February 11
660 B.C. - Tradition holds that Japan was founded as Jimmu ascended the throne as the country’s first emperor.
1805 - Lewis and Clark's Shoshone guide Sacajawea gave birth to a son, Jean Baptiste.
1809 - Robert Fulton received a patent for the steamboat.
1847 - Inventor Thomas Alva Edison was born in Milan, Ohio.
1858 - St. Bernadette of Lourdes first saw a vision of the Virgin Mary at Lourdes, France, leading to the foundation of the shrine of Lourdes.
1929 - Lateran Treaty was signed, with Italy recognizing the independence and sovereignty of the Vatican City.
1937 - A sit-down strike against General Motors ended with the company agreeing to recognize the United Automobile Workers Union.
1945 - The Yalta Agreement is signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin during World War II, which dealt with the post-war governance of Europe; the agreement also saw the Soviet Union agree to declare war against Imperial Japan following Nazi Germany's capitulation.
1970 - Japan became the world's fourth nation to successfully place a satellite into orbit.
1975 - Margaret Thatcher became the first woman to head a major party in Britain when she was elected leader of opposition Conservative Party.
1979 - Followers of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini seized power in Iran, nine days after the religious leader returned to his home country following 15 years of exile.
1989 - The Episcopal Church's Boston diocese consecrated Barbara Harris as the church's first female bishop.
1990 - South African resistance leader Nelson Mandela is released from prison after more than 27 years behind bars.
2006 - Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and wounded Harry Whittington, a companion during a weekend quail-hunting trip in Texas.
2008 - The Defense Department charged Khalid Sheikh Mohammed with murder and war crimes in connection with the Sept. 11 attacks.
2009 - Democrat John Dingell of Michigan became the longest-serving member of the U.S. House of Representatives with more than 53 years of service.
2011 - As a result of the Arab Spring protests, Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak announces his resignation and hands over power of the country to the military.
2012 - Pop superstar Whitney Houston was found dead at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angeles, the night before the annual Grammy Awards ceremony. The 48-year-old singer's death was ruled an accidental drowning, with heart disease and cocaine use as contributing factors.)
2013 - With a few words in Latin, Pope Benedict XVI did what no other pope had done in more than 500 years by announcing his resignation. The bombshell came during a routine morning meeting of Vatican cardinals. (The 85-year-old pontiff has since taken the title "Pope Emeritus" and was succeeded by Pope Francis.)
2017 - Yale University announced it would change the name of a residential college honoring 19th-century alumnus and former U.S. Vice President John C. Calhoun, who was an ardent supporter of slavery.
2020 - The World Health Organization gave the official name of COVID-19 to the disease caused by the coronavirus that had emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan.
2021 - At the Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, Democrats asserted that Trump had incited an attack on the U.S. Capitol, put his own vice president in danger and expressed solidarity with rioters who sought to overturn the 2020 election in his name.
2021 - President Joe Biden ended the “national emergency” that Trump had declared in order to take money from the Pentagon for a wall along the Mexican border.
Birthdays
30 - Taylor Lautner (actor)
31 - Sierra Deaton (actress)
32 - Mehgan James (reality star)
38 - Aubrey O'Day (singer)
40 - Natalie Dormer (actress)
41 - Kelly Rowland (singer)
42 - Matthew Lawrence (actor)
43 - Brandy (actress/singer)
46 - Brice Beckham (actor)
48 - D'Angelo (singer)
48 - Alex Jones (radio host)
50 - Marisa Petroro (actress)
51 - Damian Lewis (actor)
53 - Jennifer Aniston (actress)
58 - Sarah Palin (politician)
60 - Sheryl Crow (singer)
66 - Catherine Hickland (actress)
70 - Philip Anglim (actor)
88 - Tina Louise (actress)
94 - Conrad Janis (actor)
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Today in Sports History - February 11
1922 - The Toronto St. Patricks and the Ottawa Senators recorded the first tie game in NHL history.
1966 - Willie Mays became the highest paid player in baseball. He signed a two-year contract with the San Francisco Giants for $130,000 a year.
1968 - The new 20,000-seat Madison Square Garden opened in New York City; it was the fourth facility with such a name.
1971 - Jean Beliveau of the Montreal Canadiens scored his 500th career goal.
1984 - Wayne Gretzky of the Edmonton Oilers set an NHL single season record with his 11th short-handed goal of the season.
1990 - James "Buster" Douglas knocked out Mike Tyson in the 10th round in Tokyo, Japan to win the heavyweight championship.
2003 - Mike Modano of the Dallas Stars became only the second American-born NHL player to play in 1,000 games with the same team. All of Modano's games had come with the Minnesota North Stars and Dallas Stars. Brian Leetch (New York Rangers) was the first American-born player to play in 1,000 NHL games.
