February, 11th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Thursday 11, 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.

Monday 11, 1991:
UNPO, the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization, forms in The Hague, Netherlands.

Sunday 11, 1990:
Nelson Mandela, a political prisoner for 27 years, is freed from Victor Verster prison outside Cape Town, South Africa.

Wednesday 11, 1987:
Philippines constitution goes into effect.

Tuesday 11, 1986:
Rights activist Anatoly Sharansky, released by the USSR, leaves the country.

Friday 11, 1983:
President Ronald Reagan declares Edisons birthday National Inventors' Day

Wednesday 11, 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

Sunday 11, 1979:
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini seizes power in Iran.

Saturday 11, 1978:
Censorship: China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, Shakespeare and Dickens.

Sunday 11, 1973:
Vietnam War: First release of American prisoners of war from Vietnam takes place.

Friday 11, 1972:
Craig Jones, American Musician (Slipknot)

Thursday 11, 1971:
US, UK, USSR, others sign Seabed Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons in international waters.

Sunday 11, 1968:
Madison Square Garden III closes and Madison Square Garden IV opens in New York City

Tuesday 11, 1964:
The Republic of China (Taiwan) breaks off diplomatic relations with France.

Monday 11, 1963:
The Beatles tape 10 tracks for their first album, including "Please, Please Me".

Saturday 11, 1961:
Trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem.

Wednesday 11, 1953:
The Soviet Union breaks off diplomatic relations with Israel.

Wednesday 11, 1948:
John Costello succeeds Éamon de Valera as Taoiseach of Ireland.

Sunday 11, 1945:
Yalta Conference ends.

Thursday 11, 1943:
General Dwight Eisenhower selected to command the allied armies in Europe.

Tuesday 11, 1941:
First Gold record presented to Glenn Miller for "Chattanooga Choo Choo".

Friday 11, 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.')

Thursday 11, 1937:
A sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers Union.

Monday 11, 1929:
Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty.

Saturday 11, 1928:
1928 Winter Olympic Games open in St. Moritz, Switzerland

Tuesday 11, 1919:
Friedrich Ebert (SPD), elected President of Germany.

Friday 11, 1916:
Emma Goldman arrested for lecturing on birth control.

Tuesday 11, 1908:
Australia regain the Ashes with a 308 run cricket victory over England.

Saturday 11, 1905:
Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer nos.

Wednesday 11, 1903:
Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna.

Tuesday 11, 1902:
Police beat up universal suffrage demonstrators in Brussels.

Monday 11, 1895:
The lowest ever UK temperature of -27.2°C was recorded at Braemar in Aberdeenshire. This record was equalled on 10 January,1982 .

Monday 11, 1889:
Meiji constitution of Japan adopted; 1st Diet of Japan convenes in 1890

Tuesday 11, 1873:
King Amadeus I of Spain abdicates.

Monday 11, 1861:
American Civil War: United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state.

Thursday 11, 1858:
The Blessed Virgin Mary reputedly appears to Saint Bernadette Soubirous of Lourdes.

Sunday 11, 1855:
Kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia, by Abuna Salama III in a ceremony at the church of Derasge Maryam.

Saturday 11, 1843:
Giuseppe Verdi's opera I Lombardi receives its first performance in Milan.

Tuesday 11, 1840:
Gaetano Donizetti's opera La Fille du Régiment receives its first performance in Paris.

Saturday 11, 1837:
American Physiological Society organizes in Boston, Massachusetts.

Saturday 11, 1826:
University College London is founded under the name University of London.

Friday 11, 1814:
Norway's independence is proclaimed, marking the ultimate end of the Kalmar Union

Tuesday 11, 1812:
Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry gerrymanders for the first time.

Sunday 11, 1810:
Napoléon marries Marie-Louise of Austria.

Saturday 11, 1809:
Robert Fulton patents the steamboat

Thursday 11, 1808:
Anthracite coal first burned as fuel, experimentally.

Tuesday 11, 1794:
First session of United States Senate open to the public.

Thursday 11, 1790:
Religious Society of Friends petitions U.S. Congress for abolition of slavery.

