Hisdates•ComPage 8: Historical Events In February - 11
Saturday, 18 January 2025
1956 Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess, former members of the British Foreign Office who had disappeared from England in 1951, resurface in Moscow on this day in history. 
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 Marshal Chen Yi succeeds Chu En-lai as Minister of Foreign affairs on this day in history.
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 February - 11.
1959 Vinoo Mankad ends his final Test Cricket (v West Indies at Delhi) on this day in history.
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 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 Beatles tape 10 tracks for their first album, including "Please, Please Me" on this day in history.
1963 On February - 11 cIA Domestic Operations Division created
1963 On this day in history near Kapuskasing Ontarioa shoot-out between loggers and independents sees three Kapuskasing loggers killed and nine wounded0
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 Greek & Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus on February - 11.
1964 Taiwan drops diplomatic relations with France on February - 11.
1965 On this day in history beatles drummer Ringo Starr marries Maureen Cox in London.
1968 Israeli-Jordan border fight on February - 11.
1968 Jeffrey Kramer survives 76 meter jump, Washington Bridge, Hudson River NY on this day in history.
1968 Peggy Fleming wins Olympics figure skating gold medal, Grenoble, France on February - 11.
1968 On February - 11 howard Lindsay, US playwright (State of the Union), dies at 78
1969 On February - 11 dorey Funk Jr beats Gene Kiniski in Tampa, to become NWA champion
1969 On February - 11 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
1969 On this day in history james Lanphier, actor (Flight of Lost Balloon), dies at 48
1970 On February - 11 26.37 cm (10.38") of rainfall, Mt Washington NH (state 24-hour record)
1970 On February - 11 japan joins the space race, by launching a satellite into earth orbit.
1970 On this day in history japan launches its first satellite into orbit
1970 On February - 11 john Lennon pays £1,344 fines for 96 protesting the South African rugby team playing in Scotland
1970 On this day in history emil Abranyi, composer, dies at 87
1971 Montréal Canadien John Believau scores his 500th NHL goal on February - 11.
1971 US, UK, USSR, others sign Seabed Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons on this day in history.
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