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 Jimmu Tenno.
- 385 - Oldest Pope elected; Siricius, bishop of Tarragona.
- 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.
- 1720 - Sweden & Prussia sign peace (2nd Treaty of Stockholm).
- 1752 - Pennsylvania Hospital, 1st hospital in the United States, opens.
- 1790 - Society of Friends petitions United States 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 - Napoleon 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 - London University is founded.
- 1837 - American Physiological Society organizes in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 1840 - Gaetano Donizetti's opera La Fille du Regiment premieres in Paris.
- 1843 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera I Lombardi premieres in Milan.
- 1858 - Blessed Virgin Mary is said to appear to Saint Bernadette Soubirous of Lourdes.
- 1861 - American Civil War: United States House of Representatives unanimously passes resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state.
- 1873 - Spanish Cortes fires king Amadeus I.
- 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 premieres 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.
- 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 follows Eamon de Valera as Premier of Ireland.
- 1953 - President Dwight Eisenhower refuses clemency appeal for Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
- 1953 - The Soviet Union breaks 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) drops 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.
- 1986 - 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.
Births
- 1380 - Gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini, Italian humanist
- 1465 - Elizabeth of York, consort of King Henry VII of England
- 1535 - Pope Gregory XIV
- 1557 - John Uijtenbogaert Dutch remonstrant 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
- 1774 - Hans Jarta, Swedish political activist, administrator, publicist
- 1776 - Joannis Capodistrias Greek governor of Troezen (1827-31)
- 1780 - Karoline von G�nderode, poet (+ 1806)
- 1790 - Ignaz Assmayer, composer
- 1800 - William Henry Fox Talbot, English photographic pioneer
- 1802 - Lydia Child
- 1810 - Loisa Puget, composer
- 1812 - Alexander Hamilton Stephens, Vice President of the Confederate States of America
- 1812 - Benjamin Franklin Sands, Commander (Union Navy)
- 1813 - Otto Ludwig, German novelist, playwright, critic
- 1819 - Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, composer
- 1821 - Auguste Edouard Mariette, French Egyptologist
- 1821 - Hermann Allmers, writer
- 1830 - Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf, composer
- 1830 - Peter Arnold Heise, composer
- 1833 - Melville Weston Fuller 8th Chief Justice of the United States
- 1839 - Josiah Willard Gibbs theoretical physicist, chemist.
- 1847 - Thomas Alva Edison, inventor (+ 1931)
- 1860 - Rachilde [Marguerite Vallette-Eymery], French author
- 1867 - August W Messer, German philosopher, educator, psychologist
- 1869 - Helene Kroller-Muller Dutch museum founder and patron of the arts
- 1869 - Else Lasker-Sch�ler, lyricist, dramatist and narrator (+ 1945)
- 1873 - Feodor Chaliapine, Russian author
- 1874 - Elsa Beskow (Maartman), Swedish children's book and fairy tales author
- 1874 - Fritz Bennicke Hart, composer
- 1875 - Sara Wennerberg-Reuter, composer
- 1879 - Jean Gilbert, composer
- 1882 - Gheorghe Cucu composer
- 1883 - Paul August von Klenau Danish composer, conductor
- 1887 - [[Ernst Hanfst�ngl]] pianist, politician
- 1887 - John van Melle South African writer
- 1889 - Vladimir Mikhaylovich Deshevov composer
- 1890 - John de Vries, fairy tale writer
- 1891 - J W Hearne English cricket player
- 1893 - Johan Alberts Dutch literary figure
- 1894 - Alfonso Leng, composer
- 1894 - Isaac Kolthoff chemist
- 1895 - Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer
- 1896 - [[Else Lasker-Sch�ler]], writer
- 1897 - Yves de La Casiniere, composer
- 1898 - Leo Szilard, physicist, peace activist
- 1900 - Thomas Hitchcock Jr, polo player
- 1900 - Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher
- 1902 - Arne Jacobsen Danish architect/designer
- 1903 - Hans Redlich, composer
- 1904 - Henry LaBouisse, head of UNICEF
- 1904 - Sir Keith Holyoake, Prime Minister of New Zealand
- 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
- 1908 - Josh White
- 1909 - Joseph Mankiewicz, director
- 1909 - Max Baer (The Livermore Larruper), boxer, actor
- 1911 - Alec Cairncross chancellor of the University of Glasgow.
- 1912 - Roy Fuller English poet/novelist
- 1912 - Rudolf Firkusny Napajedla, pianist
- 1913 - Lucio Diestro, composer
- 1914 - Matt Dennis, singer
- 1914 - French Duynstee, Dutch constitutional lawyer
- 1914 - Menelaos Pallantios, composer
- 1914 - Winand Borgerhoff Mulder court judge of Amsterdam
- 1915 - Haakon Stotijn, Dutch oboist
- 1915 - Mervyn Levy, artist, critic
- 1915 - Patrick Leigh Fermor, author
- 1916 - Bernice Levin Neugarten, social scientist, gerontologist
- 1916 - Joseph Alioto, Mayor of San Francisco, California
- 1917 - Richard Jock Kinneir, graphic designer
- 1917 - Sidney Sheldon, author
- 1919 - Gretchen Fraser, slalom skier
- 1919 - Eddie Robinson, college football coach.
