February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 323 days remaining until the end of the year (324 in leap years).

Events [edit]

• 660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.
• 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.
• 244 – Emperor Gordian III is murdered by mutinous soldiers in Zaitha (Mesopotamia). A mound is raised at Carchemish in his memory.
• 1177 – John de Courcy's army defeats the native Dunleavey Clan in Ulster. The English establish themselves in Ulster.
• 1531 – Henry VIII of England is recognized as supreme head of the Church of England.
• 1626 – Emperor Susenyos I of Ethiopia and Patriarch Afonso Mendes declare the primacy of the Roman See over the Ethiopian Church, and Roman Catholicism the state religion of Ethiopia.
• 1659 – The assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses.
• 1752 – Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in the United States, is opened by Benjamin Franklin.
• 1790 – The Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, petitions U.S. Congress for abolition of slavery.
• 1794 – First session of United States Senate open 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 "gerrymanders" for the first time.
• 1826 – University College London is founded under the name University of London.
• 1826 – Swaminarayan writes the Shikshapatri, an important text within Swaminarayan Hinduism.
• 1840 – Gaetano Donizetti's opera La fille du régiment receives its first performance in Paris, France.
• 1843 – Giuseppe Verdi's opera I Lombardi alla prima crociata receives its first performance in Milan, Italy.
• 1855 – Kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia, by Abuna Salama III in a ceremony at the church of Derasge Maryam
• 1856 – The Kingdom of Awadh is annexed by the British East India Company and Wajid Ali Shah, the king of Awadh, is imprisoned and later exiled to Calcutta.
• 1861 – American Civil War: United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state.
• 1873 – King Amadeo I of Spain abdicates.
• 1889 – Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted; the first National Diet convenes in 1890.
• 1903 – Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
• 1906 – Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer Nos.
• 1916 – Emma Goldman is arrested for lecturing on birth control.
• 1919 – Friedrich Ebert (SPD), is elected President of Germany.
• 1929 – Fascist Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty.
• 1937 – A sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers.
• 1938 – BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television program, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".
• 1939 – A Lockheed P-38 Lightning flies from California to New York in 7 hours 2 minutes.
• 1942 – The first gold record is presented to Glenn Miller for "Chattanooga Choo Choo".
• 1942 – World War II: The Battle of Bukit Timah is fought in Singapore.
• 1943 – World War II: General Dwight D. Eisenhower is selected to command the allied armies in Europe.
• 1953 – President Dwight Eisenhower refuses a clemency appeal for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
• 1953 – The Soviet Union breaks off diplomatic relations with Israel.
• 1959 – The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South, which will later become South Yemen, is created as a protectorate of the United Kingdom.
• 1964 – Greeks and Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus.
• 1968 – Israeli-Jordanian border clashes.
• 1971 – 87 countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union, sign the Seabed Arms Control Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons on the ocean floor in international waters.
• 1973 – Vietnam War: First release of American prisoners of war from Vietnam takes place.
• 1978 – Censorship: China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens.
• 1979 – Iranian Revolution establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
• 1981 – 100,000 US gallons (380 m³) of radioactive coolant leak into the containment building of TVA Sequoyah 1 nuclear plant in Tennessee, contaminating 8 workers.
• 1990 – Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner.
• 1997 – Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
• 2008 – Rebel East Timorese soldiers seriously wound President José Ramos-Horta. Rebel leader Alfredo Reinado is killed in the attack.
• 2011 – 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 18 days of protests.

