February 11
February 11 this yearin various calendars Akan Nwonawukuo Armenian 26 Mehekani 1475 Aztec Etzalcualiztli 12, 7 Xōchitl Babylonian 22 Tebetu, 2336 SE Balinese pawukon Luang, Pepet, Beteng, Menala, Wage, Aryang, Buda of Menail, Yama, Jangur, Pati Bengali 28 Magh , BS 1432 Chinese Yang Fire Dragon ・Winnowing Basket Mansion Wood Snake Year, Month 12 , Day 24Lichun , 7 days until Yushui )Common Era 11 February 2026 CE Coptic 4 Meshir , AM 1742Egyptian 1 Epiphi , 2774 NE Ethiopian 4 Yakātit, 2018 Amätä Məhrät French Republican Décade III, Tridi de Pluviôse de l'Année 234 de la République Gregorian 11 February , AD 2026 Hebrew 24 Shevat , AM 5786 Hindu Anurādhā ・Dhruva Māgha , 1947 SE Navamī , Kṛishna pakṣa of Māgha , 2082 VE Siddhārthin ・5126 KY ・1,872,617 Icelandic Miðvikudagur, 20 Þorri 2025 Islamic 23 Sha'aban , AH 1447tabular method ) ISO week date 2026-W07-3 Japanese 24 Shiwasu , Reiwa 8Risshun , 8 days until Usui ) Julian 29 January , AD 2026 (AM 7534)Julian day 2461083 Korean 24 Sodal , 4358 DE Maya 13.0.13.6.0 18 Pax , 7 Ahau Roman ante diem IV Kalendas Februarias , MMDCCLXXIX AUC Solar Hijri 22 Bahman , SH 1404 Tibetan 25 rgyal, shing mo sbrul
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Day of the year
February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar ; 323 days remain until the end of the year (324 in leap years ).
Events
1659 – The assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses.1794 – First session of United States Senate opens to the public.1808 – Jesse Fell burns anthracite on an open grate as an experiment in heating homes with coal.1812 – Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry is accused of "gerrymandering " for the first time.1823 – Carnival tragedy of 1823 : About 110 boys are killed during a human crush at the Convent of the Minori Osservanti in Valletta , Malta .1826 – University College London is founded as University of London .1829 – Facing backlach of Treaty of Turkmenchay , Alexander Griboyedov , Russian Empire's Ambassador to Tehran, and all the other embassy staff, were massacred by an angry mob .1840 – Gaetano Donizetti 's opera La fille du régiment 1843 – Giuseppe Verdi 's opera I Lombardi alla prima crociata Milan , Italy.1855 – Kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodros II , Emperor of Ethiopia .1856 – The Kingdom of Awadh is annexed by the British East India Company and Wajid Ali Shah , the king of Awadh, is deposed.1858 – Bernadette Soubirous 's first vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary occurs in Lourdes , France.1861 – American Civil War : The United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state .1873 – King Amadeo I of Spain abdicates, triggering the proclamation of the First Spanish Republic .1889 – The Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.1903 – Anton Bruckner 's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna , Austria.1906 – Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer Nos 1919 – Friedrich Ebert (SPD ) is elected President of Germany .1929 – The Kingdom of Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty .1933 – LAPD Red Squad raid on John Reed Club art show in the U.S. results in the destruction of a dozen political artworks.1937 – The Flint sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers trade union.1938 – BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R. robot ".1942 – World War II : Second day of the Battle of Bukit Timah is fought in Singapore .1946 – The New Testament of the Revised Standard Version of the Bible , the first significant challenge to the Authorized King James Version , is published.1953 – Cold War : U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower denies all appeals for clemency for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg .1953 – Israeli-Soviet relations are severed.
