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 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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1377  On this day in history birth of king Ladislas of Naples (d. 1414)   

1380  Gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini, Italy, humanist was born on this day in history.   

1465  On this day in history birth of elizabeth of York, London, Consort of King Henry VII   

1506  Juliana van Stolberg, engraver of Nassau was born on February - 11.   

1535  On this day in history birth of gregory XIV, [Niccolo Sfondrati], Roman Catholic pope (1590-91)   

1557  On February - 11 birth of john Wtenbogaert, remonstrants theologist   

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

1649  On this day in history birth of william Carstares, Scottish minister (d. 1715)   

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

0731  On February - 11 gregory II, Greek-Syrian Pope, dies   

0821  Benedict of Aniane, saint, dies on this day in history.   

0824  Paschal I, Italian Pope (817-24), dies on this day in history.   

0867  Theodora, the Saint, beauty queen/empress of Byzantine, dies on this day in history.   

1141  On February - 11 hugo of St-Victor, philosopher/theologist/mystic, dies   

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

1503  On this day in history elizabeth of York, Consort of King Henry VII, dies on 38th birthday