Births [edit]

• 1380 – Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini, Italian scholar (d. 1459)
• 1466 – Elizabeth of York (d. 1503)
• 1535 – Pope Gregory XIV (d. 1591)
• 1568 – Honoré d'Urfé, French author (d. 1625)
• 1637 – Friedrich Nicolaus Bruhns, German composer and director (d. 1718)
• 1649 – William Carstares, Scottish minister (d. 1715)
• 1657 – Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, French author (d. 1757)
• 1708 – Egidio Duni, Italian composer (d. 1775)
• 1755 – Albert Christoph Dies, German composer and painter (d. 1822)
• 1764 – Joseph Chénier, French poet (d. 1811)
• 1776 – Ioannis Kapodistrias, Greek politician, 1st Governor of Greece (d. 1831)
• 1799 – Basil Moreau, French priest, founded the Congregation of Holy Cross (d. 1873)
• 1800 – Henry Fox Talbot, English photographer, invented the calotype (d. 1877)
• 1802 – Lydia Maria Child, American journalist, author, and activist (d. 1880)
• 1805 – Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, American explorer (d. 1866)
• 1812 – Alexander H. Stephens, American politician, Vice President of the Confederate States of America (d. 1883)
• 1813 – Otto Ludwig, German author, playwright, and critic (d. 1865)
• 1819 – Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, American organist and composer (d. 1890)
• 1821 – Auguste Mariette, French archaeologist (d. 1881)
• 1829 – Samuel Lodge, English clergyman and author (d. 1897)
• 1830 – Hans Bronsart von Schellendorff, Prussian pianist and composer (d. 1913)
• 1833 – Melville Fuller, American jurist, 8th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1910)
• 1839 – Josiah Willard Gibbs, American physicist (d. 1903)
• 1847 – Thomas Edison, American businessman, invented the light bulb and phonograph (d. 1931)
• 1855 – Ellen Day Hale,American painter (d. 1940)
• 1860 – Rachilde, French author (d. 1953)
• 1869 – Helene Kröller-Müller, German-Dutch art collector and philanthropist, founded the Kröller-Müller Museum (d. 1939)
• 1869 – Else Lasker-Schüler, German poet and author (d. 1945)
• 1872 – Hannah Mitchell, English activist (d. 1956)
• 1874 – Elsa Beskow, Swedish author (d. 1953)
• 1874 – Fritz Hart, English composer and conductor (d. 1949)
• 1878 – Peder Lykkeberg, Danish swimmer (d. 1944)
• 1881 – Carlo Carrà, Italian painter (d. 1966)
• 1887 – John van Melle, Dutch-South African author (d. 1953)
• 1889 – Acharya Ramlochan Saran, Indian publisher (d. 1971)
• 1890 – David Drummond, Australian farmer and politician (d. 1965)
• 1891 – J. W. Hearne English cricketer (d. 1965)
• 1894 – Alfonso Leng, Chilean composer (d. 1974)
• 1898 – Leó Szilárd, Hungarian-American physicist (d. 1964)
• 1900 – Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher (d. 2002)
• 1900 – Jōsei Toda, Japanese educator and activist (d. 1958)
• 1901 – Roddy Connolly, Irish politician (d. 1980)
• 1902 – Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect, designed Aarhus City Hall and Radisson Blu Royal Hotel (d. 1971)
• 1903 – Hans Redlich, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1968)
• 1904 – Keith Holyoake, New Zealand politician, 26th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1983)
• 1908 – Philip Dunne, American screenwriter, director, and producer (d. 1992)
• 1908 – Vivian Fuchs, English geologist (d. 1999)
• 1909 – Max Baer, American boxer and actor (d. 1959)
• 1909 – Joseph L. Mankiewicz, American director, screenwriter, and producer (d. 1993)
• 1912 – Roy Fuller, English poet (d. 1991)
• 1912 – Rudolf Firkusny, Czech-American pianist (d. 1994)
• 1914 – Matt Dennis, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2002)
• 1915 – Patrick Leigh Fermor, English author (d. 2011)
• 1917 – T. Nagi Reddy, Indian politician (d. 1976)
• 1917 – Sidney Sheldon, American author (d. 2007)
