperor of Byzantium in 610-641 (b. ca. 575)
- 731 - Pope Gregory II
- 821 - Saint Benedict of Aniane (b. ca. 747)
- 824 - Pope Paschal I
- 1141 - Hugo of St. Victor, philosopher, theologian, mystic
- 1503 - Elizabeth of York, queen of Henry VII of England (b. 1466)
- 1622 - Alfonso Fontanelli, composer
- 1650 - René Descartes, French philosopher (b. 1596)
- 1685 - David Teniers III, Flemish painter
- 1762 - Johann Tobias Krebs, composer
- 1763 - William Shenstone, poet (b. 1714)
- 1797 - Antoine Dauvergne, composer
- 1806 - Vicente Martin y Soler, composer
- 1841 - J H Ferdinand Olivier, German painter
- 1862 - Elizabeth Siddal, poet and artist (b. 1829)
- 1868 - Léon Foucault, astronomer (b. 1819)
- 1870 - Leopold Eugen Mechura, composer
- 1871 - Gaspard Théodore Ignace de la Fontaine, Luxemburg politician.
- 1879 - Honoré Daumier, caricaturist and painter (b. 1808)
- 1879 - Willem J van Zeggelen, Dutch author
- 1882 - Gustav Schmidt, composer (b. 1874)
- 1892 - Erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni, composer
- 1894 - Pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera, composer
- 1903 - Henryk Szulc, composer
- 1907 - Peter J Savelberg, Dutch monastery founder
- 1911 - Albert von Rothschild, Austrian banker
- 1922 - Gerardus J P Bolland, Dutch philosopher
- 1931 - Charles Algernon Parsons, British inventor
- 1939 - Franz Schmidt, Austrian composer
- 1940 - John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Governor-General of Canada (b. 1875)
- 1945 - Al Dubin, Swiss songwriter
- 1945 - J S H Lokerman, Dutch resistance fighter
- 1948 - Sergei Eisenstein, film director (b. 1898)
- 1959 - Marshall Teague, race car driver (b. 1922)
- 1960 - Ernst von Dohnanyi, Hungarian conductor (b. 1877)
- 1961 - Eduard R Verkade, Dutch actor, director
- 1963 - Sylvia Plath, American writer (b. 1932)
- 1968 - Howard Lindsay, playwright
- 1970 - Emil Abranyi, composer
- 1972 - Jan Wils, architect
- 1973 - Hans D Jensen, German physicist
- 1975 - Zsuzsa Hickel, Hungarian spiritualist
- 1976 - Lee J Cobb, actor
- 1976 - Alexander Lippisch, German scientist (b. 1894)
- 1977 - Louis Beel, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1902)
- 1978 - James B Conant, university president
- 1982 - Eleanor Powell, actress, dancer
- 1982 - Takashi Shimura, Japanese actor
- 1985 - Henry Hathaway actor, director
- 1985 - Ulysses Simpson Kay, composer
- 1985 - Heinz Eric Roemheld, composer
- 1985 - Ben Abruzzo, American businessman and balloonist
- 1986 - Frank Herbert, American author (b. 1920)
- 1989 - George O'Hanlon, actor and director
- 1991 - Oscar Nitzchke, German architect
- 1993 - George A Stephen, inventor
- 1994 - Neil Bonnett, American race car driver (b. 1946)
- 1994 - Sorrell Booke, actor
- 1994 - William Conrad, actor
- 1996 - Kebby Musokotwane, Prime Minister of Zambia
- 1996 - Cyril Poole, English cricketer
- 1996 - Amelia Rosselli, poet
- 1997 - Barry Evans, English actor
- 1997 - Don Porter, American actor
- 2000 - Roger Vadim, French director (b. 1928)
- 2002 - Frank Crosetti, American baseball player
- 2002 - Barry Foster, British actor
- 2003 - Arndt Brause, German singer
- 2003 - Daniel Toscan du Plantier, film producer
- 2005 - Arthur Miller, American playwright
- 2005 - Jack L. Chalker, author
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Holidays and observances
- Catholicism - Feast day of Our Lady of Lourdes
- World Day of the Sick
- National Foundation Day in Japan (See Holidays of Japan.)
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External links
- BBC: On This Day (http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/11)
- Today in History: February 11 (http://www.tnl.net/when/2/11)
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