February 11
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 .
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 , 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 .
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 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 -1831 ) (d. 1836 )
1780 - Karoline von Günderode , 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 , Commander (Union Navy)
1812 - Alexander Hamilton Stephens , Vice President of the Confederate States of America , (d. 1883 )
1813 - Otto Ludwig , German novelist, playwright, 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, 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, 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 and fairy tales 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 , fairy tale , writer
1891 - J.W. Hearne Middlesex and England all-rounder (d. 1965 ).
1893 - Johan Alberts , Dutch literary figure
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/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 (The Livermore Larruper), boxer, actor
1909 - Joseph Mankiewicz , director
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 - Winand Borgerhoff Mulder , court judge of Amsterdam
1914 - Menelaos Pallantios , composer
1915 - Patrick Leigh Fermor , author
1915 - 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 )
1920 - General Daniel "Chappie" James, Jr. , American soldier
1921 - Lloyd Bentsen , American politician
1922 - Tudor Jarda , composer
1922 - Leslie Nielsen , actor
1923 - Ronald Arculus , British diplomat
1924 - Mary Tregear , Oriental art historian
1925 - Peter Berger , British Vice-Admiral
1925 - Virginia Johnson , doctor, sexologist
1925 - Kim Stanley , actress (d. 2001 )
1926 - Paul Bocuse , French chef
1926 - Alexander Gibson , British conductor/founder of the Scottish Opera
1926 - Leslie Nielsen , Canadian actor
1928 - Gerry Alexander , West Indies cricket player
1928 - Raoul Cita , rocker
1928 - Gotthilf Fischer , choirmaste
1928 - Archibald Forster , CEO (Esso UK)
1928 - Conrad Janis , actor
1929 - Leonard Gregory Kastle , composer
1930 - C H Dearnley , organist
1930 - Alevtina Koltschina , Soviet skier
1931 - Larry Merchant , author, 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 , rock music guitarist , vocalist (d. 1971 )
1936 - Burt Reynolds , actor
1937 - Lodewijk Boer , Dutch violinist , playwright
1937 - 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 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 , Mixed martial arts fighter and Professional wrestler
1967 - Hank Gathers , basketball player (d. 1990 )
1969 - Jennifer Aniston , actress
1970 - Alistair Brown , English cricket player
1974 - D'Angelo , singer
1975 - Zsuzsa Hickel , Hungarian spiritualist
1975 - Chuck Watanabe , kayaker
1979 - Brandy Norwood , singer
1980 - Natasha Bobo , actress
1980 - 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, mystic
1503 - Elizabeth of York , consort of King Henry VII of England (b. 1466 )
1622 - Alfonso Fontanelli , composer
1650 - René Descartes , 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/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 , 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 (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 , poet, novelist (b. 1932 )
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
1975 - Zsuzsa Hickel , Hungarian spiritualist
1976 - Lee J Cobb , actor
1976 - 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, 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 , science fiction author (b. 1920 )
1989 - George O'Hanlon , actor, director
1991 - Oscar Nitzchke , German architect
1993 - George A Stephen , inventor
1994 - Neil Bonnett , NASCAR driver (b. 1946 )
1994 - Sorrell Booke , actor
1994 - William Conrad , actor
1996 - Kebby Musokotwane , prime minister of Zambia
1996 - Cyril Poole , English cricket player
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 , Schlager singer
2003 - Daniel Toscan du Plantier , movie producer
2005 - Arthur Miller , playwright
2005 - Jack L. Chalker , author
Holidays and observances
External links
February 10 - February 12 - January 11 - March 11 -- listing of all days
