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Events on the 11th of February in history

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11 Feb 2055 Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman emperorship, dies under mysterious circumstances in Rome. This clears the way for Nero to become Emperor.
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11 Feb 0244 Emperor Gordian III is murdered by mutinous soldiers in Zaitha (Mesopotamia). A mound is raised at Carchemish in his memory.
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11 Feb 0385 Oldest Pope elected; Siricius-bishop of Tarragona
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11 Feb 0660 Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.
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11 Feb 0660 -BC- Traditional founding of Japan by Emperor Jimmu Tenno
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11 Feb 0731 St Gregory II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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11 Feb 0824 St Paschal I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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11 Feb 1177 John de Courcy's army defeats the native Dunleavey Clan in Ulster. The English establish themselves in Ulster.
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11 Feb 1534 Henry VIII of England is recognized as supreme head of the Church of England.
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11 Feb 1543 Battle at Wayna Daga Ethiopian/Portugese troops beat Moslem army
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11 Feb 1543 Karel/Henry VIII sign anti-French covenant
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11 Feb 1573 1st European, Francis Drake sees the Pacific (from Panam
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11 Feb 1575 King Frederick of Denmark offers island of Hveen to Tycho Brahe
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11 Feb 1626 Emperor Susenyos I of Ethiopia and Patriarch Afonso Mendes declare the primacy of the Roman See over the Ethiopian Church, and Roman Catholicism the state religion of Ethiopia.
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11 Feb 1638 Dutch countess Louise of Solms marries earl John of Brederode
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11 Feb 1659 The assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses.
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11 Feb 1720 Sweden & Prussia sign peace (2nd Treaty of Stockholm)
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11 Feb 1752 Pennsylvania Hospital, the 1st hospital in the US, opened
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11 Feb 1766 Stamp Act declared unconstitutional in Virginia
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11 Feb 1768 Samuel Adams letter, circulates around American colonies, opposing Townshend Act taxes
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11 Feb 1790 The Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, petitions U.S. Congress for abolition of slavery.
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11 Feb 1790 Society of Friends petitions Congress for abolition of slavery
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11 Feb 1793 Prussian troops occupy Venlo Netherlands
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11 Feb 1794 First session of United States Senate opens to the public.
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11 Feb 1794 1st session of US Senate open to the public
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11 Feb 1808 Anthracite coal 1st burned as fuel, experimentally - Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
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11 Feb 1808 Jesse Fell burns anthracite on an open grate as an experiment in heating homes with coal.
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11 Feb 1809 Robert Fulton patents the steamboat
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11 Feb 1810 Napoleon marries Marie-Louise of Austria
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11 Feb 1811 President Madison prohibits trade with Britain for 3rd time in 4 years
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11 Feb 1812 Mass Gov Gerry signs a redistricting bill-1st "gerrymander"
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11 Feb 1812 Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry "gerrymanders" for the first time.
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11 Feb 1812 Massachusetts Governor Gerry signs a redistricting bill-the 1st "gerrymander
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11 Feb 1814 Norway's independence proclaimed
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11 Feb 1826 Swaminarayan writes the Shikshapatri, an important text within Swaminarayan Hinduism.
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11 Feb 1826 University College London is founded under the name University of London.
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11 Feb 1826 London University founded
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11 Feb 1837 American Physiological Society organizes in Boston
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11 Feb 1840 Gaetano Donizetti's opera La fille du régiment receives its first performance in Paris, France.
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11 Feb 1840 Gaetano Donizetti's Opera "La Fille du Regiment" premieres in Paris
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11 Feb 1843 Opera "I Lombardi, " premieres in Milan
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11 Feb 1843 Giuseppe Verdi's opera I Lombardi alla prima crociata receives its first performance in Milan, Italy.
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11 Feb 1843 Giuseppe Verdi's Opera "I Lombardi" premieres in Milan
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11 Feb 1851 1st cricket 1st-class game in Australia, Tasmania vs Victoria, Launceston
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11 Feb 1852 1st British public female toilet opens (Bedford Street London)
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11 Feb 1854 Major streets lit by coal gas for 1st time
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11 Feb 1855 Kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia, by Abuna Salama III in a ceremony at the church of Derasge Maryam
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11 Feb 1856 The Kingdom of Awadh is annexed by the British East India Company and Wajid Ali Shah, the king of Awadh, is imprisoned and later exiled to Calcutta.
