On this day in History - Feb. 11

• 0660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu Tenno.
• 0641 - Heraclius, dies, Emperor of Byzantium in 610-641 (b. ca. 575).
• 0731- Pope Gregory II ends his reign as Pope because dies.
• 0821 - Saint Benedict of Aniane dies (b. ca. 747).
• 0824 - Pope Paschal I dies.
• 1141 - Hugo of St. Victor, dies, philosopher, theologian, mystic.
• 1380 - Gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini, Italian humanist (d. 1459).
• 1466 - Elizabeth of York, was born, consort of King Henry VII of England (d. 1503).
• 1503 - Elizabeth of York , dies, consort of King Henry VII of England (b. 1466) .
• 1531 - Henry VIII of England recognized as supreme head of the Church of England.
• 1535 - Gregory XIV [Nicolo Sfondrati],was born Roman Catholic Pope (1590-91). (d. 1591) .
• 1596 - Concluye en Manila la única expedición española de descubrimiento conducida por una mujer: Isabel Barreto.
• 1606 - La Corte de Felipe III se traslada de Valladolid a Madrid.
• 1650 - René Descartes, dies, (b. 1596) philosopher : 'I think therefore I am'.
• 1657 - Bernard Le Bovier Fontenelle, French scientist and man of letters (Plurality of Worlds).
• 1732 - Born this day, George Washington, future 1st president of the USA, in Pope's Creek, Wakefield, Westmoreland County, Virginia. Died on 22 May 1802 in Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia.
• 1752 - Pennsylvania Hospital, 1st hospital in the United States, opens.
• 1774 - El Gabinete inglés comunica al Gobierno español su intención de retirar todas las fuerzas de las islas Malvinas.
• 1810 - Napoléon marries Marie-Louise of Austria.
• 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.
• 1847 - Thomas Alva Edison, was born in Ohio, inventor (d. 1931).
• 1858 -Saint Bernadette of Lourdes first saw a vision of the Virgin Mary at Lourdes, France, leading to the foundation of the shrine of Lourdes.
• 1868 - Léon Foucault, dies, astronomer (b. 1819) .
• 1869 - España: apertura de las Cortes Constituyentes después del derrocamiento de Isabel II.
• 1869 - Helene Kroller-Muller, was born, Dutch museum founder and patron of the arts
• 1873 - España: Se proclama la Primera República Española.
• 1889 - Meiji constitution of Japan adopted; 1st Diet of Japan convenes in 1890 .
• 1902 - Police beat up universal suffrage demonstrators in Brussels.
• 1905 - Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer nos.
• 1909 - Joseph Mankiewicz, was born, director, screenwriter, producer .
• 1917 - Oswaldo Cruz, morte de, cientista e médico e sanitarista brasileiro que foi uma das figuras mais importantes no desenvolvimento da saúde pública no Brasil.
• 1919 - Eva Gabor, was born in Budapest, Hungary, actress (d. 1995) .
• 1919 - Friedrich Ebert (SPD), elected President of Germany.
• 1922 - Honduras é declarada uma república independente.
• 1928 - 1928 Winter Olympic Games open in St. Moritz, Switzerland .
• 1928 - El general nicaragüense Augusto César Sandino huye a Honduras.
• 1929 - Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty.
• 1936 - Burt Reynolds, was born, in Waycross, Georgia, Emmy Award-winning actor.
• 1938 - Manuel Noriega, was born, Panamanian general and dictator .
• 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 Agreement signed by President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet leader Josef Stalin during World War II.
• 1948 - Sergei Eisenstein, dies, film director (b. 1898) .
• 1953 - President Dwight Eisenhower refuses clemency appeal for Ethel and Julius Rosenberg .
• 1953 - The Soviet Union breaks off diplomatic relations with Israel.
• 1956 - Se aprueba en Bolivia la ley que da el derecho al voto a los indígenas, mujeres y militares.
• 1961- Trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem.
• 1962 - Sheryl Crow, was born, musician, songwriter, (1993 album Saturday Night Music Club).
• 1964 - Greeks and Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus.
• 1964 - The Republic of China (Taiwan) breaks off diplomatic relations with France.
• 1965 - Humberto Delgado regressa clandestinamente a Portugal para participar numa alegada reunião preparatória de um novo golpe militar contra o regime salazarista. Raptado pela polícia política é morto na região de Badajoz. O seu corpo será encontrado no dia 24 de Abril seguinte.
• 1968 - Israeli-Jordanian border clashes.
• 1968 - Madison Square Garden III closes and Madison Square Garden IV opens in New York City .
• 1969 - Jennifer Aniston, was born, actress .
• 1970 - Japan became the fourth country to put a satellite into orbit.
• 1971- US, UK, USSR, others sign Seabed Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons in international waters.
• 1973 - Emerson Fittipaldi, correndo pela Lótus, vence o Grande Prêmio de Fórmula 1 em São Paulo.
• 1975 - Reino Unido: Margaret Thatcher es elegida Presidente del Partido Conservador.
• 1979 - Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini seizes power in Iran.
• 1981- Kelly Rowland, was born, singer (Destiny's Child) .
• 1981 - 100,000 gallons (380 m³) of radioactive coolant leak into the containment building of TVA Sequoyah 1 nuclear plant in Tennessee, contaiminating 8 workers .
• 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.
• 1993 - O ex-primeiro ministro italiano Bettino Craxi renuncia ao cargo de líder do Partido Socialista, após sofrer acusações de corrupção.
• 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.
• 2000 - Roger Vadim, dies, French director (b. 1928) .

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