1959 – The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South is created as a protectorate of the United Kingdom.1963 – The Beatles record their first album, Please Please Me 1970 – Japan launches Ohsumi 1971 – Cold War: The Seabed Arms Control Treaty opens for signature, outlawing nuclear weapons on the ocean floor in international waters .1978 – Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314 crashes at the Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport in Cranbrook, British Columbia , Canada with 42 deaths and seven survivors.1979 – The Iranian Revolution establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini .1990 – Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town , South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner.1990 – Buster Douglas , a 42:1 underdog, knocks out Mike Tyson in ten rounds at Tokyo to win boxing 's world Heavyweight title.
1997 – Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope .1997 – The far-right extremist Hungarian National Front introduces the day of honor , a neo-nazi and neo-fascist annual gathering in Budapest
1999 – Pluto crosses Neptune's orbit, ending a nearly 20-year period when it was closer to the Sun than the gas giant; Pluto is not expected to interact with Neptune's orbit again until 2231.2000 – Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-99 to conduct the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission .2001 – A Dutch programmer launches the Anna Kournikova virus infecting millions of emails via a trick photo of the tennis star.2008 – Rebel East Timorese soldiers seriously wound President José Ramos-Horta . Rebel leader Alfredo Reinado is killed in the attack.2011 – Arab Spring : The first wave of the Egyptian revolution culminates in the resignation of Hosni Mubarak and the transfer of power to the Supreme Military Council after 17 days of protests.2013 – The Vatican confirms that Pope Benedict XVI will resign the papacy as a result of his advanced age.2013 – Militants claiming to be from the Sultanate of Sulu invade Lahad Datu District , Sabah , Malaysia, beginning the Lahad Datu standoff .
2014 – A military transport plane crashes in a mountainous area of Oum El Bouaghi Province in eastern Algeria , killing 77 people.2015 – A university student is murdered as she resists an attempted rape in Turkey , sparking nationwide protests and public outcry against harassment and violence against women .2015 – The European Space Agency 's Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle is launched on a Vega rocket .
2016 – A man shoots seven people dead at an education center in Jizan Province , Saudi Arabia.2017 – North Korea test fires a ballistic missile across the Sea of Japan .2018 – Saratov Airlines Flight 703 crashes near Moscow , Russia with 71 deaths and no survivors.2020 – COVID-19 pandemic : The World Health Organization officially names the coronavirus outbreak as COVID-19 , with the virus being designated SARS-CoV-2 .2024 – 2024 Finnish presidential election : Alexander Stubb is elected as the 13th president of Finland .Births
1624 – Ivan Ančić , Croatian Franciscan and religious writer (died 1685)1649 – William Carstares , Scottish minister and academic (died 1715)1657 – Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle , French poet and playwright (died 1757)1708 – Egidio Duni , Italian composer (died 1775)1764 – Marie-Joseph Chénier , French poet and playwright (died 1811)1776 – Ioannis Kapodistrias , Greek politician, 1st Governor of Greece (died 1831)1800 – Henry Fox Talbot , English photographer and politician, invented the calotype (died 1877)1802 – Lydia Maria Child , American journalist, author, and activist (died 1880)1805 – Jean Baptiste Charbonneau , Native American-French Canadian explorer (died 1866)1812 – Alexander H. Stephens , American lawyer and politician, Vice President of the Confederate States of America (died 1883)1813 – Otto Ludwig , German author, playwright, and critic (died 1865)1821 – Auguste Mariette , French