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11 Feb 1858 Bernadette Soubirous's first vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lourdes, France.
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11 Feb 1858 1st apparition of Mary to 14-year-old Bernadette of Lourdes France
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11 Feb 1861 American Civil War: United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state.
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11 Feb 1861 US House unanimously passes resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state
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11 Feb 1861 President-elect Lincoln takes train from Spingfield IL to Washington DC
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11 Feb 1873 King Amadeo I of Spain abdicates.
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11 Feb 1873 Spanish Cortes fires king Amadeus I
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11 Feb 1878 1st weekly Weather report published in the UK
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11 Feb 1878 1st US bicycle club, Boston Bicycle Club, forms
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11 Feb 1889 Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted; the first National Diet convenes in 1890.
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11 Feb 1895 -17
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11 Feb 1895 Georgetown became part of Washington DC
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11 Feb 1896 Oscar Wildes "Salom
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11 Feb 1897 White Rose Mission opens on East 97th Street, New York City
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11 Feb 1898 Owen Smith of North Carolina, AME Zion minister, named minister to Liberia
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11 Feb 1899 -15
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11 Feb 1899 -61
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11 Feb 1902 Police beats up universal suffrage demonstrators in Brussels
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11 Feb 1903 Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
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11 Feb 1903 Anton Bruckner's 9th Symfonie premieres in Vienna
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11 Feb 1905 James Blackstone, Seattle, bowls 299
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11 Feb 1906 Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer Nos.
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11 Feb 1907 De Master's Dutch government resigns
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11 Feb 1907 Passenger ship Larchmont sinks by Block Island, 322 die
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11 Feb 1908 Australia regain the Ashes with a 308 run cricket victory vs England
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11 Feb 1908 Heemskerk's government begins in Holland
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11 Feb 1916 Emma Goldman is arrested for lecturing on birth control.
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11 Feb 1916 Baltimore Symphony Orchestra presents its 1st concert
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11 Feb 1919 Friedrich Ebert (SPD), is elected President of Germany.
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11 Feb 1921 Ambassador Theater opens at 215 W 49th St, New York City
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11 Feb 1922 "April Showers" by Al Jolson hits #1
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11 Feb 1922 "April Showers" by Al Jolson hits #1
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11 Feb 1922 US intervention army leaves Honduras
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11 Feb 1925 Phi Alpha Delta Fraternity, Inc. Was Founded At The College of New Jersey
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11 Feb 1926 Tokelau (Union) islands in south Pacific transfers to New Zealand
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11 Feb 1927 US female Figure Skating championship won by Beatrix Loughran
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11 Feb 1927 US male Figure Skating championship won by Nathaniel Niles
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11 Feb 1928 2nd Winter Olympics games opens in St Moritz, Switzerland
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11 Feb 1929 Kingdom of Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty.
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11 Feb 1929 Vatican City (world's smallest country) made an enclave of Rome
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11 Feb 1929 Eugene O'Neill's "Dynamo" premieres in New York NY
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11 Feb 1932 73
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11 Feb 1935 -11
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11 Feb 1935 1st US airplane flight with auto slung beneath the fuselage, New York
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11 Feb 1936 Pumping begins to build Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay
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11 Feb 1937 44-day sit-down strike at General Motors in Flint Michigan ends
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11 Feb 1937 A sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers.
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11 Feb 1938 BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television program, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".
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11 Feb 1938 Steve Casey beats Lou Thesz in Boston, to become wrestling champion
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11 Feb 1939 A Lockheed P-38 Lightning flies from California to New York in 7 hours 2 minutes.
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11 Feb 1941 1st Gold record presented (Glenn Miller-Chattanooga Choo Choo)
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11 Feb 1941 Lieutenant-General Erwin Rommel arrives in Tripoli
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11 Feb 1941 Sicherheitsdienst complains about Dutch anti German sentiments
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11 Feb 1942 "Archie" comic book debuts
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11 Feb 1942 World War II: The Battle of Bukit Timah is fought in Singapore.