- 1920 - Billy Halop, actor
- 1920 - Daniel Galouye, American science fiction author
- 1920 - King Farouk I of Egypt (+ 1965)
- 1920 - Paul Peter Piech, artist
- 1921 - Eva Gabor, actress
- 1921 - Lloyd Bentsen, American politician
- 1922 - Leslie Nielsen, actor
- 1922 - Tudor Jarda, composer
- 1923 - Ronald Arculus, British diplomat
- 1924 - Mary Tregear, Oriental art historian
- 1925 - Peter Berger, British Vice-Admiral
- 1925 - Kim Stanley, actress
- 1925 - Virginia Johnson, doctor, sexologist
- 1926 - Paul Bocuse French chef
- 1926 - Alexander Gibson British conductor/founder of the Scottish Opera
- 1928 - Conrad Janis, actor
- 1928 - Archibald Forster, CEO (Esso UK)
- 1928 - Gerry AlexanderWest Indies cricket player
- 1928 - Raoul Cita, rocker
- 1928 - Gotthilf Fischer, choirmaste
- 1929 - Leonard Gregory Kastle, composer
- 1930 - Alevtina Koltschina Soviet skier
- 1930 - C H Dearnley, organist
- 1931 - Larry Merchant, author, boxing commentator
- 1932 - Jerome Lowenthal, pianist, professor
- 1934 - Francesco Pennisi, composer
- 1934 - John Surtees, British race car driver
- 1934 - Mary Quant, fashion designer
- 1934 - Tina Louise, actress
- 1935 - (disputed) Sergio Mendes, musician, songwriter
- 1935 - Gerry Goffin, songwriter
- 1935 - Bent Lorentzen, composer
- 1935 - (disputed) - Gene Vincent, rock music guitarist, vocalist
- 1936 - Burt Reynolds, actor
- 1937 - Bill Lawry, Australian cricket player.
- 1937 - Lodewijk Boer, Dutch violinist, playwright
- 1937 - Marilyn Butler, Rector of Exeter College, Oxford
- 1937 - Peter Lashley, West Indies 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 Picket, musician
- 1942 - Otis Clay, gospel qand R&B singer
- 1943 - Iain Cameron British brigadier
- 1944 - Bert Greene golfer
- 1944 - Buddhadev Dasgupta, film director
- 1953 - Philip Anglim, actor
- 1961 - Mary Docter, speed skater
- 1961 - Carey Lowell, actress
- 1962 - Sheryl Crow, musician
- 1969 - Jennifer Aniston, actress
- 1970 - Alistair Brown, English cricket player.
- 1974 - D'Angelo, singer.
- 1979 - Brandy Norwood, singer.
- 1980 - Matthew Lawrence, actor.
- 1980 - Natasha Bobo, actress.
Deaths
- 641 - Heraclius, Emperor of Byzantium (610-641).
- 731 - Pope Gregory II
- 821 - Saint Benedict of Aniane
- 824 - Pope Paschal I
- 1141 - Hugo of St. Victor, philosopher, theologian, mystic
- 1503 - Elizabeth of York, consort of King Henry VII of England
- 1543 - Ahmed Gran, sultan of Adal
- 1622 - Alfonso Fontanelli, composer
- 1650 - Ren� Descartes, philosopher
- 1685 - David Teniers III, Flemish painter
- 1762 - Johann Tobias Krebs, composer
- 1797 - Antoine Dauvergne, composer
- 1806 - Vicente Martin y Soler, composer
- 1841 - J H Ferdinand Olivier, German painter
- 1868 - [[L�on Foucault]], astronomer
- 1870 - Leopold Eugen Mechura, composer.
- 1879 - Honore Daumier, caricaturist/painter.
- 1879 - Willem J van Zeggelen, Dutch author.
- 1882 - Gustav Schmidt, composer.
- 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, baron, 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
- 1945 - Al Dubin, Swiss songwriter
- 1945 - J S H Lokerman, Dutch resistance fighter
- 1948 - Sergei Eisenstein, film director
- 1961 - Eduard R Verkade, Dutch actor, director
- 1963 - Sylvia Plath, poet, novelist
- 1968 - Howard Lindsay, playwright
- 1970 - Emil Abranyi, composer.
- 1971 - Whitney Young Jr, National Urban League director
- 1972 - Jan Wils, architect
- 1973 - Hans D Jensen, German physicist
- 1976 - Lee J Cobb, actor
- 1976 - Alexander Lippisch, German aerodynamicist
- 1977 - Louis J M Beel, Premier of the Netherlands
- 1978 - James B Conant, headmaster of Harvard University
- 1982 - Eleanor Powell, actress, dancer
- 1982 - Takashi Shimura, Japanese actor
- 1985 - Heinz Eric Roemheld, composer
- 1985 - Henry Hathaway actor, director
- 1985 - Ulysses Simpson Kay, composer
- 1986 - Frank Herbert, science fiction author
- 1989 - George O'Hanlon, actor, director
- 1991 - Oscar Nitzchke, German architect
- 1993 - George A Stephen, inventor
- 1994 - Sorrell Brooke, actor
- 1994 - William Conrad, actor
- 1996 - Amelia Rosselli, poet
- 1996 - Bob Shaw, science fiction author
- 1996 - Cyril Poole, English cricket player
- 1996 - Kebby Musokotwane, prime minister of Zambia
- 2000 - Roger Vadim, French director
- 2003 - Daniel Toscan du Plantier, movie producer
- 2003 - Arndt Brause, Schlager singer
Holidays and observances
- Catholicism - Feast day of Our Lady of Lourdes.
- World Day of the Sick.
See Also:
February 10 - February 12 - January 11 - March 11 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December[[fr:11 f�vrier]]
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "February 11" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_11 November 24, 2003