• 1919 – Eva Gabor, Hungarian-American actress (d. 1995)
• 1920 – Boyd Bartley, American baseball player (d. 2012)
• 1920 – Farouk of Egypt (d. 1965)
• 1920 – Daniel F. Galouye, American author (d. 1976)
• 1920 – Billy Halop, American actor (d. 1976)
• 1920 – Daniel James, Jr., American pilot and general (d. 1978)
• 1921 – Lloyd Bentsen, American politician, 69th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 2006)
• 1921 – Edward Seidensticker, American scholar and translator (d. 2007)
• 1923 – Antony Flew, English philosopher (d. 2010)
• 1925 – Virginia E. Johnson, American psychologist
• 1925 – Kim Stanley, American actress (d. 2001)
• 1926 – Paul Bocuse, French chef
• 1926 – Alexander Gibson, Scottish conductor (d. 1995)
• 1926 – Leslie Nielsen, Canadian-American actor (d. 2010)
• 1927 – Sinclair Stevens, Canadian businessman and politician
• 1928 – Hattie N. Harrison, American educator and politician (d. 2013)
• 1930 – Roy De Forest, American painter (d. 2007)
• 1931 – Larry Merchant, American journalist
• 1932 – Jerome Lowenthal, American pianist
• 1932 – Dennis Skinner, English politician
• 1934 – Mel Carnahan, American politician, 51st Governor of Missouri (d. 2000)
• 1934 – Tina Louise, American actress and singer
• 1934 – Manuel Noriega, Panamanian general and politician, Military Leader of Panama
• 1934 – Mary Quant, English fashion designer
• 1934 – John Surtees, English motorcycle racer and race car driver
• 1934 – David Taylor, English veterinarian and television host (d. 2013)
• 1935 – Bent Lorentzen, Danish composer
• 1935 – Gene Vincent, American singer and guitarist (d. 1971)
• 1936 – Burt Reynolds, American actor and director
• 1937 – Bill Lawry, Australian cricketer
• 1937 – Eddie Shack, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1937 – Phillip Walker, American singer and guitarist (d. 2010)
• 1938 – Bevan Congdon, New Zealand cricketer
• 1938 – Simone de Oliveira, Portuguese actress and singer
• 1938 – Bobby Pickett, American singer-songwriter (d. 2007)
• 1939 – Gerry Goffin, American songwriter
• 1939 – Jane Yolen, American author
• 1941 – Sérgio Mendes, Brazilian pianist and composer
• 1943 – Joselito, Spanish singer and actor
• 1943 – Serge Lama, French singer-songwriter
• 1945 – Burhan Ghalioun, Syrian politician
• 1946 – Pierre Curzi, Canadian actor, screenwriter, and politician
• 1946 – Ian Porterfield, English footballer (d. 2007)
• 1947 – Roy Carrier, American accordion player (d. 2010)
• 1947 – Yukio Hatoyama, Japanese politician, 60th Prime Minister of Japan
• 1947 – Kikko Matsuoka, Japanese actress
• 1947 – Derek Shulman, Scottish singer-songwriter and producer (Gentle Giant and Simon Dupree and the Big Sound)
• 1948 – Chris Rush, American comedian, actor, and author
• 1949 – Guy Cloutier, Canadian record producer
• 1953 – Philip Anglim, American actor
• 1953 – Jeb Bush, American politician, 43rd Governor of Florida
• 1954 – Wesley Strick, American screenwriter
• 1956 – H.R., American singer and guitarist (Bad Brains)
• 1956 – Catherine Hickland, American actress and singer
• 1956 – Didier Lockwood, French violinist
• 1957 – Peter Klashorst, Dutch painter, sculptor, and photographer
• 1957 – Mitchell Symons, English journalist and author
• 1959 – Bradley Cole, American actor
• 1959 – Deborah Meaden, English businesswoman
• 1959 – Roberto Moreno, Brazilian race car driver
• 1959 – Marzieh Vahid-Dastjerdi, Iranian politician and educator
• 1960 – Momus, Scottish-Japanese author, journalist, and songwriter
• 1960 – Richard Mastracchio, American engineer and astronaut
• 1961 – Mary Docter, American speed skater
• 1961 – Carey Lowell, American actress
• 1962 – Tammy Baldwin, American politician
• 1962 – Sheryl Crow, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