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11 Feb 1942 "Archie" comic book debuts
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11 Feb 1943 World War II: General Dwight D. Eisenhower is selected to command the allied armies in Europe.
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11 Feb 1943 General Eisenhower selected to command the allied armies in Europe
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11 Feb 1943 Transport nr 47 departs with French Jews to Nazi-Germany
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11 Feb 1944 German troops re-conquer Aprilia Italy
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11 Feb 1944 U-424 sunk off Ireland
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11 Feb 1945 1st gas turbine propeller-driven airplane flight tested, Downey, California
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11 Feb 1945 Yalta agreement signed by FDR, Churchill & Stalin
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11 Feb 1948 Billy Griffith scores cricket century on debut England vs West Indies, out for 140
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11 Feb 1948 John Costello follows Eamon Da Valera as premier of Ireland
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11 Feb 1948 Test Cricket debut of Frank Worrell, vs England Port-of-Spain
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11 Feb 1949 Willie Pep recaptures world featherweight boxing title
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11 Feb 1950 "Rag Mop" by The Ames Brothers hit #1
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11 Feb 1950 "Rag Mop" by The Ames Brothers hit #1
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11 Feb 1951 Kwame Nkrumah wins 1st parliamentary election on Gold coast (Ghana)
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11 Feb 1953 "Hazel Flagg" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 190 performances
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11 Feb 1953 The Soviet Union breaks off diplomatic relations with Israel.
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11 Feb 1953 U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower refuses a clemency appeal for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
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11 Feb 1953 J Styne/B Hilliard's musical "Hazel Flagg" premieres in New York NY
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11 Feb 1953 President Eisenhower refuses clemency appeal for Rosenberg couple
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11 Feb 1953 Russia breaks diplomatic relations with Israel
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11 Feb 1954 6th Emmy Awards I Love Lucy, Donald O'Connor & Eve Arden win
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11 Feb 1957 KUMV TV channel 8 in Williston ND (NBC) begins broadcasting
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11 Feb 1957 NHL Players Association forms (New York NY), Red Wings' Ted Lindsay elected president
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11 Feb 1958 1st flight with black stewardess, RC Taylor, Ithaca, New York
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11 Feb 1958 Marshal Chen Yi succeeds Chu En-lai as Minister of Foreign affairs
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11 Feb 1958 Ruth Carol Taylor is 1st African-American woman hired as flight attendant
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11 Feb 1958 WTVC TV channel 9 in Chattanooga TN (ABC) begins broadcasting
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11 Feb 1959 The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South, which will later become South Yemen, is created as a protectorate of the United Kingdom.
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11 Feb 1959 Vinoo Mankad ends his final Test Cricket (v West Indies at Delhi)
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11 Feb 1960 Jack Paar walks off his TV show
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11 Feb 1961 Robert Weaver sworn in with then highest federal post by a black
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11 Feb 1961 Robert C Weaver sworn in as Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency with then highest federal post by a black
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11 Feb 1961 Trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem
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11 Feb 1962 Beatles record "Please, Please Me"
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11 Feb 1963 Beatles tape 10 tracks for their 1st album
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11 Feb 1963 CIA Domestic Operations Division created (pretty scary!)
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11 Feb 1963 Beatles tape 10 tracks for their 1st album, including "Please, Please Me"
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11 Feb 1964 Greeks and Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus.
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11 Feb 1964 Beatles 1st live appearance in US; Washington DC Coliseum
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11 Feb 1964 Taiwan drops diplomatic relations with France
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11 Feb 1965 Braves propose to pay 5 cents from each ticket to bring a new team to Milw
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11 Feb 1965 Beatle Ringo Starr marries Maureen Cox
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11 Feb 1965 Braves propose to pay 5
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11 Feb 1966 San Francisco Giant Willie Mays signs highest contract, $130,000 per year
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11 Feb 1968 Jeffrey Kramer survives 76-m jump, Washington Bridge, Hudson River, New York
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11 Feb 1968 The Memphis Sanitation Strike begins.
