February 11
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
\nupto 1799
\n* 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu Tenno.\n* 731 - Gregory II ends his reign as Pope.\n* 824 - Paschal I ends his reign as Pope.\n* 1531 - Henry VIII of England recognized as supreme head of the Church of England.\n* 1543 - Battle of Wayna Daga - Ethiopian/Portuguese troops beat Muslim army.\n* 1752 - Pennsylvania Hospital, 1st hospital in the United States, opens.\n* 1790 - Society of Friends petitions United States Congress for abolition of slavery.\n* 1794 - First session of United States Senate open to the public.
1800-1899
\n* 1808 - Anthracite coal first burned as fuel, experimentally.\n* 1809 - Robert Fulton patents the steamboat\n* 1810 - Napoléon marries Marie-Louise of Austria.\n* 1812 - Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry gerrymanders for the first time.\n* 1814 - Norway's independence is proclaimed, marking the ultimate end of the Kalmar Union \n* 1826 - University College London is founded under the name University of London.\n* 1837 - American Physiological Society organizes in Boston, Massachusetts.\n* 1840 - Gaetano Donizetti's opera La Fille du Régiment receives its first performance in Paris.\n* 1843 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera I Lombardi receives its first performance in Milan.\n* 1858 - The Blessed Virgin Mary reputedly appears to Saint Bernadette Soubirous of Lourdes.\n* 1861 - American Civil War: United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state.\n* 1873 - King Amadeus I of Spain abdicates.\n* 1889 - Meiji constitution of Japan adopted; 1st Diet of Japan convenes in 1890\n1900-1949
\n* 1902 - Police beat up universal suffrage demonstrators in Brussels.\n* 1903 - Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna.\n* 1905 - Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer nos.\n* 1908 - Australia regain the Ashes with a 308 run cricket victory over England.\n* 1916 - Emma Goldman arrested for lecturing on birth control.\n* 1919 - Friedrich Ebert (SPD), elected President of Germany.\n* 1928 - 1928 Winter Olympic Games open in St. Moritz, Switzerland\n* 1929 - Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty.\n* 1937 - A sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Automobile Workers Union.\n* 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.\n* 1941 - First Gold record presented to Glenn Miller for "Chattanooga Choo Choo".\n* 1943 - General Dwight Eisenhower selected to command the allied armies in Europe.\n* 1945 - Yalta Conference ends.\n* 1948 - John Costello succeeds Éamon de Valera as Taoiseach of Ireland.
1950-1979
\n* 1953 - President Dwight Eisenhower refuses clemency appeal for Ethel and Julius Rosenberg\n* 1953 - The Soviet Union breaks off diplomatic relations with Israel.\n* 1961 - Trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem.\n* 1963 - The Beatles tape 10 tracks for their first album, including "Please, Please Me".\n* 1964 - At the Washington, DC Coliseum, The Beatles have their 1st live appearance in the United States.\n* 1964 - Greeks and Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus.\n* 1964 - The Republic of China (Taiwan) breaks off diplomatic relations with France.\n* 1968 - Israeli-Jordanian border clashes.\n* 1968 - Madison Square Garden III closes and Madison Square Garden IV opens in New York City\n* 1971 - US, UK, USSR, others sign Seabed Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons in international waters.\n* 1973 - Vietnam War: First release of American prisoners of war from Vietnam takes place.\n* 1978 - Censorship: China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, Shakespeare and Dickens.\n* 1979 - Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini seizes power in Iran.\n1980 onwards