Friday 11, 1752:
Pennsylvania Hospital, 1st hospital in the United States, opens.

Wednesday 11, 1531:
Henry VIII of England recognized as supreme head of the Church of England.

Monday 11, 1411:
1411 : Peace of Toru? 1411 signed in Toru?, Poland

Sunday 11, 824:
Paschal I ends his reign as Pope.

Wednesday 11, 731:
Gregory II ends his reign as Pope.

Wednesday 11, -660:
Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/11-february/on-this-day.html


People born on February 11

1985:
Marco Gomez van Houten, FIFA Player (WCG) (b: February 11, 1985) (Biography of Marco Gomez van Houten)

1981:
Kelly Rowland, American singer (Destiny's Child) (b: February 11, 1981) (Biography of Kelly Rowland)

1980:
Natasha Bobo, American actress (b: February 11, 1980) (Biography of Natasha Bobo)
Matthew Lawrence, American actor (b: February 11, 1980) (Biography of Matthew Lawrence)

1979:
Brandy Norwood, American singer (b: February 11, 1979) (Biography of Brandy Norwood)

1977:
Mike Shinoda, American singer (Linkin Park) (b: February 11, 1977) (Biography of Mike Shinoda)

1976:
Brice Beckham, American actor (b: February 11, 1976) (Biography of Brice Beckham)

1974:
D'Angelo, American singer (b: February 11, 1974) (Biography of D'Angelo)

1973:
Varg Vikernes, Norwegian musician (Burzum) (b: February 11, 1973) (Biography of Varg Vikernes)

1969:
Jennifer Aniston, American actress (b: February 11, 1969) (Biography of Jennifer Aniston)

1967:
Hank Gathers, American basketball player (b: February 11, 1967 ; d: March 4, 1990) (Biography of Hank Gathers)

1964:
Ken Shamrock, American martial artist and professional wrestler (b: February 11, 1964) (Biography of Ken Shamrock)

1963:
Diane Franklin, American actress (b: February 11, 1963) (Biography of Diane Franklin)

1962:
Sheryl Crow, American musician (b: February 11, 1962) (Biography of Sheryl Crow)

1961:
Mary Docter, American speed skater (b: February 11, 1961) (Biography of Mary Docter)
Carey Lowell, American actress (b: February 11, 1961) (Biography of Carey Lowell)

1956:
Catherine Hickland, American actress (b: February 11, 1956) (Biography of Catherine Hickland)
Didier Lockwood, French jazz violinist (b: February 11, 1956) (Biography of Didier Lockwood)

1953:
Philip Anglim, American actor (b: February 11, 1953) (Biography of Philip Anglim)
Jeb Bush, American politician (b: February 11, 1953) (Biography of Jeb Bush)

1941:
Sergio Mendes, Brazilian musician and songwriter (b: February 11, 1941) (Biography of Sergio Mendes)

1939:
Gerry Goffin, American lyricist (b: February 11, 1939) (Biography of Gerry Goffin)
Jane Yolen, American author (b: February 11, 1939) (Biography of Jane Yolen)

1938:
Bevan Congdon, New Zealand cricket player (b: February 11, 1938) (Biography of Bevan Congdon)
Manuel Noriega, Panamanian general and dictator (b: February 11, 1938) (Biography of Manuel Noriega)

1937:
Bill Lawry, Australian cricket player (b: February 11, 1937) (Biography of Bill Lawry)

1936:
Burt Reynolds, American actor (b: February 11, 1936) (Biography of Burt Reynolds)

1935:
Bent Lorentzen, Danish composer (b: February 11, 1935) (Biography of Bent Lorentzen (composer))

1934:
Tina Louise, American actress (b: February 11, 1934) (Biography of Tina Louise)
Mary Quant, English fashion designer (b: February 11, 1934) (Biography of Mary Quant)
John Surtees, British race car driver (b: February 11, 1934) (Biography of John Surtees)
Mel Carnahan, American politician (b: February 11, 1934 ; d: October 16, 2000) (Biography of Mel Carnahan)

1932:
Jerome Lowenthal, pianist (b: February 11, 1932) (Biography of Jerome Lowenthal)

