Page 8: Historical Events In February - 11

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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  On February - 11 1st flight with black stewardess, RC Taylor, Ithaca NY   

1959  On February - 11 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  On this day in history robert Weaver sworn in with then highest federal post by a black   

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

1963  Beatles tape 10 tracks for their first album, including "Please, Please Me" on February - 11.   

1963  CIA Domestic Operations Division created on this day in history.   

1963  Near Kapuskasing Ontarioa shoot-out between loggers and independents sees three Kapuskasing loggers killed and nine wounded0 on this day in history.   

1963  On February - 11 sylvia Plath, poet/novelist (Ariel), kills herself in London at 30   

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 February - 11 taiwan drops diplomatic relations with France   

1965  Beatles drummer Ringo Starr marries Maureen Cox in London on this day in history.   

1968  Israeli-Jordan border fight on February - 11.   

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

1968  On this day in history peggy Fleming wins Olympics figure skating gold medal, Grenoble, France   

1968  Howard Lindsay, US playwright (State of the Union), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history dorey Funk Jr beats Gene Kiniski in Tampa, to become NWA champion   

1969  On this day in history 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  James Lanphier, actor (Flight of Lost Balloon), dies at 48 on February - 11.   

1970  On this day in history 26.37 cm (10.38") of rainfall, Mt Washington NH (state 24-hour record)   

1970  Japan joins the space race, by launching a satellite into earth orbit on February - 11.   

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  Emil Abranyi, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1971  Montréal Canadien John Believau scores his 500th NHL goal on this day in history.   

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 February - 11.   

1465  Elizabeth of York, London, Consort of King Henry VII was born on February - 11.   

1506  Juliana van Stolberg, engraver of Nassau was born on this day in history.   

1535  Gregory XIV, [Niccolo Sfondrati], Roman Catholic pope (1590-91) was born on this day in history.   

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

1568  On February - 11 birth of honoré d'Urfé, French writer (d. 1625)   

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 this day in history.   

0731  Gregory II, Greek-Syrian Pope, dies on this day in history.   

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  On February - 11 theodora, the Saint, beauty queen/empress of Byzantine, dies   

1141  Hugo of St-Victor, philosopher/theologist/mystic, dies on February - 11.   

1160  On this day in history death of minamoto no Yoshitomo, Japanese general (b. 1123)   

1503  Elizabeth of York, Consort of King Henry VII, dies on 38th birthday on February - 11.