\n* 1981 - 100,000 gallons (380 m³) of radioactive coolant leak into the containment building of TVA Sequoyah 1 nuclear plant in Tennessee, contaiminating 8 workers\n* 1986 - Rights activist Anatoly Scharansky, released by the USSR, leaves the country.\n* 1987 - Philippines constitution goes into effect.\n* 1990 - James "Buster" Douglas KOs Mike Tyson to win heavyweight boxing crown.\n* 1990 - Nelson Mandela, a political prisoner for 27 years, is freed from Victor Verster prison outside Cape Town, South Africa.\n* 1991 - UNPO, the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization, forms in The Hague, Netherlands.\n* 1992 - Art band The KLF subvert the UK's Brit Awards
Births
\nupto 1799
\n* 1380 - Gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini, Italian humanist (d. 1459)\n* 1465 - Elizabeth of York, consort of King Henry VII of England (d. 1503)\n* 1535 - Pope Gregory XIV (d. 1591)\n* 1557 - John Uijtenbogaert, Dutch remonstrant theologian.\n* 1568 - Honore d'Urfe, French writer\n* 1657 - Bernard Le Bovier Fontenelle, French scientist and man of letters\n* 1755 - Albert Christoph Dies, composer\n* 1764 - Marie-Joseph de Chenier, French poet\n* 1774 - Hans Jarta, Swedish political activist, administrator, publicist\n* 1776 - Joannis Capodistrias, Greek governor of Troezen (1827-1831) (d. 1836)\n* 1780 - Karoline von Günderode, poet (d. 1806)\n* 1790 - Ignaz Assmayer, composer\n1800-1859
\n* 1800 - William Henry Fox Talbot, English photographic pioneer (d. 1877)\n* 1802 - Lydia Child, novelist and abolitionist (d. 1880)\n* 1810 - Loisa Puget, composer\n* 1812 - Benjamin Franklin Sands, Commander (Union Navy)\n* 1812 - Alexander Hamilton Stephens, Vice President of the Confederate States of America, (d. 1883)\n* 1813 - Otto Ludwig, German novelist, playwright, critic\n* 1819 - Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, composer\n* 1821 - Hermann Allmers, writer\n* 1821 - Auguste Edouard Mariette, French Egyptologist\n* 1830 - Peter Arnold Heise, composer\n* 1830 - Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf, musician (d. 1913)\n* 1833 - Melville Weston Fuller, 8th Chief Justice of the United States\n* 1839 - Josiah Willard Gibbs, theoretical physicist, chemist (d. 1903)\n* 1847 - Thomas Alva Edison, inventor (d. 1931)\n1860-1889
\n* 1860 - Rachilde (Marguérite Vallette-Eymery), French author (d. 1953)\n* 1867 - August W Messer, German philosopher, educator, psychologist\n* 1869 - Helene Kroller-Muller, Dutch museum founder and patron of the arts\n* 1869 - Else Lasker-Schüler, lyricist, dramatist and narrator (d. 1945)\n* 1873 - Feodor Chaliapin, Russian singer (d. 1938)\n* 1874 - Elsa Beskow (Maartman), Swedish children's book and fairy tales author, (d. 1953)\n* 1874 - Fritz Bennicke Hart, composer\n* 1875 - Sara Wennerberg-Reuter, composer\n* 1879 - Jean Gilbert, composer\n* 1882 - Gheorghe Cucu, composer\n* 1883 - Paul August von Klenau, Danish composer, conductor\n* 1887 - Ernst Hanfstängl, pianist, politician (d. 1975)\n* 1887 - John van Melle, South African writer (d. 1953)\n* 1889 - Vladimir Mikhaylovich Deshevov, composer\n1890-1899
\n* 1890 - John de Vries, fairy tale, writer\n* 1891 - J W Hearne, English cricket player\n* 1893 - Johan Alberts, Dutch literary figure\n* 1894 - Isaac Kolthoff, chemist\n* 1894 - Alfonso Leng, composer (d. 1974)\n* 1895 - Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer\n* 1896 - Else Lasker-Schüler, writer\n* 1897 - Yves de La Casiniere, composer\n* 1898 - Leó Szilárd, physicist, peace activist (d. 1964)\n1900-1909