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11 Feb 1968 Israeli–Jordanian border clashes rage.
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11 Feb 1968 Peggy Fleming wins Olympics figure skating gold medal, Grenoble, France
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11 Feb 1968 Israeli-Jordan border fight
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11 Feb 1968 Madison Square Garden III closes Madison Square Garden IV opens (New York NY)
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11 Feb 1969 Diana Crump becomes 1st US woman jockey to ride against men, Hialelah
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11 Feb 1969 Dorey Funk Jr beats Gene Kiniski in Tampa, to become NWA champion
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11 Feb 1970 26.37 cm (10.38") of rainfall, Mt Washington NH (state 24-hour record)
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11 Feb 1970 Japan becomes 4th nation to put a satellite (Osumi) in orbit
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11 Feb 1970 John Lennon pays
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11 Feb 1971 Montreal Canadien John Believau scores his 500th NHL goal
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11 Feb 1971 Eighty-seven countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union, sign the Seabed Arms Control Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons on the ocean floor in international waters.
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11 Feb 1971 Montr
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11 Feb 1971 US, UK, USSR, others sign Seabed Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons
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11 Feb 1973 1st sub 17-min 1,500m female free style swim (Shane Gould 16m56.9s)
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11 Feb 1973 Vietnam War: First release of American prisoners of war from Vietnam takes place.
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11 Feb 1973 1st sub 17-minute 1,500 meter female freestyle swim (Shane Gould 16 minutes 56.9 seconds)
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11 Feb 1973 Philadelphia 76ers lose their 20th NBA game in a row
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11 Feb 1973 1st one-day international for Pakistan & New Zealand
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11 Feb 1973 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Naples-Lely Golf Classic
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11 Feb 1974 Titan-Centaur test launch fails
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11 Feb 1974 1st baseball arbitration Twins pitcher Dick Woodson seeking $29,000 wins, Twins offered $23,000
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11 Feb 1974 Dick Woodson is 1st of 48 to invoke baseball's new arbitration rule
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11 Feb 1975 Margaret Thatcher defeats Edward Heath for Conservative leadership
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11 Feb 1976 Clifford Alexander Jr confirmed as 1st black Secretary of Army
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11 Feb 1977 20.2-kg lobster caught off Nova Scotia (heaviest known crustacean)
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11 Feb 1978 Censorship: China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens.
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11 Feb 1978 16 Unification church couples wed in New York NY
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11 Feb 1978 25th hat trick in Islander history-Denis Potvin
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11 Feb 1978 China lifts a ban on Aristotle, Shakespeare, & Dickens
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11 Feb 1978 EOKA organization disbands in Cyprus
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11 Feb 1979 43 million watch "Elvis!" on ABC
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11 Feb 1979 The Iranian Revolution establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
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11 Feb 1979 43 million watch "Elvis!" on ABC
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11 Feb 1979 Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation
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11 Feb 1979 Iran's premier Bakhtiar resigns, Ayatollah Khomeini seizes power
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11 Feb 1979 Musical "They're Playing Our Song" premieres at Imperial NYC for 1082 performances
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11 Feb 1981 Around 100,000 US gallons (380 m3) of radioactive coolant leak into the containment building of TVA Sequoyah 1 nuclear plant in Tennessee, contaminating eight workers.
