Historical Events In February - 11
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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 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 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 this day in history.
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 February - 11.
1961 Trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem on this day in history.
1961 On this day in history 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 On this day in history 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 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 On this day in history taiwan drops diplomatic relations with France
1965 On February - 11 beatles drummer Ringo Starr marries Maureen Cox in London.
1968 On February - 11 israeli-Jordan border fight
1968 Jeffrey Kramer survives 76 meter jump, Washington Bridge, Hudson River NY on this day in history.
1968 On this day in history peggy Fleming wins Olympics figure skating gold medal, Grenoble, France
1968 On this day in history howard Lindsay, US playwright (State of the Union), dies at 78
1969 Dorey Funk Jr beats Gene Kiniski in Tampa, to become NWA champion on this day in history.
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 On this day in history james Lanphier, actor (Flight of Lost Balloon), dies at 48
1970 26.37 cm (10.38") of rainfall, Mt Washington NH (state 24-hour record) on February - 11.
1970 Japan joins the space race, by launching a satellite into earth orbit on February - 11.
1970 On February - 11 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 February - 11.
1970 On February - 11 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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