\n* 1900 - Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher (d. 2002)\n* 1900 - Thomas Hitchcock Jr, polo player\n* 1902 - Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect/designer (d. 1971)\n* 1903 - Hans Redlich, composer (d. 1968)\n* 1904 - Sir Keith Holyoake, Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1983)\n* 1904 - Henry LaBouisse, head of UNICEF\n* 1905 - Elizabeth Vuyk, Dutch/Indonesian writer\n* 1906 - Denis Barnett, British air chief marshal\n* 1907 - E W Swanton, author, sports commentator\n* 1908 - Sutan Takdir Alishahbana, Indonesian linguist, author, novelist\n* 1908 - Vivian Ernest Fuchs, geologist, explorer (d. 1999)\n* 1908 - Josh White\n* 1909 - Max Baer (The Livermore Larruper), boxer, actor\n* 1909 - Joseph Mankiewicz, director\n1910-1919
\n* 1911 - Alec Cairncross, chancellor of the University of Glasgow.\n* 1912 - Roy Fuller, English poet/novelist\n* 1912 - Rudolf Firkusny Napajedla, pianist\n* 1913 - Lucio Diestro, composer\n* 1914 - Matt Dennis, singer\n* 1914 - French Duynstee, Dutch constitutional lawyer\n* 1914 - Winand Borgerhoff Mulder, court judge of Amsterdam\n* 1914 - Menelaos Pallantios, composer\n* 1915 - Patrick Leigh Fermor, author\n* 1915 - Mervyn Levy, artist, critic\n* 1915 - Haakon Stotijn, Dutch oboist\n* 1916 - Joseph Alioto, Mayor of San Francisco, California\n* 1916 - Bernice Levin Neugarten, social scientist, gerontologist\n* 1917 - Richard Jock Kinneir, graphic designer\n* 1917 - Sidney Sheldon, author\n* 1919 - Gretchen Fraser, slalom skier\n* 1919 - Eva Gabor, actress (d. 1995)\n* 1919 - Eddie Robinson, college football coach.\n1920-1929
\n* 1920 - King Farouk I of Egypt (d. 1965)\n* 1920 - Daniel Galouye, American science fiction author\n* 1920 - Billy Halop, actor\n* 1920 - Paul Peter Piech, artist (d. 1996)\n* 1921 - Lloyd Bentsen, American politician\n* 1922 - Tudor Jarda, composer\n* 1922 - Leslie Nielsen, actor\n* 1923 - Ronald Arculus, British diplomat\n* 1924 - Mary Tregear, Oriental art historian\n* 1925 - Peter Berger, British Vice-Admiral\n* 1925 - Virginia Johnson, doctor, sexologist\n* 1925 - Kim Stanley, actress (d. 2001)\n* 1926 - Paul Bocuse, French chef\n* 1926 - Alexander Gibson, British conductor/founder of the Scottish Opera\n* 1928 - Gerry Alexander, West Indies cricket player\n* 1928 - Raoul Cita, rocker\n* 1928 - Gotthilf Fischer, choirmaste\n* 1928 - Archibald Forster, CEO (Esso UK)\n* 1928 - Conrad Janis, actor\n* 1929 - Leonard Gregory Kastle, composer\n1930-1939
\n* 1930 - C H Dearnley, organist\n* 1930 - Alevtina Koltschina, Soviet skier\n* 1931 - Larry Merchant, author, boxing commentator\n* 1932 - Jerome Lowenthal, pianist, professor\n* 1934 - Tina Louise, actress\n* 1934 - Francesco Pennisi, composer\n* 1934 - Mary Quant, fashion designer\n* 1934 - John Surtees, British race car driver\n* 1935 - Bent Lorentzen, composer\n* 1935 - (disputed) - Gene Vincent, rock music guitarist, vocalist (d. 1971)\n* 1936 - Burt Reynolds, actor\n* 1937 - Lodewijk Boer, Dutch violinist, playwright\n* 1937 - Marilyn Butler, Rector of Exeter College, Oxford\n* 1937 - Peter Lashley, West Indies cricket player\n* 1937 - Bill Lawry, Australian cricket player\n* 1938 - Bevan Congdon, New Zealand cricket player\n* 1938 - Willy Correa de Oliveira, composer\n* 1938 - Manuel Noriega, Panamanian general and dictator\n* 1939 - Gerry Goffin, lyricist\n* 1939 - Jane Yolen, science fiction author\nafter 1940