• 1962 – Bestia Salvaje, Mexican wrestler (d. 2008)
• 1962 – Eric Vanderaerden, Belgian cyclist
• 1963 – José Mari Bakero, Spanish footballer and coach
• 1963 – Diane Franklin, American actress
• 1963 – Dan Osman, Japanese-American rock climber (d. 1998)
• 1964 – Sarah Palin, American politician, 9th Governor of Alaska
• 1964 – Ken Shamrock, American martial artist and wrestler
• 1965 – Vicki Wilson, Australian netball player
• 1966 – Dieudonné M'bala M'bala, French comedian, actor, and activist
• 1967 – Uwe Daßler, German swimmer
• 1967 – Hank Gathers, American basketball player (d. 1990)
• 1967 – Ty Treadway, American actor and talk show host
• 1968 – Mo Willems, American author
• 1969 – Jennifer Aniston, American actress, director, and producer
• 1969 – Andreas Hilfiker, Swiss footballer
• 1969 – P. J. Sparxx, American porn actress
• 1970 – Fredrik Thordendal, Swedish guitarist and songwriter (Meshuggah)
• 1971 – Damian Lewis, English actor and producer
• 1971 – Evan Tanner, American mixed martial artist (d. 2008)
• 1972 – Brian Daubach, American baseball player
• 1972 – Craig Jones, American keyboard player (Slipknot)
• 1972 – Steve McManaman, English footballer
• 1972 – Bernd Meier, German footballer (d. 2012)
• 1972 – Kelly Slater, American surfer
• 1972 – Noboru Yamaguchi, Japanese author (d. 2013)
• 1973 – Jeon Do-yeon, South Korean actress
• 1973 – Shawn Hernandez, American wrestler
• 1973 – Ethan Iverson, American pianist and composer (The Bad Plus)
• 1973 – Varg Vikernes, Norwegian guitarist and songwriter (Burzum, Mayhem, and Old Funeral)
• 1974 – D'Angelo, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Soulquarians)
• 1974 – Nick Barmby, English footballer
• 1974 – Alex Jones, American radio host and author
• 1974 – Isaiah Mustafa, American football player and actor
• 1974 – Dominique Perras, Canadian cyclist
• 1974 – Jaroslav Špaček, Czech ice hockey player
• 1974 – Zain Verjee, American journalist
• 1975 – Andy Lally, American race car driver
• 1975 – Marek Špilár, Slovak footballer
• 1975 – Jacque Vaughn, American basketball player
• 1976 – Tony Battie, American basketball player
• 1976 – Brice Beckham, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1976 – Peter Hayes, American singer and guitarist (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club)
• 1976 – Jorge Luiz dos Santos Dias, Brazilian footballer
• 1976 – André Wickström, Finnish-Swedish comedian and actor
• 1977 – Ioannis Okkas, Cypriot footballer
• 1977 – Mike Shinoda, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Linkin Park and Fort Minor)
• 1979 – Brandy Norwood, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1980 – Mark Bresciano, Australian footballer
• 1980 – Titi Buengo, Angolan footballer
• 1980 – Matthew Lawrence, American actor
• 1980 – Cormac McAnallen, Irish footballer (d. 2004)
• 1981 – Kelly Rowland, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (Destiny's Child)
• 1981 – Scot Thompson, American soccer player
• 1982 – Natalie Dormer, English actress
• 1982 – Neil Robertson, Australian snooker player
• 1982 – Jürgen Schmid, German footballer
• 1983 – Nicki Clyne, Canadian actress
• 1983 – Tony Curtis, American football player
• 1983 – Emmanuel Krontiris, German footballer
• 1983 – Huang Shengyi, Chinese actress and singer
• 1983 – Tihhon Šišov, Estonian footballer
• 1983 – Rafael van der Vaart, Dutch footballer
• 1983 – Andrew Welsh, Australian footballer
• 1984 – Maarten Heisen, Dutch sprinter
• 1984 – Marco Marcato, Italian cyclist
• 1984 – Aubrey O'Day, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (Danity Kane)
• 1984 – Maxime Talbot, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1985 – Harris Allan, Canadian actor
• 1985 – William Beckett, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Academy Is...)
