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11 February, 2008
In East Timor, assassination attempts were made on Xanana Gusmao and Jose Ramos-Horta. Both failed.
11 February, 2007
In Portugal, a national referendum legalizes non-therapeutic abortion when requested by the woman during the first 10 weeks of pregnancy.
11 February, 1997
Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
11 February, 1991
UNPO, the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization, forms in The Hague, Netherlands.
11 February, 1990
Nelson Mandela, a political prisoner for 27 years, is freed from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa.
11 February, 1987
Philippines constitution goes into effect.
11 February, 1981
100,000 gallons (380 m³) of radioactive coolant leak into the containment building of TVA Sequoyah 1 nuclear plant in Tennessee, contaminating 8 workers.
11 February, 1979
Islamic revolution of Iran achieves victory under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
11 February, 1978
Censorship: the Peoples Republic of China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, Shakespeare and Dickens.
11 February, 1973
Vietnam War: First release of American prisoners of war from Vietnam takes place.
11 February, 1971
Eighty-seven countries, including the US, UK, and USSR, sign the Seabed Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons in international waters.
11 February, 1968
Israeli-Jordanian border clashes.
11 February, 1964
Greeks and Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus.
11 February, 1964
The Republic of China (Taiwan) breaks off diplomatic relations with France.
11 February, 1953
President Dwight Eisenhower refuses clemency appeal for Ethel and Julius Rosenberg.
11 February, 1953
The Soviet Union breaks off diplomatic relations with Israel.
11 February, 1948
John Costello succeeds Éamon de Valera as Taoiseach of Ireland.
11 February, 1943
World War II: General Dwight Eisenhower is selected to command the allied armies in Europe.
11 February, 1942
The Battle of Bukit Timah is fought in Singapore during World War II.
11 February, 1941
First Gold record is presented to Glenn Miller for "Chattanooga Choo Choo".
11 February, 1939
Lockheed P-38 flies from California to New York in 7 hours 2 minutes.
11 February, 1938
BBC Television produces the worlds first ever science fiction television program, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Capek play R.U.R., which coined the term "robot".
11 February, 1937
A sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers Union.
11 February, 1929
Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty.
11 February, 1919
Friedrich Ebert (SPD), is elected President of Germany.
11 February, 1916
Emma Goldman is arrested for lecturing on birth control.
11 February, 1905
Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer nos.
11 February, 1903
Anton Bruckners 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna.
11 February, 1902
Police assault universal suffrage demonstrators in Brussels.
11 February, 1895
The lowest ever UK temperature of -27.2°C is recorded at Braemar in Aberdeenshire. This record was equalled on 10 January 1982 and again on 30 December 1995.
11 February, 1889
Meiji constitution of Japan is adopted; the first Diet of Japan convenes in 1890.
11 February, 1873
King Amadeus I of Spain abdicates.
11 February, 1861
American Civil War: United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state.
11 February, 1858
The Blessed Virgin Mary reputedly appears to Saint Bernadette Soubirous of Lourdes.
11 February, 1855
Kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia, by Abuna Salama III in a ceremony at the church of Derasge Maryam.
11 February, 1843
Giuseppe Verdis opera I Lombardi receives its first performance in Milan.
11 February, 1840
Gaetano Donizettis opera La Fille du Régiment receives its first performance in Paris.
11 February, 1826
University College London is founded under the name University of London.
11 February, 1814
Norways independence is proclaimed, marking the ultimate end of the Kalmar Union.
11 February, 1812
Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry gerrymanders for the first time.
11 February, 1809
Robert Fulton took out a patent for improvements to steamboat navigation
11 February, 1808
Anthracite coal is first burned as fuel, experimentally.
11 February, 1794
First session of United States Senate open to the public.
11 February, 1790
Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, petitions U.S. Congress for abolition of slavery.
11 February, 1752
Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in the United States, opens.
11 February, 1659
The assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses.
11 February, 1531
Henry VIII of England is recognized as supreme head of the Church of England.
11 February, 55
Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman Emperorship, dies under mysterious circumstances in Rome. This clears the way for Nero to become Emperor.

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