1931:
Larry Merchant, author and boxing commentator (b: February 11, 1931) (Biography of Larry Merchant)

1926:
Paul Bocuse, French chef (b: February 11, 1926) (Biography of Paul Bocuse)
Alexander Gibson, British conductor (b: February 11, 1926) (Biography of Alexander Gibson)
Leslie Nielsen, Canadian actor (b: February 11, 1926) (Biography of Leslie Nielsen)

1925:
Peter Berger, British admiral (b: February 11, 1925) (Biography of Peter Berger)
Kim Stanley, American actress (b: February 11, 1925) (Biography of Kim Stanley)

1921:
Lloyd Bentsen, American politician (b: February 11, 1921) (Biography of Lloyd Bentsen)

1920:
King Farouk I of Egypt (b: February 11, 1920 ; d: March 18, 1965) (Biography of Farouk I of Egypt)
Billy Halop, American actor (b: February 11, 1920) (Biography of Billy Halop)
Paul Peter Piech, American artist (b: February 11, 1920 ; d: May 31, 1996) (Biography of Paul Peter Piech)
General Daniel "Chappie" James Jr., American soldier (b: February 11, 1920 ; d: February 25, 1978) (Biography of Daniel "Chappie" James Jr.)

1919:
Eva Gabor, Hungarian-born actress (b: February 11, 1919 ; d: July 4, 1995) (Biography of Eva Gabor)

1917:
Sidney Sheldon, American author (b: February 11, 1917) (Biography of Sidney Sheldon)

1915:
Patrick Leigh Fermor, English author (b: February 11, 1915) (Biography of Patrick Leigh Fermor)

1914:
Matt Dennis, American singer (b: February 11, 1914) (Biography of Matt Dennis)

1912:
Roy Fuller, English writer (b: February 11, 1912) (Biography of Roy Fuller)

1909:
Joseph Mankiewicz, American director (b: February 11, 1909 ; d: February 6, 1993) (Biography of Joseph Mankiewicz)
Max Baer, American boxer and actor (b: February 11, 1909 ; d: November 21, 1959) (Biography of Max Baer)

1908:
Vivian Ernest Fuchs, English geologist and explorer (b: February 11, 1908) (Biography of Vivian Ernest Fuchs)

1904:
Sir Keith Holyoake, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b: February 11, 1904) (Biography of Keith Holyoake)

1903:
Hans Redlich, Austrian composer (b: February 11, 1903) (Biography of Hans Redlich)

1902:
Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect and designer (b: February 11, 1902) (Biography of Arne Jacobsen)

1900:
Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher (b: February 11, 1900 ; d: March 14, 2002) (Biography of Hans-Georg Gadamer)

1898:
Leó Szilárd, Hungarian-born physicist and peace activist (b: February 11, 1898 ; d: May 30, 1964) (Biography of Leó Szilárd)

1894:
Alfonso Leng, Chilean composer (b: February 11, 1894 ; d: November 11, 1974) (Biography of Alfonso Leng)

1891:
J.W. Hearne English cricketer (b: February 11, 1891 ; d: September 14, 1965) (Biography of Jack Hearne (John William Hearne))

1887:
John van Melle, South African writer (b: February 11, 1887 ; d: November 8, 1953) (Biography of John van Melle)

1874:
Elsa Beskow, Swedish author (b: February 11, 1874) (Biography of Elsa Beskow)
Fritz Bennicke Hart, English-born composer (b: February 11, 1874 ; d: July 9, 1949) (Biography of Fritz Bennicke Hart)

1869:
Helene Kroller-Muller, Dutch museum founder and patron of the arts (b: February 11, 1869) (Biography of Helene Kroller-Muller)
Else Lasker-Schüler, German writer (b: February 11, 1869) (Biography of Else Lasker-Schüler)

1860:
Rachilde, French author (b: February 11, 1860) (Biography of Rachilde)

1847:
Thomas Alva Edison, American inventor and businessman (b: February 11, 1847) (Biography of Thomas Alva Edison)

1839:
Josiah Willard Gibbs, American physicist and chemist (b: February 11, 1839) (Biography of Willard Gibbs)

