Historical Events In February - 11

1956  On February - 11 donald Maclean and Guy Burgess, former members of the British Foreign Office who had disappeared from England in 1951, resurface in Moscow   

1957  KUMV TV channel 8 in Williston, ND (NBC) begins broadcasting on February - 11.   

1958  Auto racer Marshall Teague died at age thirty-seven after attempting to raise the closed-course speed record at Daytona on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history marshal Chen Yi succeeds Chu En-lai as Minister of Foreign affairs   

1958  On this day in history ruth Carol Taylor is first African-American woman hired as flight attendant   

1958  On February - 11 1st flight with black stewardess, RC Taylor, Ithaca NY   

1959  Vinoo Mankad ends his final Test Cricket (v West Indies at Delhi) on February - 11.   

1960  On February - 11 jack Paar walks off his TV show   

1961  Robert Weaver sworn in with then highest federal post by a black on this day in history.   

1961  Trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem on February - 11.   

1961  Eduard R Verkade, Dutch actor/director (Pygmalion), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1962  Nine U.S. and South Vietnamese crewmen are killed in a SC-47 crash about 70 miles north of Saigon on February - 11.   

1963  Beatles tape 10 tracks for their first album, including "Please, Please Me" on this day in history.   

1963  On February - 11 cIA Domestic Operations Division created   

1963  Near Kapuskasing Ontarioa shoot-out between loggers and independents sees three Kapuskasing loggers killed and nine wounded0 on February - 11.   

1963  On this day in history sylvia Plath, poet/novelist (Ariel), kills herself in London at 30   

1964  Beatles first live appearance in US; Washington DC Coliseum on this day in history.   

1964  On this day in history greek & Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus   

1964  On this day in history taiwan drops diplomatic relations with France   

1965  On this day in history beatles drummer Ringo Starr marries Maureen Cox in London.   

1968  On February - 11 israeli-Jordan border fight   

1968  Jeffrey Kramer survives 76 meter jump, Washington Bridge, Hudson River NY on this day in history.   

1968  Peggy Fleming wins Olympics figure skating gold medal, Grenoble, France on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history howard Lindsay, US playwright (State of the Union), dies at 78   

1969  Dorey Funk Jr beats Gene Kiniski in Tampa, to become NWA champion on this day in history.   

1969  On February - 11 in Montreal Quebec Canadian and West Indian student demonstrators destroy $1.4 million computer and set fire to data centre at Sir George Williams University   

1969  On February - 11 james Lanphier, actor (Flight of Lost Balloon), dies at 48   

1970  On this day in history 26.37 cm (10.38") of rainfall, Mt Washington NH (state 24-hour record)   

1970  On February - 11 japan joins the space race, by launching a satellite into earth orbit.   

1970  Japan launches its first satellite into orbit on February - 11.   

1970  On February - 11 john Lennon pays £1,344 fines for 96 protesting the South African rugby team playing in Scotland   

1970  Emil Abranyi, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1971  On February - 11 montréal Canadien John Believau scores his 500th NHL goal   

1971  On this day in history uS, UK, USSR, others sign Seabed Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons   

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1377  On this day in history birth of king Ladislas of Naples (d. 1414)   

1380  Gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini, Italy, humanist was born on February - 11.   

1465  On February - 11 birth of elizabeth of York, London, Consort of King Henry VII   

1506  On this day in history birth of juliana van Stolberg, engraver of Nassau   

1535  On February - 11 birth of gregory XIV, [Niccolo Sfondrati], Roman Catholic pope (1590-91)   

1557  On February - 11 birth of john Wtenbogaert, remonstrants theologist   

1568  Honoré d'Urfé, French writer (d. 1625) was born on this day in history.   

1649  On February - 11 birth of william Carstares, Scottish minister (d. 1715)   

0641  Heraclius, emperor of Byzantium (610-641), dies at about 65 on February - 11.   

0731  Gregory II, Greek-Syrian Pope, dies on this day in history.   

0821  Benedict of Aniane, saint, dies on this day in history.   

0824  On February - 11 paschal I, Italian Pope (817-24), dies   

0867  On February - 11 theodora, the Saint, beauty queen/empress of Byzantine, dies   

1141  On this day in history hugo of St-Victor, philosopher/theologist/mystic, dies   

1160  Death of Minamoto no Yoshitomo, Japanese general (b. 1123) on this day in history.   

1503  On this day in history elizabeth of York, Consort of King Henry VII, dies on 38th birthday