Page 8: Historical Events In February - 11

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

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

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

1958  On February - 11 marshal Chen Yi succeeds Chu En-lai as Minister of Foreign affairs   

1958  On February - 11 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  On this day in history vinoo Mankad ends his final Test Cricket (v West Indies at Delhi)   

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  On this day in history trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem   

1961  On February - 11 eduard R Verkade, Dutch actor/director (Pygmalion), dies at 82   

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

1963  On this day in history beatles tape 10 tracks for their first album, including "Please, Please Me"   

1963  On this day in history cIA Domestic Operations Division created   

1963  On this day in history near Kapuskasing Ontarioa shoot-out between loggers and independents sees three Kapuskasing loggers killed and nine wounded0   

1963  Sylvia Plath, poet/novelist (Ariel), kills herself in London at 30 on February - 11.   

1964  Beatles first live appearance in US; Washington DC Coliseum on February - 11.   

1964  On February - 11 greek & Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus   

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

1965  Beatles drummer Ringo Starr marries Maureen Cox in London on February - 11.   

1968  Israeli-Jordan border fight on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history jeffrey Kramer survives 76 meter jump, Washington Bridge, Hudson River NY   

1968  Peggy Fleming wins Olympics figure skating gold medal, Grenoble, France on February - 11.   

1968  Howard Lindsay, US playwright (State of the Union), dies at 78 on February - 11.   

1969  On this day in history dorey Funk Jr beats Gene Kiniski in Tampa, to become NWA champion   

1969  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 on this day in history.   

1969  James Lanphier, actor (Flight of Lost Balloon), dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1970  26.37 cm (10.38") of rainfall, Mt Washington NH (state 24-hour record) on February - 11.   

1970  On this day in history japan joins the space race, by launching a satellite into earth orbit.   

1970  On February - 11 japan launches its first satellite into orbit   

1970  On this day in history 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 February - 11.   

1971  Montréal Canadien John Believau scores his 500th NHL goal on this day in history.   

1971  US, UK, USSR, others sign Seabed Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons on this day in history.   

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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  Elizabeth of York, London, Consort of King Henry VII was born on February - 11.   

1506  Juliana van Stolberg, engraver of Nassau was born on February - 11.   

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

1557  John Wtenbogaert, remonstrants theologist was born on this day in history.   

1568  On February - 11 birth of honoré d'Urfé, French writer (d. 1625)   

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

0641  On this day in history heraclius, emperor of Byzantium (610-641), dies at about 65   

0731  Gregory II, Greek-Syrian Pope, dies on February - 11.   

0821  On this day in history benedict of Aniane, saint, dies   

0824  Paschal I, Italian Pope (817-24), dies on February - 11.   

0867  On this day in history theodora, the Saint, beauty queen/empress of Byzantine, dies   

1141  On February - 11 hugo of St-Victor, philosopher/theologist/mystic, dies   

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

1503  Elizabeth of York, Consort of King Henry VII, dies on 38th birthday on February - 11.