archaeologist and scholar (died 1881)1830 – Hans Bronsart von Schellendorff , Prussian pianist and composer (died 1913)1833 – Melville Fuller , American lawyer and jurist, 8th Chief Justice of the United States (died 1910)1839 – Josiah Willard Gibbs , American physicist (died 1903)1845 – Ahmet Tevfik Pasha , Ottoman soldier and politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (died 1936)1847 – Thomas Edison , American engineer and businessman, developed the light bulb and phonograph (died 1931)1855 – Ellen Day Hale , American painter and author (died 1940)1860 – Rachilde , French author and playwright (died 1953)1863 – John F. Fitzgerald , American politician; Mayor of Boston (died 1950)1864 – Louis Bouveault , French chemist (died 1909)1869 – Helene Kröller-Müller , German-Dutch art collector and philanthropist, founded the Kröller-Müller Museum (died 1939)1869 – Else Lasker-Schüler , German poet and author (died 1945)
1874 – Elsa Beskow , Swedish author and illustrator (died 1953)1877 – Aasa Helgesen , Norwegian midwife (died 1968)1881 – Carlo Carrà , Italian painter (died 1966)1888 – John Warren Davis , American educator, college administrator, and civil rights leader (died 1980)1896 – Claire Myers Owens , American author (died 1983)1897 – Emil Leon Post , Polish-American mathematician and logician (died 1954)1898 – Leo Szilard , Hungarian-American physicist and academic (died 1964)1900 – Ellen Broe , Danish nurse, pioneer in nursing education (died 1994)1900 – Hans-Georg Gadamer , German philosopher and scholar (died 2002)
1900 – Jōsei Toda , Japanese educator and activist (died 1958) 1902 – Arne Jacobsen , Danish architect, designed Radisson Blu Royal Hotel (died 1971)1904 – Keith Holyoake , New Zealand farmer and politician, 26th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1983)1904 – Lucile Randon , French supercentenarian (died 2023)
1908 – Philip Dunne , American screenwriter (died 1992)1908 – Vivian Fuchs , English explorer (died 1999)
1909 – Max Baer , American boxer and actor (died 1959)1909 – Joseph L. Mankiewicz , American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1993)
1912 – Rudolf Firkušný , Czech-American pianist and educator (died 1994)1914 – Matt Dennis , American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2002)1914 – Josh White , American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1969)
1915 – Patrick Leigh Fermor , English soldier, author, and scholar (died 2011)1915 – Richard Hamming , American mathematician and academic (died 1998)
1917 – Sidney Sheldon , American author and screenwriter (died 2007)1919 – Eva Gabor , Hungarian-American actress (died 1995)1920 – Farouk of Egypt (died 1965)1920 – Daniel F. Galouye , American author (died 1976)
1920 – Billy Halop , American actor (died 1976)
1920 – Daniel James, Jr. , American general and pilot (died 1978)
1921 – Lloyd Bentsen , American politician, 69th United States Secretary of the Treasury (died 2006)1921 – Ottavio Missoni , Italian hurdler and fashion designer, founded Missoni (died 2013)
1923 – Antony Flew , English philosopher and academic (died 2010)1924 – Budge Patty , American tennis player (died 2021)1925 – Virginia E. Johnson , American psychologist and academic (died 2013)1925 – Kim Stanley , American actress (died 2001)
1926 – Paul Bocuse , French chef (died 2018)1926 – Leslie Nielsen , Canadian-American actor and producer (died 2010)
1930 – Roy De Forest , American painter and academic (died 2007).1930 – Mary Quant , British fashion designer (died 2023)
1932 – Dennis Skinner , English miner and politician1934 – Mel Carnahan , American lawyer and politician, 51st Governor of Missouri (died 2000)1934 – Tina Louise , American actress and singer
1934 – Manuel Noriega , Panamanian general and politician, Military leader of Panama (died 2017)
1934 – David Taylor , English veterinarian and television host (died 2013)
1935 – Gene Vincent , American singer and guitarist (died 1971)1936 – Burt Reynolds , American actor and director (died 2018)1937 – Ian Gow , British politician (died 1990)1937 – Bill Lawry , Australian cricketer and sportscaster
