February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar . There are 323 days remaining, 324 in leap years .
Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu Tenno .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 .1543 - Battle of Wayna Daga - Ethiopian /Portuguese troops beat Muslim army.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 .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 Automobile 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 , contaiminating 8 workers1986 - Rights activist Anatoly Scharansky, 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 .
Births 1380 - Gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini , Italian humanist (d. 1459 )1465 - Elizabeth of York , consort of King Henry VII of England (d. 1503 )1535 - Pope Gregory XIV (d. 1591 )1557 - John Uijtenbogaert, Dutch remonstrant theologian.1568 - Honore d'Urfe, French writer1657 - Bernard Le Bovier Fontenelle, French scientist and man of letters1755 - Albert Christoph Dies , composer1764 - Marie-Joseph de Chenier, French poet1774 - Hans Jarta , Swedish political activist, administrator, publicist1776 - Joannis Capodistrias , Greek governor of Troezen (1827 -1831 ) (d. 1836 )1780 - Karoline von Günderode, poet (d. 1806 )1790 - Ignaz Assmayer, composer1800 - William Henry Fox Talbot , English photographic pioneer (d. 1877 )1802 - Lydia Child , novelist and abolitionist (d. 1880 )1810 - Loisa Puget, composer1812 - Benjamin Franklin Sands, Commander (Union Navy)1812 - Alexander Hamilton Stephens , Vice President of the Confederate States of America , (d. 1883 ) 1813 - Otto Ludwig, German novelist, playwright, critic1819 - Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, composer1821 - Hermann Allmers, writer1821 - Auguste Edouard Mariette, French Egyptologist 1830 - Peter Arnold Heise, composer1830 - Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf , musician (d. 1913 )1833 - Melville Weston Fuller , 8th Chief Justice of the United States 1839 - Josiah Willard Gibbs , theoretical physicist, 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, psychologist1869 - Helene Kroller-Muller, Dutch museum founder and patron of the arts1869 - Else Lasker-Schüler, lyricist, dramatist and narrator (d. 1945 ) 1873 - Feodor Chaliapin , Russian singer (d. 1938 )1874 - Elsa Beskow (Maartman), Swedish children's book and fairy tales author, (d. 1953 )1874 - Fritz Bennicke Hart, composer 1875 - Sara Wennerberg-Reuter, composer1879 - Jean Gilbert, composer1882 - Gheorghe Cucu, composer1883 - Paul August von Klenau, Danish composer, conductor1887 - John van Melle , South African writer (d. 1953 )1889 - Vladimir Mikhaylovich Deshevov, composer1890 - John de Vries, fairy tale , writer1891 - J W Hearne, English cricket player1893 - Johan Alberts, Dutch literary figure1894 - Isaac Kolthoff, chemist1894 - Alfonso Leng , composer (d. 1974 ) 1895 - Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer1896 - Else Lasker-Schüler, writer1897 - Yves de La Casiniere, composer1898 - 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/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 writer1906 - Denis Barnett, British air chief marshal1907 - E W Swanton, author, sports commentator1908 - Sutan Takdir Alishahbana, Indonesian linguist, author, novelist1908 - Vivian Ernest Fuchs , geologist, explorer (d. 1999 ) 1908 - Josh White 1909 - Max Baer (The Livermore Larruper), boxer, actor1909 - Joseph Mankiewicz, director 1911 - Alec Cairncross, chancellor of the University of Glasgow .1912 - Roy Fuller , English poet/novelist1912 - Rudolf Firkusny Napajedla, pianist 1913 - Lucio Diestro, composer1914 - Matt Dennis, singer1914 - French Duynstee, Dutch constitutional lawyer 1914 - Winand Borgerhoff Mulder, court judge of Amsterdam 1914 - Menelaos Pallantios, composer 1915 - Patrick Leigh Fermor , author1915 - Mervyn Levy, artist, critic 1915 - Haakon Stotijn, Dutch oboist 1916 - Joseph Alioto , Mayor of San Francisco, California 1916 - Bernice Levin Neugarten, social scientist, gerontologist 1917 - Richard Jock Kinneir, graphic designer 1917 - Sidney Sheldon , author 1919 - Gretchen Fraser, slalom skier 1919 - Eva Gabor , actress (d. 1995 ) 1919 - Eddie Robinson , college 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 ) 1921 - Lloyd Bentsen , American politician1922 - Tudor Jarda, composer1922 - Leslie Nielsen , actor 1923 - Ronald Arculus, British diplomat1924 - Mary Tregear, Oriental art historian1925 - Peter Berger, British Vice-Admiral1925 - Virginia Johnson , doctor, sexologist 1925 - Kim Stanley , actress (d. 2001 ) 1926 - Paul Bocuse , French chef1926 - Alexander Gibson, British conductor/founder of the Scottish Opera 1928 - Gerry Alexander, West Indies cricket player1928 - Raoul Cita, rocker 1928 - Gotthilf Fischer, choirmaste 1928 - Archibald Forster, CEO (Esso UK) 1928 - Conrad Janis, actor 1929 - Leonard Gregory Kastle, composer1930 - C H Dearnley, organist1930 - Alevtina Koltschina, Soviet skier 1931 - Larry Merchant , author, boxing commentator1932 - Jerome Lowenthal, pianist, professor1934 - Tina Louise , actress1934 - Francesco Pennisi, composer 1934 - Mary Quant , fashion designer 1934 - John Surtees , British race car driver 1935 - Bent Lorentzen , composer1935 - (disputed) - Gene Vincent , rock music guitarist , vocalist (d. 1971 ) 1936 - Burt Reynolds , actor1937 - Lodewijk Boer, Dutch violinist , playwright1937 - Marilyn Butler, Rector of Exeter College, Oxford 1937 - Peter Lashley, West Indies cricket player 1937 - Bill Lawry , Australian cricket player 1938 - Bevan Congdon, New Zealand cricket player1938 - Willy Correa de Oliveira, composer 1938 - Manuel Noriega , Panamanian general and dictator 1939 - Gerry Goffin , lyricist1939 - Jane Yolen , science fiction author 1940 - Bobby Picket, musician1941 - Sergio Mendes , musician, songwriter1942 - Otis Clay, gospel qand R&B singer1943 - Iain Cameron, British brigadier1944 - Buddhadev Dasgupta, film director1944 - Bert Greene, golfer 1953 - Philip Anglim , actor1961 - Mary Docter , speed skater 1961 - Carey Lowell , actress 1962 - Sheryl Crow , musician1969 - Jennifer Aniston , actress1970 - Alistair Brown, English cricket player1974 - D'Angelo , singer1975 - Zsuzsa Hickel, Hungarian spiritualist1975 - Chuck Watanabe, kayaker 1979 - Brandy Norwood , singer1980 - Natasha Bobo , actress1980 - Matthew Lawrence , actor 1981 - Kelly Rowland , singer (Destiny's Child )
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, mystic1503 - Elizabeth of York , consort of King Henry VII of England (b. 1466 )1543 - Ahmed Gran, sultan of Adal 1622 - Alfonso Fontanelli, composer1650 - René Descartes , philosopher (b. 1596 )1685 - David Teniers III , Flemish painter1762 - Johann Tobias Krebs , composer1763 - William Shenstone , poet (b. 1714 )1797 - Antoine Dauvergne, composer1806 - Vicente Martin y Soler, composer1841 - J H Ferdinand Olivier, German painter1862 - Elizabeth Siddal , poet and artist (b. 1829 )1868 - Léon Foucault , astronomer (b. 1819 )1870 - Leopold Eugen Mechura, composer1871 - Gaspard Théodore Ignace de la Fontaine , Luxemburg politician.1879 - Honore Daumier , caricaturist/painter (b. 1808 )1879 - Willem J van Zeggelen, Dutch author 1882 - Gustav Schmidt, composer (b. 1874 )1892 - Erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni, composer1894 - Pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera , composer1903 - Henryk Szulc, composer1907 - Peter J Savelberg, Dutch monastery founder1911 - Albert von Rothschild, baron, Austrian banker1922 - Gerardus J P Bolland, Dutch philosopher1931 - Charles Algernon Parsons , British inventor1939 - Franz Schmidt , Austrian composer1940 - John Buchan , 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Governor-General of Canada (b. 1875 )1945 - Al Dubin , Swiss songwriter1945 - 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, director1963 - Sylvia Plath , poet, novelist (b. 1932 )1968 - Howard Lindsay, playwright1970 - Emil Abranyi, composer1971 - Whitney Young Jr, National Urban League director1972 - Jan Wils , architect1973 - Hans D Jensen , German physicist1975 - Zsuzsa Hickel, Hungarian spiritualist1976 - Lee J Cobb , actor1976 - Alexander Lippisch , German aerodynamicist (b. 1894 ) 1977 - Louis Beel , Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1946 -1948 , 1958 -1959 ) (b. 1902 )1978 - James B Conant , headmaster of Harvard University 1982 - Eleanor Powell , actress, dancer1982 - Takashi Shimura , Japanese actor 1985 - Henry Hathaway actor, director1985 - Ulysses Simpson Kay, composer 1985 - Heinz Eric Roemheld, composer1986 - Frank Herbert , science fiction author (b. 1920 )1989 - George O'Hanlon, actor, director1991 - Oscar Nitzchke, German architect1993 - George A Stephen, inventor1994 - Neil Bonnett , NASCAR driver (b. 1946 )1994 - Sorrell Brooke , actor 1994 - William Conrad , actor 1996 - Kebby Musokotwane , prime minister of Zambia 1996 - Cyril Poole, English cricket player 1996 - Amelia Rosselli, poet 2000 - Roger Vadim , French director (b. 1928 )2003 - Arndt Brause, Schlager singer2003 - Daniel Toscan du Plantier, movie producer
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Feburary 10 - The styrofoam cooler is invented, 1957. Feburary 20 - Northern Hemisphere Hoodie-Hoo Day, when citizens are asked to go outside at noon local time and yell " Hoodie-Hoo" to chase winter away. April 11 - The Equal Opportunity Commission regulates that sexual harassment of women is illegal in the workplace, 1980.
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