Page 8: Historical Events In February - 11
Sunday, 15 June 2025
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 On February - 11 kUMV TV channel 8 in Williston, ND (NBC) begins broadcasting
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 this day in history marshal Chen Yi succeeds Chu En-lai as Minister of Foreign affairs
1958 Ruth Carol Taylor is first African-American woman hired as flight attendant on February - 11.
1958 1st flight with black stewardess, RC Taylor, Ithaca NY on February - 11.
1959 Vinoo Mankad ends his final Test Cricket (v West Indies at Delhi) on this day in history.
1960 Jack Paar walks off his TV show on February - 11.
1961 On February - 11 robert Weaver sworn in with then highest federal post by a black
1961 On February - 11 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 February - 11.
1963 Beatles tape 10 tracks for their first album, including "Please, Please Me" on February - 11.
1963 CIA Domestic Operations Division created on this day in history.
1963 Near Kapuskasing Ontarioa shoot-out between loggers and independents sees three Kapuskasing loggers killed and nine wounded0 on February - 11.
1963 On February - 11 sylvia Plath, poet/novelist (Ariel), kills herself in London at 30
1964 On February - 11 beatles first live appearance in US; Washington DC Coliseum
1964 On this day in history greek & Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus
1964 Taiwan drops diplomatic relations with France on this day in history.
1965 Beatles drummer Ringo Starr marries Maureen Cox in London on this day in history.
1968 Israeli-Jordan border fight on this day in history.
1968 Jeffrey Kramer survives 76 meter jump, Washington Bridge, Hudson River NY on February - 11.
1968 On this day in history peggy Fleming wins Olympics figure skating gold medal, Grenoble, France
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 On this day in history 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 James Lanphier, actor (Flight of Lost Balloon), dies at 48 on February - 11.
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 John Lennon pays £1,344 fines for 96 protesting the South African rugby team playing in Scotland on February - 11.
1970 On this day in history emil Abranyi, composer, dies at 87
1971 On this day in history montréal Canadien John Believau scores his 500th NHL goal
1971 On February - 11 uS, UK, USSR, others sign Seabed Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons
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