1833:
Melville Weston Fuller, 8th Chief Justice of the United States (b: February 11, 1833) (Biography of Melville Weston Fuller)

1830:
Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf, musician (b: February 11, 1830) (Biography of Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf)

1821:
Auguste-Édouard Mariette, French Egyptologist (b: February 11, 1821) (Biography of Auguste-Édouard Mariette)

1819:
Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, American composer (b: February 11, 1819 ; d: June 30, 1890) (Biography of Samuel Parkman Tuckerman)

1812:
Alexander Hamilton Stephens, Americn Confederate Vice President (b: February 11, 1812) (Biography of Alexander Hamilton Stephens)

1802:
Lydia Child, American novelist and abolitionist (b: February 11, 1802 ; d: July 7, 1880) (Biography of Lydia Child)

1800:
William Henry Fox Talbot, English photographer (b: February 11, 1800) (Biography of William Henry Fox Talbot)

1776:
Joannis Capodistrias, Greek governor of Troezen (b: February 11, 1776) (Biography of Joannis Capodistrias)

1774:
Hans Jarta, Swedish political activist (b: February 11, 1774) (Biography of Hans Jarta)

1764:
Marie-Joseph de Chenier, French poet (b: February 11, 1764) (Biography of Marie-Joseph de Chenier)

1755:
Albert Christoph Dies, German composer (b: February 11, 1755) (Biography of Albert Christoph Dies)

1657:
Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, French scientist and man of letters (b: February 11, 1657 ; d: January 9, 1757) (Biography of Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle)

1649:
William Carstares, Scottish minister (b: February 11, 1649 ; d: December 28, 1715) (Biography of William Carstares)

1568:
Honoré d'Urfé, French writer (b: February 11, 1568 ; d: June 1, 1625) (Biography of Honoré d'Urfé)

1535:
Pope Gregory XIV (b: February 11, 1535 ; d: October 16, 1591) (Biography of Pope Gregory XIV)

1466:
Elizabeth of York, queen of King Henry VII of England (b: February 11, 1466 ; d: February 11, 1503) (Biography of Elizabeth of York)

1380:
Gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini, Italian humanist (b: February 11, 1380 ; d: October 10, 1459) (Biography of Gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/11-february/births.html

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People who died on February 11

2005:
Arthur Miller, American playwright (b: October 17, 1915 ; d: February 11, 2005) (Biography of Arthur Miller)
Jack L. Chalker, Canadian novelist (b: December 17, 1944 ; d: February 11, 2005) (Biography of Jack L. Chalker)

2002:
Frankie Crosetti, American baseball player (b: October 4, 1910 ; d: February 11, 2002) (Biography of Frankie Crosetti)
Barry Foster (d: February 11, 2002) (Biography of Barry Foster)

2000:
Roger Vadim, French film director and actor (b: January 26, 1928 ; d: February 11, 2000) (Biography of Roger Vadim)

1997:
Barry Evans (d: February 11, 1997) (Biography of Barry Evans)
Don Porter, American actor (b: September 24, 1912 ; d: February 11, 1997) (Biography of Don Porter)

1996:
Kebby Musokotwane (d: February 11, 1996) (Biography of Kebby Musokotwane)
Cyril Poole (d: February 11, 1996) (Biography of Cyril Poole)
Amelia Rosselli (d: February 11, 1996) (Biography of Amelia Rosselli)

1994:
Sorrell Booke, American actor (b: January 4, 1930 ; d: February 11, 1994) (Biography of Sorrell Booke)
Neil Bonnett, American race car driver (b: July 30, 1946 ; d: February 11, 1994) (Biography of Neil Bonnett)
William Conrad, American actor (b: September 27, 1920 ; d: February 11, 1994) (Biography of William Conrad)

1989:
George O'Hanlon (d: February 11, 1989) (Biography of George O'Hanlon)

1986:
Frank Herbert, American writer (b: October 8, 1920 ; d: February 11, 1986) (Biography of Frank Herbert)

1985:
Ben Abruzzo (d: February 11, 1985) (Biography of Ben Abruzzo)
Henry Hathaway (d: February 11, 1985) (Biography of Henry Hathaway)
Heinz Eric Roemheld, American film composer (b: May 1, 1901 ; d: February 11, 1985) (Biography of Heinz Eric Roemheld)

