Page 8: 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  On February - 11 kUMV TV channel 8 in Williston, ND (NBC) begins broadcasting   

1958  Auto racer Marshall Teague died at age thirty-seven after attempting to raise the closed-course speed record at Daytona on February - 11.   

1958  Marshal Chen Yi succeeds Chu En-lai as Minister of Foreign affairs on this day in history.   

1958  On February - 11 ruth Carol Taylor is first African-American woman hired as flight attendant   

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 this day in history jack Paar walks off his TV show   

1961  Robert Weaver sworn in with then highest federal post by a black on February - 11.   

1961  On February - 11 trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem   

1961  Eduard R Verkade, Dutch actor/director (Pygmalion), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1962  Nine U.S. and South Vietnamese crewmen are killed in a SC-47 crash about 70 miles north of Saigon on this day in history.   

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  On February - 11 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 this day in history.   

1964  On this day in history taiwan drops diplomatic relations with France   

1965  Beatles drummer Ringo Starr marries Maureen Cox in London on February - 11.   

1968  Israeli-Jordan border fight on February - 11.   

1968  Jeffrey Kramer survives 76 meter jump, Washington Bridge, Hudson River NY on February - 11.   

1968  Peggy Fleming wins Olympics figure skating gold medal, Grenoble, France on February - 11.   

1968  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

1969  James Lanphier, actor (Flight of Lost Balloon), dies at 48 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1970  Japan launches its first satellite into orbit on this day in history.   

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 February - 11 montréal Canadien John Believau scores his 500th NHL goal   

1971  US, UK, USSR, others sign Seabed Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons on this day in history.   

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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  Elizabeth of York, London, Consort of King Henry VII was born on this day in history.   

1506  On February - 11 birth of juliana van Stolberg, engraver of Nassau   

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

1557  John Wtenbogaert, remonstrants theologist was born on this day in history.   

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

1649  William Carstares, Scottish minister (d. 1715) was born on this day in history.   

0641  Heraclius, emperor of Byzantium (610-641), dies at about 65 on February - 11.   

0731  On this day in history gregory II, Greek-Syrian Pope, dies   

0821  On this day in history benedict of Aniane, saint, dies   

0824  On February - 11 paschal I, Italian Pope (817-24), dies   

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

1141  Hugo of St-Victor, philosopher/theologist/mystic, dies on this day in history.   

1160  Death of Minamoto no Yoshitomo, Japanese general (b. 1123) on this day in history.   

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