660 B.C. - Tradition holds that Japan was founded as Jimmu ascended the throne as the country’s first emperor.
1805 - Lewis and Clark's Shoshone guide Sacajawea gave birth to a son, Jean Baptiste.
1809 - Robert Fulton received a patent for the steamboat.
1847 - Inventor Thomas Alva Edison was born in Milan, Ohio.
1858 - St. Bernadette of Lourdes first saw a vision of the Virgin Mary at Lourdes, France, leading to the foundation of the shrine of Lourdes.
1929 - Lateran Treaty was signed, with Italy recognizing the independence and sovereignty of the Vatican City.
1937 - A sit-down strike against General Motors ended with the company agreeing to recognize the United Automobile Workers Union.
1945 - The Yalta Agreement is signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin during World War II, which dealt with the post-war governance of Europe; the agreement also saw the Soviet Union agree to declare war against Imperial Japan following Nazi Germany's capitulation.
1970 - Japan became the world's fourth nation to successfully place a satellite into orbit.
1975 - Margaret Thatcher became the first woman to head a major party in Britain when she was elected leader of opposition Conservative Party.
1979 - Followers of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini seized power in Iran, nine days after the religious leader returned to his home country following 15 years of exile.
1989 - The Episcopal Church's Boston diocese consecrated Barbara Harris as the church's first female bishop.
1990 - South African resistance leader Nelson Mandela is released from prison after more than 27 years behind bars.
2006 - Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and wounded Harry Whittington, a companion during a weekend quail-hunting trip in Texas.
2008 - The Defense Department charged Khalid Sheikh Mohammed with murder and war crimes in connection with the Sept. 11 attacks.
2009 - Democrat John Dingell of Michigan became the longest-serving member of the U.S. House of Representatives with more than 53 years of service.
2011 - As a result of the Arab Spring protests, Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak announces his resignation and hands over power of the country to the military.
2012 - Pop superstar Whitney Houston was found dead at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angeles, the night before the annual Grammy Awards ceremony. The 48-year-old singer's death was ruled an accidental drowning, with heart disease and cocaine use as contributing factors.)
2013 - With a few words in Latin, Pope Benedict XVI did what no other pope had done in more than 500 years by announcing his resignation. The bombshell came during a routine morning meeting of Vatican cardinals. (The 85-year-old pontiff has since taken the title "Pope Emeritus" and was succeeded by Pope Francis.)
2017 - Yale University announced it would change the name of a residential college honoring 19th-century alumnus and former U.S. Vice President John C. Calhoun, who was an ardent supporter of slavery.
2020 - The World Health Organization gave the official name of COVID-19 to the disease caused by the coronavirus that had emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan.
2021 - At the Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, Democrats asserted that Trump had incited an attack on the U.S. Capitol, put his own vice president in danger and expressed solidarity with rioters who sought to overturn the 2020 election in his name.
2021 - President Joe Biden ended the “national emergency” that Trump had declared in order to take money from the Pentagon for a wall along the Mexican border.
Birthdays
30 - Taylor Lautner (actor)
31 - Sierra Deaton (actress)
32 - Mehgan James (reality star)
38 - Aubrey O'Day (singer)
40 - Natalie Dormer (actress)
41 - Kelly Rowland (singer)
42 - Matthew Lawrence (actor)
43 - Brandy (actress/singer)
46 - Brice Beckham (actor)
48 - D'Angelo (singer)
48 - Alex Jones (radio host)
50 - Marisa Petroro (actress)
51 - Damian Lewis (actor)
53 - Jennifer Aniston (actress)
58 - Sarah Palin (politician)
60 - Sheryl Crow (singer)
66 - Catherine Hickland (actress)
70 - Philip Anglim (actor)
88 - Tina Louise (actress)
94 - Conrad Janis (actor)
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Today in Sports History - February 11
1922 - The Toronto St. Patricks and the Ottawa Senators recorded the first tie game in NHL history.
1966 - Willie Mays became the highest paid player in baseball. He signed a two-year contract with the San Francisco Giants for $130,000 a year.
1968 - The new 20,000-seat Madison Square Garden opened in New York City; it was the fourth facility with such a name.
1971 - Jean Beliveau of the Montreal Canadiens scored his 500th career goal.
1984 - Wayne Gretzky of the Edmonton Oilers set an NHL single season record with his 11th short-handed goal of the season.
1990 - James "Buster" Douglas knocked out Mike Tyson in the 10th round in Tokyo, Japan to win the heavyweight championship.
2003 - Mike Modano of the Dallas Stars became only the second American-born NHL player to play in 1,000 games with the same team. All of Modano's games had come with the Minnesota North Stars and Dallas Stars. Brian Leetch (New York Rangers) was the first American-born player to play in 1,000 NHL games.