• 1985 – Mike Richards, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1986 – Kees Luyckx, Dutch footballer
• 1987 – Brian Matusz, American baseball player
• 1987 – Jan Smeekens, Dutch speed skater
• 1987 – Ellen van Dijk, Dutch cyclist
• 1988 – Junjun, Chinese-Japanese singer (Morning Musume and v-u-den)
• 1989 – Alexander Büttner, Dutch footballer
• 1989 – Lovi Poe, Filipino singer and actress
• 1990 – Princess Ayah bint Al Faisal of Jordanian
• 1990 – Javier Aquino, Mexican footballer
• 1990 – Go Ara, South Korean actress
• 1991 – Georgia May Foote, English actress
• 1991 – Hwang Chansung, South Korean singer and actor (2PM)
• 1992 – Taylor Lautner, American actor and martial artist
• 1994 – Dominic Janes, American actor
• 1994 – Katherine Miranda Chang, Peruvian tennis player

Deaths [edit]

• 55 – Britannicus, Roman son of Claudius (b. 41)
• 244 – Gordian III, Roman emperor (b. 225)
• 641 – Heraclius, Byzantine emperor (b. 575)
• 731 – Pope Gregory II (b. 669)
• 824 – Pope Paschal I
• 1141 – Hugh of Saint Victor, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1096)
• 1160 – Minamoto no Yoshitomo, Japanese general (b. 1123)
• 1503 – Elizabeth of York (b. 1466)
• 1626 – Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (b. 1552)
• 1650 – René Descartes, French philosopher and mathematician (b. 1596)
• 1755 – Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian playwright, critic, and archaeologist (b. 1675)
• 1762 – Johann Tobias Krebs, German organist and composer (b. 1690)
• 1763 – William Shenstone, English poet (b. 1714)
• 1795 – Carl Michael Bellman, Swedish poet and composer (b. 1740)
• 1797 – Antoine Dauvergne, French violinist and composer (b. 1713)
• 1829 – Aleksander Griboyedov, Russian playwright (b. 1795)
• 1862 – Elizabeth Siddal, English poet and model (b. 1829)
• 1868 – Léon Foucault, French physicist (b. 1819)
• 1879 – Honoré Daumier, French illustrator and painter (b. 1808)
• 1901 – Milan I of Serbia (b. 1855)
• 1917 – Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician (b. 1872)
• 1918 – Alexey Kaledin, Russian general (b. 1861)
• 1923 – Wilhelm Killing, German mathematician (b. 1847)
• 1931 – Charles Algernon Parsons, English-Irish engineer, invented the steam turbine (b. 1854)
• 1935 – Germanos Karavangelis, Greek bishop (b. 1866)
• 1939 – Franz Schmidt, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1874)
• 1940 – John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Scottish-Canadian historian and politician, 15th Governor General of Canada (b. 1875)
• 1940 – Ellen Day Hale, American painter(b. 1855)
• 1942 – Jamnalal Bajaj, Indian businessman and philanthropist, founded Bajaj Group (b. 1884)
• 1942 – Ugo Pasquale Mifsud, Maltese politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1889)
• 1945 – Al Dubin, Swiss-American songwriter (b. 1891)
• 1948 – Sergei Eisenstein, Russian director (b. 1898)
• 1954 – Adolph M. Christianson, Norwegian-American jurist (b. 1877)
• 1958 – Ernest Jones, Welsh neurologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1879)
• 1959 – Marshall Teague, American race car driver (b. 1922)
• 1963 – John Olof Dahlgren, Swedish-American corporal, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1872)
• 1963 – Sylvia Plath, American author and poet (b. 1932)
• 1967 – Tran Tu Binh, Vietnamese general and diplomat (b. 1907)
• 1967 – A. J. Muste, Dutch-American clergyman and activist (b. 1885)
• 1968 – Howard Lindsay, American playwright (b. 1888)
• 1968 – Deendayal Upadhyaya, Indian journalist, economist, and politician (b. 1916)
• 1972 – Jan Wils, Dutch architect, designed the Olympic Stadium (b. 1891)
• 1973 – J. Hans D. Jensen, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)
• 1975 – Richard Ratsimandrava, Malagasy soldier and politician, President of Madagascar (b. 1931)
• 1976 – Frank Arnau, German author (b. 1894)
• 1976 – Lee J. Cobb, American actor (b. 1911)
• 1976 – Alexander Lippisch, German pilot (b. 1894)
• 1977 – Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Indian lawyer and politician, 5th President of India (b. 1905)
• 1977 – Louis Beel, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1902)
• 1978 – James Bryant Conant, American chemist, academic, and diplomat, 1st United States Ambassador to West Germany (b. 1893)