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11 Feb 1981 Australia all out 83 vs India at MCG chasing 143 to win
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11 Feb 1981 Polish premier Jozef Pinkowski replaced by Wojciech Jaruzelski
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11 Feb 1982 Ozzie Smith for Garry Templeton trade finally goes through
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11 Feb 1983 "Weird Al" Yankovic records "Ricky" and"Buckingham Blues" debut LP
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11 Feb 1983 4th largest snowfall in NYC history (18" (46 cm))
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11 Feb 1983 "Weird Al" Yankovic records "Ricky" & "Buckingham Blues" debut LP
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11 Feb 1984 10th space shuttle mission (41-B)-Challenger 4-returns to Earth
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11 Feb 1984 Wayne Gretzky sets NHL short handed season scoring record at 11
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11 Feb 1985 Jordan king Hussein & PLO leader Arafat sign accord
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11 Feb 1985 Kent Hrbek signs 5-year, $6 million contract with Minnesota Twins
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11 Feb 1985 Wasim Akram takes 10 wickets in his 2nd Test Cricket, New Zealand still wins
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11 Feb 1986 Rights activist Anatoly Scharansky released by USSR, leaves country
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11 Feb 1986 Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup
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11 Feb 1986 Iran begins Fajr-8 offensive against Iraq
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11 Feb 1987 British Airways begins trading stocks
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11 Feb 1987 England beat Australia 2-0 to win the World Series Cup
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11 Feb 1987 Philippines constitution goes into effect
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11 Feb 1987 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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11 Feb 1988 Anthony M Kennedy appointed to the Supreme Court
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11 Feb 1989 Barbara Clementine Harris consecrated 1st female bishop (Episcopalian)
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11 Feb 1989 US female Figure Skating championship won by Jill Trenary
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11 Feb 1990 James "Buster" Douglas KOs Mike Tyson to win heavyweight boxing crown
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11 Feb 1990 Buster Douglas, a 40:1 underdog, knocks out Mike Tyson in ten rounds at Tokyo to win boxing's world Heavyweight title and cause one of the largest upsets in sports history.
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11 Feb 1990 Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner.
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11 Feb 1990 Nelson Mandela (political prisoner-27 years) freed in South Africa
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11 Feb 1990 40th NBA All-Star Game East beats West 130-113 in Miami
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11 Feb 1991 UNPO, Unrepresented Nations & People Organization forms in Hague Netherlands
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11 Feb 1992 F-16 jet crashes at residential district of Hengelo Netherlands (No deaths)
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11 Feb 1992 Michael Johnson runs indoor world record 400 meter (44.97 seconds)
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11 Feb 1993 Howard Stern's radio show begins transmitting to Rochester NY (WRQI)
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11 Feb 1993 Irina Privalova runs world record 60 meter indoor (6.92 seconds)
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11 Feb 1993 Janet Reno selected by Clinton as US Attorney General
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11 Feb 1994 Lu Parker, (South Carolina), crowned 43rd Miss USA
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11 Feb 1995 Danyon Loader swims world record 400m freestyle (340.46)
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11 Feb 1995 Danyon Loader swims world record 400 meter freestyle (3 minutes 40.46 seconds)
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11 Feb 1995 Mark Foster swims world record 50 meter butterfly (23.55 seconds)
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11 Feb 1995 Sandra V
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11 Feb 1995 Space shuttle STS-63 (Discovery 19), lands
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11 Feb 1995 US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge
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11 Feb 1995 West Indies score 5-660 against New Zealand
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11 Feb 1996 46th NBA All-Star Game East beats West 129-118 at San Antonio
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11 Feb 1997 Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
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11 Feb 1997 Bill Parcells becomes head coach of New York Jets
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11 Feb 1997 STS 82 (Discovery 22) launches
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11 Feb 1998 Lyrics to "Candle in the Wind 1997, " auctioned for $442,500
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11 Feb 1998 KVBC-FM (Las Vegas) offers Monica Lewinsky $5M for interview
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11 Feb 1999 Pluto is once again the farthest planet from the sun in our solar system
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11 Feb 2001 A Dutch programmer launched the Anna Kournikova virus infecting millions of emails via a trick photo of the tennis star.
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11 Feb 2008 Namdaemun, a 550-year-old gate in South Korea, was toppled by fire.
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11 Feb 2008 Rebel East Timorese soldiers seriously wound President José Ramos-Horta. Rebel leader Alfredo Reinado is killed in the attack.
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11 Feb 2011 The first wave of the Egyptian revolution culminates in the resignation of Hosni Mubarak and the transfer of power to the Supreme Military Council after 18 days of protests.
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11 Feb 2014 A military transport plane crashes in a mountainous area of Oum El Bouaghi Province in eastern Algeria, killing 77 people.
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11 Feb 2015 A university student was murdered as she resisted an attempted rape in Turkey, sparking nationwide protests and public outcry against harassment and violence against women.
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