1982:
Eleanor Powell, American actress and dancer (b: November 21, 1912 ; d: February 11, 1982) (Biography of Eleanor Powell)
Takashi Shimura (d: February 11, 1982) (Biography of Takashi Shimura)

1978:
James B Conant (d: February 11, 1978) (Biography of James B Conant)

1977:
Louis Beel, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b: April 12, 1902 ; d: February 11, 1977) (Biography of Louis Beel)

1976:
Lee J Cobb (d: February 11, 1976) (Biography of Lee J Cobb)
Alexander Lippisch, German scientist (b: November 2, 1894 ; d: February 11, 1976) (Biography of Alexander Lippisch)

1975:
Zsuzsa Hickel (d: February 11, 1975) (Biography of Zsuzsa Hickel)

1973:
Hans D Jensen (d: February 11, 1973) (Biography of Hans D Jensen)

1972:
Jan Wils (d: February 11, 1972) (Biography of Jan Wils)

1968:
Howard Lindsay (d: February 11, 1968) (Biography of Howard Lindsay)

1963:
Sylvia Plath, American poet (b: October 27, 1932 ; d: February 11, 1963) (Biography of Sylvia Plath)

1960:
Ernst von Dohnanyi, Hungarian composer and conductor (b: July 27, 1877 ; d: February 11, 1960) (Biography of Ernst von Dohnanyi)

1959:
Marshall Teague, American race car driver (b: February 17, 1922 ; d: February 11, 1959) (Biography of Marshall Teague)

1948:
Sergei Eisenstein, Russian film director (b: January 23, 1898 ; d: February 11, 1948) (Biography of Sergei Eisenstein)

1945:
Al Dubin (d: February 11, 1945) (Biography of Al Dubin)

1940:
John Buchan (d: February 11, 1940) (Biography of John Buchan)

1939:
Franz Schmidt, Austrain composer (b: December 22, 1874 ; d: February 11, 1939) (Biography of Franz Schmidt)

1931:
Charles Algernon Parsons (d: February 11, 1931) (Biography of Charles Algernon Parsons)

1879:
Honoré Daumier, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor (b: February 26, 1808 ; d: February 11, 1879) (Biography of Honoré Daumier)

1868:
Leon Foucault, French physicist (b: September 18, 1819 ; d: February 11, 1868) (Biography of Léon Foucault)

1862:
Elizabeth Siddal (d: February 11, 1862) (Biography of Elizabeth Siddal)

1797:
Antoine Dauvergne (d: February 11, 1797) (Biography of Antoine Dauvergne)

1763:
William Shenstone, English poet (b: November 13, 1714 ; d: February 11, 1763) (Biography of William Shenstone)

1762:
Johann Tobias Krebs (d: February 11, 1762) (Biography of Johann Tobias Krebs)

1755:
Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist (b: June 1, 1675 ; d: February 11, 1755) (Biography of Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei)

1713:
Jahandar Shah (d: February 11, 1713) (Biography of Jahandar Shah)

1685:
David Teniers III, Flemish painter (b: July 10, 1638 ; d: February 11, 1685) (Biography of David Teniers III)

1650:
René Descartes, French mathematician (b: March 31, 1596 ; d: February 11, 1650) (Biography of René Descartes)

1626:
Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (b: April 15, 1552 ; d: February 11, 1626) (Biography of Pietro Cataldi)

1503:
Elizabeth of York, queen of King Henry VII of England (b: February 11, 1466 ; d: February 11, 1503) (Biography of Elizabeth of York)

1141:
Hugo of St. Victor (d: February 11, 1141) (Biography of Hugo of St. Victor)

824:
Pope Paschal I (d: February 11, 824) (Biography of Pope Paschal I)

821:
Benedict of Aniane (d: February 11, 821) (Biography of Benedict of Aniane)

731:
Pope Gregory II (d: February 11, 731) (Biography of Pope Gregory II)

641:
Heraclius (d: February 11, 641) (Biography of Heraclius)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/11-february/deaths.html