• 1978 – Harry Martinson, Swedish sailor and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
• 1981 – Franz Sondheimer, German-English chemist (b. 1926)
• 1982 – Eleanor Powell, American actress and dancer (b. 1912)
• 1982 – Takashi Shimura, Japanese actor (b. 1905)
• 1985 – Ben Abruzzo, American balloonist (b. 1930)
• 1985 – Henry Hathaway, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1898)
• 1985 – Heinz Eric Roemheld, American composer (b. 1901)
• 1986 – Frank Herbert, American author (b. 1920)
• 1986 – Evelio Javier, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1942)
• 1989 – George O'Hanlon, American actor and director (b. 1912)
• 1993 – Kamal Amrohi, Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1918)
• 1993 – Robert W. Holley, American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1922)
• 1993 – George A. Stephen, American businessman, founded Weber-Stephen Products (b. 1922)
• 1994 – Neil Bonnett, American race car driver (b. 1946)
• 1994 – Sorrell Booke, American actor (b. 1930)
• 1994 – William Conrad, American actor, producer, and director (b. 1920)
• 1994 – Paul Feyerabend, Austrian philosopher (b. 1924)
• 1994 – Nicole Germain, Canadian actress (b. 1917)
• 1996 – Kebby Musokotwane, Zambian politician, 5th Prime Minister of Zambia (b. 1946)
• 1996 – Cyril Poole, English cricketer (b. 1921)
• 1996 – Amelia Rosselli, Italian poet (b. 1930)
• 1996 – Bob Shaw, Irish author (b. 1931)
• 1997 – Don Porter, American actor (b. 1912)
• 2000 – Jacqueline Auriol, French pilot (b. 1917)
• 2000 – Roger Vadim, French director, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1928)
• 2002 – Frankie Crosetti, American baseball player (b. 1910)
• 2002 – Barry Foster, English actor (b. 1931)
• 2003 – Moses Hogan, American composer and pianist (b. 1957)
• 2004 – Shirley Strickland, Australian runner (b. 1925)
• 2005 – Jack L. Chalker, American author (b. 1944)
• 2005 – Guy Lechasseur, Canadian politician (b. 1916)
• 2005 – Stan Richards English actor (b. 1930)
• 2006 – Peter Benchley, American author (b. 1940)
• 2006 – Ken Fletcher, Australian tennis player (b. 1940)
• 2006 – Jackie Pallo, English wrestler (b. 1926)
• 2006 – Jockey Shabalala, South African singer (Ladysmith Black Mambazo) (b. 1943)
• 2007 – Marianne Fredriksson, Swedish author (b. 1927)
• 2008 – Tom Lantos, American politician (b. 1928)
• 2008 – Frank Piasecki, American engineer (b. 1919)
• 2009 – Estelle Bennett, American singer (The Ronettes) (b. 1941)
• 2009 – Willem Johan Kolff, Dutch-American physician (b. 1911)
• 2010 – Heward Grafftey, Canadian politician and businessman (b. 1928)
• 2010 – Alexander McQueen, English fashion designer, founded Alexander McQueen (b. 1969)
• 2011 – Bad News Brown, Haitian-Canadian rapper (b. 1977)
• 2011 – Tom Carnegie, American announcer (b. 1919)
• 2011 – Chuck Tanner, American baseball player (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Whitney Houston, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (b. 1963)
• 2013 – Tom Aspell, New Zealand-American journalist and producer (b. 1950)
• 2013 – Jim Boatwright, American basketball player (b. 1952)
• 2013 – Kelefa Diallo, Guinean general (b. 1959)
• 2013 – Kevin Gray, American actor (b. 1958)
• 2013 – Yasuko Hatoyama, Japanese financier (b. 1922)
• 2013 – Rick Huxley, English bass player (The Dave Clark Five) (b. 1940)
• 2013 – Kevin Peek, Australian guitarist (Sky) (b. 1946)
• 2013 – Rem Viakhirev, Russian businessman (b. 1934)
• 2013 – Pavlo Vigderhaus, Ukrainian architect (b. 1925)
• 2013 – D. Vinayachandran, Indian poet (b. 1946)
• 2013 – Matthew White, American basketball player (b. 1957)
• 2013 – Alfred Zijai, Albanian footballer (b. 1961)

Holidays and observances [edit]

• Armed Forces Day (Liberia)
• Christian Feast Day:
  • Benedict of Aniane
  • Blaise
  • Cædmon, first recorded Christian Poet in England, circa 680 CE (Anglicanism)
  • Gregory II
  • Gobnait
  • February 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Evelio Javier Day (Panay Island, the Philippines)
• Feast day of Our Lady of Lourdes (Catholic Church), and its related observances:
  • World Day of the Sick (Roman Catholic Church)
• Islamic Revolution’s Victory Day (Iran)
• National Foundation Day (Japan)
• Inventors' Day (United States)
• Youth Day (Cameroon)

External links [edit]

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