1937 – Eddie Shack , Canadian ice hockey player (died 2020)
1937 – Phillip Walker , American singer and guitarist (died 2010)
1938 – Bevan Congdon , New Zealand cricketer (died 2018)1939 – Gerry Goffin , American songwriter (died 2014)1940 – Calvin Fowler , American basketball player (died 2013)1941 – Sérgio Mendes , Brazilian pianist and composer (died 2024)1942 – Otis Clay , American singer-songwriter (died 2016)1943 – Joselito , Spanish singer and actor1943 – Alan Rubin , American trumpet player (died 2011)
1944 – Mike Oxley , American lawyer and politician (died 2016)1944 – Joy Williams , American novelist, short story writer, and essayist
1945 – Michael Scott , first CEO of Apple Inc. 1946 – Ian Porterfield , Scottish footballer and manager (died 2007)1947 – Yukio Hatoyama , Japanese engineer and politician and Prime Minister of Japan1947 – Derek Shulman , Scottish singer-songwriter and producer
1949 – James Silas , American basketball player1951 – Mike Leavitt , American politician, 14th Governor of Utah 1953 – Philip Anglim , American actor1953 – Jeb Bush , American banker and politician, 43rd Governor of Florida
1953 – Tom Veryzer , American baseball player (died 2014)
1954 – Wesley Strick , American director and screenwriter1956 – Catherine Hickland , American actress1956 – Didier Lockwood , French violinist (died 2018)
1957 – Tina Ambani , Indian actress and chairperson1959 – Roberto Moreno , Brazilian race car driver1960 – Richard Mastracchio , American engineer and astronaut1961 – Carey Lowell , American actress1962 – Tammy Baldwin , American lawyer and politician1962 – Diane Franklin , American actress
1962 – Sheryl Crow , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1964 – Sarah Palin , American politician, 9th Governor of Alaska 1964 – Ken Shamrock , American martial artist and wrestler
1965 – Vicki Wilson , Australian netball player1967 – Ciro Ferrara , Italian footballer and manager1968 – Mo Willems , American author and illustrator1969 – Jennifer Aniston , American actress and producer1969 – Andreas Hilfiker , Swiss footballer
1969 – John Salako , Nigerian-English footballer, manager, and sportscaster
1971 – Damian Lewis , English actor1972 – Steve McManaman , English footballer1972 – Kelly Slater , American surfer
1973 – Varg Vikernes , Norwegian guitarist and songwriter1974 – Nick Barmby , English footballer and manager1974 – D'Angelo , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2025)
1974 – Alex Jones , American radio show host and conspiracy theorist
1974 – Isaiah Mustafa , American actor and football player
1974 – Jaroslav Špaček , Czech ice hockey player and coach
1975 – Andy Lally , American race car driver1975 – Callum Thorp , Australian cricketer
1975 – Jacque Vaughn , American basketball player and coach
1976 – Tony Battie , American basketball player and sportscaster1976 – Bryce Salvador , Canadian ice hockey player
1977 – Mike Shinoda , American musician and artist1978 – Roc Marciano , American rapper and record producer1979 – Brandy Norwood , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress1980 – Matthew Lawrence , American actor and singer1981 – Kelly Rowland , American singer and actress1982 – Daryn Colledge , American football player1982 – Natalie Dormer , English actress
1982 – Ľubomíra Kalinová , Slovak biathlete
1982 – Neil Robertson , Australian snooker player
1983 – Rafael van der Vaart , Dutch footballer1984 – Maarten Heisen , Dutch sprinter1984 – Marco Marcato , Italian cyclist
1984 – Aubrey O'Day , American singer and reality television personality
1984 – Maxime Talbot , Canadian ice hockey player
1984 – Alando Tucker , American basketball player and coach
1985 – Mike Richards , Canadian ice hockey player1985 – Šárka Strachová , Czech skier
1986 – Gabriel Boric , Chilean politician, 36th President of Chile 1987 – Luca Antonelli , Italian footballer1987 – Juanmi Callejón , Spanish footballer
