Page 8: Historical Events In February - 11

1956  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1959  On February - 11 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  Trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem on February - 11.   

1961  Eduard R Verkade, Dutch actor/director (Pygmalion), dies at 82 on February - 11.   

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  On February - 11 beatles tape 10 tracks for their first album, including "Please, Please Me"   

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 this day in history.   

1963  Sylvia Plath, poet/novelist (Ariel), kills herself in London at 30 on this day in history.   

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  Taiwan drops diplomatic relations with France on February - 11.   

1965  On February - 11 beatles drummer Ringo Starr marries Maureen Cox in London.   

1968  On this day in history israeli-Jordan border fight   

1968  On February - 11 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 this day in history.   

1969  On February - 11 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 February - 11.   

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

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

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

1970  On this day in history japan launches its first satellite into orbit   

1970  John Lennon pays £1,344 fines for 96 protesting the South African rugby team playing in Scotland on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history emil Abranyi, composer, dies at 87   

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  King Ladislas of Naples (d. 1414) was born on February - 11.   

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  Gregory XIV, [Niccolo Sfondrati], Roman Catholic pope (1590-91) was born on this day in history.   

1557  On this day in history birth of john Wtenbogaert, remonstrants theologist   

1568  Honoré d'Urfé, French writer (d. 1625) was born on February - 11.   

1649  William Carstares, Scottish minister (d. 1715) was born on February - 11.   

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

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 this day in history paschal I, Italian Pope (817-24), dies   

0867  Theodora, the Saint, beauty queen/empress of Byzantine, dies on February - 11.   

1141  Hugo of St-Victor, philosopher/theologist/mystic, dies on this day in history.   

1160  On February - 11 death of minamoto no Yoshitomo, Japanese general (b. 1123)   

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