Page 8: Historical Events In January - 25
Wednesday, 11 February 2026
1971 Himachal Pradesh is recorded as becoming 18th Indian state. 

1971 Military coup in Uganda under General Idi Amin Dada 

1971 Philadelphia mint's inaugural trial strike of the Eisenhower dollar 

1972 World's inaugural kidney and pancreatic tissue transplant carried out in London 

1973 On the British Columbia coast the Freighter Irish Stardust grounds north of Vancouver Island., spilling 378000 litres of fuel oil, spill spreads 320 km south. 

1974 Christian Barnard transplants inaugural human heart without removal of old 

1974 Dr Christian Barnard performs a heart transplant, leaving the original heart in place 

1974 Start of major flooding in Brisbane in which 13 die 

1975 Vivien Kellems, TV hostess (The Power of Women), dies at 78. 

1976 Surinder Amarnath scores 124 on Test debut India vs New Zealand Auckland. 

1977 In New York Rene Levesque 1922-1987 tells Wall Street audience at the Economic Club of New York that 'separation is inevitable'. 

1977 Donald Kerr, actor (Devil Bat, Killer Bats), dies at 85 

1978 Muriel Humphrey (D-MN) appointed to fill late husband's Senate seat 

1978 Tango Duke, dies in Australia at 42; oldest known thoroughbred horse 

1979 22.2-km Oshimizu railroad tunnel holed through, central Honshu, Japan 

1979 Jean-Luc Pepin and John Robarts release the Report of the Task Force on Canadian Unity; recommend that Quebec should have the power to maintain its language and culture, and that federal powers be reduce. 

1979 Pope John Paul II's inaugural overseas trip as supreme pontiff 

1979 J Robertson Hare, actor (Fighting Stock), dies at 87 

1980 Bani Sadr elected President of Iran 

1980 In this year, Dutch Government formally claims boycott of Olympics. 

1980 Finance Minister Abolhassan Bani-Sadr is elected president of Iran. 

1980 Highest speed attained by a warship, 167 kph, USN hovercraft 

1980 Paul McCartney is released from Tokyo jail and deported. 

1980 David Newell, actor (Dangerous Curves, White Heat), dies at 75 

1981 Mao's widow Jiang Qing sentenced to death 

1981 The 52 American hostages held by Iran for 444 days arrive back in the U.S. 

1981 Adele Marie Astaire, sister of Fred Astaire, dies at 82. 

1982 9th American Music Award Kenny Rogers win. 

1982 Mihail A Suslov, Soviet party ideologist, dies at 79 

1983 China's supreme court commutes Chiang Ch'ing's death sentence to life 

1983 Infrared telescope satellite launched into polar orbit 

1983 Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie arrested in Bolivia 

1985 "We are the World" is recorded. 

1985 Test debut of Wasim Akram, vs New Zealand at Auckland (2-105). 

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