1987 – Brian Matusz , American baseball player (died 2025)
1987 – Jan Smeekens , Dutch speed skater
1987 – Ellen van Dijk , Dutch cyclist
1988 – Vlad Moldoveanu , Romanian basketball player1990 – Javier Aquino , Mexican footballer1990 – Q'orianka Kilcher , German-American actress
1990 – Hwang Chan-sung , South Korean singer and actor
1991 – Laurent Duvernay-Tardif , Canadian football player and medical doctor1991 – Nikola Mirotic , Spanish basketball player
1992 – Lasse Norman Hansen , Danish track and road cyclist1992 – Taylor Lautner , American actor
1992 – Jake Matthews , American football player
1993 – Ben McLemore , American basketball player1994 – Dansby Swanson , American baseball player1995 – Milan Škriniar , Slovak footballer1995 – Rick Karsdorp , Dutch footballer
1996 – Daniil Medvedev , Russian tennis player1996 – Jonathan Tah , German footballer
1996 – Lucas Torreira , Uruguayan footballer
1997 – Damien Harris , American football player1997 – Mike Hughes , American football player
1997 – Hubert Hurkacz , Polish tennis player
1997 – Rosé , New Zealand-South Korean singer and dancer
1997 – Zavier Simpson , American basketball player
1998 – Trent Frederic , American ice hockey player1998 – Josh Jacobs , American football player
1998 – Khalid , American singer and songwriter
2000 – Nassir Little , American basketball player2001 – Bryan Gil , Spanish footballer2002 – Liam Lawson , New Zealand racing driverDeaths
1626 – Pietro Cataldi , Italian mathematician and astronomer (born 1548)1650 – René Descartes , French mathematician and philosopher (born 1596)1755 – Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei , Italian archaeologist, playwright, and critic (born 1675)1763 – William Shenstone , English poet and gardener (born 1714)1768 – George Dance the Elder , English architect, designed St Leonard's and St Botolph's Aldgate (born 1695)1795 – Carl Michael Bellman , Swedish poet and composer (born 1740)1811 – Juan Sánchez Ramírez , leader of the troops that fought against the French rule of Santo Domingo's colony between 1808 and 1809 (born 1762)1829 – Alexander Griboyedov , Russian poet, playwright, and composer (born 1795)1854 – Magdalene Osenbroch , Norwegian actress (born 1830)1862 – Elizabeth Siddal , English poet and artist's model (born 1829)1868 – Léon Foucault , French physicist and academic (born 1819)1898 – Félix María Zuloaga , Mexican general and unconstitutional interim president (born 1813)1901 – Milan I of Serbia (born 1855)1905 – Mary Pitman Ailau , high chiefess of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi1917 – Oswaldo Cruz , Brazilian physician and epidemiologist (born 1872)1918 – Alexey Kaledin , Russian general (born 1861)1931 – Charles Algernon Parsons , English-Irish engineer, invented the steam turbine (born 1854)1938 – Kalle Korhonen , Finnish politician (born 1878)1940 – John Buchan , Scottish-Canadian historian and politician, Governor General of Canada (born 1875)1940 – Ellen Day Hale , American painter and author (born 1855)
1942 – Jamnalal Bajaj , Indian businessman and philanthropist (born 1884)1947 – Martin Klein , Estonian wrestler and coach (born 1884)1948 – Sergei Eisenstein , Russian director and screenwriter (born 1898)1949 – Axel Munthe , Swedish doctor (born 1857)1958 – Ernest Jones , Welsh neurologist and psychoanalyst (born 1879)1963 – John Olof Dahlgren , Swedish-American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1872)1963 – Sylvia Plath , American poet, novelist, and short story writer (born 1932)
1967 – A. J. Muste , Dutch-American minister and activist (born 1885)1968 – Howard Lindsay , American playwright (born 1889)1973 – J. Hans D. Jensen , German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1907)1975 – Richard Ratsimandrava , Malagasy colonel and politician, President of Madagascar (born 1931)1976 – Lee J. Cobb , American actor (born 1911)1976 – Alexander Lippisch , German pilot and engineer (born 1894)