\n* 1940 - Bobby Picket, musician\n* 1941 - Sergio Mendes, musician, songwriter\n* 1942 - Otis Clay, gospel qand R&B singer\n* 1943 - Iain Cameron, British brigadier\n* 1944 - Buddhadev Dasgupta, film director\n* 1944 - Bert Greene, golfer\n* 1953 - Philip Anglim, actor\n* 1961 - Mary Docter, speed skater\n* 1961 - Carey Lowell, actress\n* 1962 - Sheryl Crow, musician\n* 1969 - Jennifer Aniston, actress\n* 1970 - Alistair Brown, English cricket player\n* 1974 - D'Angelo, singer\n* 1979 - Brandy Norwood, singer\n* 1980 - Natasha Bobo, actress\n* 1980 - Matthew Lawrence, actor\n* 1981 - Kelly Rowland, singer ("Destiny's Child")
Deaths
\nup to 1849
\n* 641 - Heraclius, Emperor of Byzantium in 610-641 (b. ca. 575)\n* 731 - Pope Gregory II\n* 821 - Saint Benedict of Aniane (b. ca. 747)\n* 824 - Pope Paschal I\n* 1141 - Hugo of St. Victor, philosopher, theologian, mystic\n* 1503 - Elizabeth of York, consort of King Henry VII of England (b. 1466)\n* 1543 - Ahmed Gran, sultan of Adal\n* 1622 - Alfonso Fontanelli, composer\n* 1650 - René Descartes, philosopher (b. 1596)\n* 1685 - David Teniers III, Flemish painter\n* 1762 - Johann Tobias Krebs, composer\n* 1763 - William Shenstone, poet (b. 1714)\n* 1797 - Antoine Dauvergne, composer\n* 1806 - Vicente Martin y Soler, composer\n* 1841 - J H Ferdinand Olivier, German painter
1850-1949
\n* 1862 - Elizabeth Siddal, poet and artist (b. 1829)\n* 1868 - Léon Foucault, astronomer (b. 1819)\n* 1870 - Leopold Eugen Mechura, composer\n* 1879 - Honore Daumier, caricaturist/painter (b. 1808)\n* 1879 - Willem J van Zeggelen, Dutch author\n* 1882 - Gustav Schmidt, composer (b. 1874)\n* 1892 - Erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni, composer\n* 1894 - Pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera composer\n* 1903 - Henryk Szulc, composer\n* 1907 - Peter J Savelberg, Dutch monastery founder\n* 1911 - Albert von Rothschild, baron, Austrian banker\n* 1922 - Gerardus J P Bolland, Dutch philosopher\n* 1931 - Charles Algernon Parsons, British inventor\n* 1939 - Franz Schmidt, Austrian composer\n* 1940 - John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Governor-General of Canada (b. 1875)\n* 1945 - Al Dubin, Swiss songwriter\n* 1945 - J S H Lokerman, Dutch resistance fighter\n* 1948 - Sergei Eisenstein, film director (b. 1898)
1950-1989
\n* 1961 - Eduard R Verkade, Dutch actor, director\n* 1963 - Sylvia Plath, poet, novelist (b. 1932)\n* 1968 - Howard Lindsay, playwright\n* 1970 - Emil Abranyi, composer\n* 1971 - Whitney Young Jr, National Urban League director\n* 1972 - Jan Wils, architect\n* 1973 - Hans D Jensen, German physicist\n* 1976 - Lee J Cobb, actor\n* 1976 - Alexander Lippisch, German aerodynamicist (b. 1894)\n* 1977 - Louis J M Beel, Premier of the Netherlands\n* 1978 - James B Conant, headmaster of Harvard University\n* 1982 - Eleanor Powell, actress, dancer\n* 1982 - Takashi Shimura, Japanese actor\n* 1985 - Henry Hathaway actor, director\n* 1985 - Ulysses Simpson Kay, composer\n* 1985 - Heinz Eric Roemheld, composer\n* 1986 - Frank Herbert, science fiction author (b. 1920)\n* 1989 - George O'Hanlon, actor, director\nafter 1990
\n* 1991 - Oscar Nitzchke, German architect\n* 1993 - George A Stephen, inventor\n* 1994 - Neil Bonnett, NASCAR driver (b. 1946)\n* 1994 - Sorrell Brooke, actor\n* 1994 - William Conrad, actor\n* 1996 - Kebby Musokotwane, prime minister of Zambia\n* 1996 - Cyril Poole, English cricket player\n* 1996 - Amelia Rosselli, poet\n* 2000 - Roger Vadim, French director (b. 1928)\n* 2003 - Arndt Brause, Schlager singer\n* 2003 - Daniel Toscan du Plantier, movie producer
Holidays and observances
\n* Catholicism - Feast day of Our Lady of Lourdes\n* World Day of the Sick
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January 11 -
March 11 --
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