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Wednesday, 11 February 2026
1975 Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffer results in the deaths of inaugural 
1975 John Scott Trotter, orch leader (George Gobel Show), dies at 67
1979 50 years after the great stock market crash, anti-nuclear protestors fail to shut down the New York Stock Exchange.
1981 William O Walker, publisher of Cleveland Call Post, dies at 85
1982 Car maker John DeLorean indicted for drug trafficking, later acquitted
1982 Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson release "The Girl is Mine".
1983 Sten Broman, composer, dies at 81.
1985 John Lodge, actor (Sensation, In Like Flint)/(gov-R-CT), dies at 82
1986 Sem Presser, Dutch press photographer, dies at 68
1987 In this year, Thomas Hearns claims unprecidented 4th different weight boxing title.
1987 Kamal El Mallakh, dies at 57.
1988 2000 US anti-abortion protesters arrested for blocking clinics
1988 China announces a herbal male contraceptive.
1988 Jim Elliott (US) begins 24-hr paced outdoor race for 548.9 mi
1988 Soviets 1st scheduled shuttle launch (postponed).
1989 The African National Congress(ANC) inaugural political rally for almost thirty years is attended by 70000 supporters
1990 30 die in a (5.7) earthquake in Algeria
1990 William French Smith, attorney general (1980), dies at 73 of cancer
1991 Donald Churchill, playwright, dies of heart attack at 60
1992 Adrienne Canivez, wife of Victor of Vriesland, dies
1993 George Pope, cricketer (one Test for England, 8 runs not out), dies.
1994 Francisco Martin Duran fires more than two dozen shots at the White House, and is later sentenced to 40 years in prison.
1994 Andrew Miller-Jones TV pioneer, dies at 84.
1996 James Leo Herlihy, author (Midnight Cowboy), commits suicide at 66.
2005 A train in Andhra Pradesh, India derails, killing at least 77 people.
2005 At least 61 people are dead and many others wounded in three powerful blasts in the Indian capital, Delhi. See 29 October 205 Delhi bombings for full details
2006 Aviation Development Company Flight 53 crashes shortly after take off in Nigeria
2011 Record-breaking snowstorm in the northeastern United States leaves nearly 2 million residents without power for more than 36 hours
2012 Hurricane Sandy makes landfall in New Jersey resulting in 110 deaths and $50 billion in damage and forces the New York stock exchange to close.
2014 San Francisco Giants win the 2014 World Series
2018 Golden State shooting guard Klay Thompson breaks NBA record previously held by teammate Stephen Curry for most 3-pointers in a game with 14 in Warriors' 149-124 win over the Bulls in Chicago
2018 In this year, Far-right politician Jair Bolsonaro claims Brazil's presidential election defeating Fernando Haddad.
2018 New mega airport opened in Istanbul by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, planning to be world' busiest with 90 million passengers by 2021.
2018 German Chancellor Angela Merkel announces she will not seek re-election in 2021 and step down as party leader