1977 – Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed , Indian lawyer and politician, 5th President of India (born 1905)1977 – Louis Beel , Dutch academic and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born 1902)
1978 – James Bryant Conant , American chemist and academic (born 1893)1978 – Harry Martinson , Swedish novelist, essayist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1904)
1982 – Eleanor Powell , American actress and dancer (born 1912)1985 – Henry Hathaway , American actor, director, and producer (born 1898)1986 – Frank Herbert , American journalist and author (born 1920)1986 – Evelio Javier , Filipino politician (born 1942)
1989 – George O'Hanlon , American actor and voice artist (born 1912)1991 – Dude Martin , American country singer, bandleader, radio and television host (born 1915)1993 – Robert W. Holley , American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1922)1994 – Neil Bonnett , American race car driver (born 1946)1994 – Sorrell Booke , American actor and director (born 1930)
1994 – William Conrad , American actor, director, and producer (born 1920)
1994 – Paul Feyerabend , Austrian-Swiss philosopher and academic (born 1924)
1996 – Amelia Rosselli , Italian poet and author (born 1930)2000 – Lord Kitchner , Trinidadian singer (born 1922)2000 – Roger Vadim , French director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1928)
2002 – Frankie Crosetti , American baseball player and coach (born 1910)2002 – Barry Foster , English actor (born 1931)
2004 – Tony Pope , American voice actor (born 1947)2004 – Shirley Strickland , Australian runner (born 1925)
2005 – Jack L. Chalker , American author (born 1944)2006 – Wendy Barnes , British overseas radio broadcaster (born 1916)2006 – Peter Benchley , American author and screenwriter (born 1940)
2006 – Ken Fletcher , Australian tennis player (born 1940)
2006 – Jackie Pallo , English wrestler and actor (born 1926)
2006 – Matilda , American chicken and stage magician , oldest known chicken (h. 1990)
2008 – Tom Lantos , American lawyer and politician (born 1928)2008 – Frank Piasecki , American engineer (born 1919)
2009 – Estelle Bennett , American singer (born 1941)2009 – Willem Johan Kolff , Dutch-American physician and academic (born 1911)
2010 – Heward Grafftey , Canadian businessman and politician (born 1928)2010 – Alexander McQueen , English fashion designer, founder of his eponymous brand (born 1969)
2011 – Chuck Tanner , American baseball player and manager (born 1928)2012 – Siri Bjerke , Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of the Environment (born 1958)2012 – Aharon Davidi , Israeli general (born 1927)
2012 – Whitney Houston , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (born 1963)
2013 – Rick Huxley , English bass player (born 1940)2014 – Alice Babs , Swedish singer and actress (born 1924)2014 – Tito Canepa , Dominican-American painter (born 1916)
2014 – Fernando González Pacheco , Colombian journalist and actor (born 1932)
2015 – Roger Hanin , French actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1925)2015 – Bob Simon , American journalist (born 1941)
2015 – Jerry Tarkanian , American basketball player and coach (born 1930)
2016 – Kevin Randleman , American mixed martial artist and wrestler (born 1971)2016 – Zeng Xuelin , Thai-Chinese footballer and manager (born 1929)
2017 – Fab Melo , Brazilian basketball player (born 1990)2017 – Jaap Rijks , Dutch Olympian (born 1919)
2017 – Trish Doan , Korean-Canadian musician (born 1985)
2018 – Vic Damone , American singer, songwriter and actor (born 1928)2018 – Asma Jahangir , Pakistani human-rights lawyer and social activist (born 1952)
2018 – Jan Maxwell , American stage and television actress (born 1956)
2018 – Qazi Wajid , Pakistani drama actor, writer and artist (born 1930)
2023 – Donald Spoto , American biographer (born 1941)2024 – Allen J. Bard , American chemist (born 1933)2024 – Kelvin Kiptum , African long-distance runner(born 1999)2025 – Betsy Arakawa , American classical pianist (born 1959)2025 – Moses Lim , Singaporean actor (born 1949)
2026 – James Van Der Beek , American actor (born 1977)