February 11 in history
Events on February 11
Notable events that happened on February 11 in past years.
- 2024
2024 Finnish presidential election: Alexander Stubb is elected as the 13th president of Finland.
Wikipedia article: 2024 Finnish presidential election - 2016
A man shoots seven people dead at an education center in Jizan Province, Saudi Arabia.
Wikipedia article: 2016 Ad Dair shooting - 2013
The Vatican confirms that Pope Benedict XVI will resign the papacy as a result of his advanced age.
Wikipedia article: Pope Benedict XVI - 2001
A Dutch programmer launches the Anna Kournikova virus infecting millions of emails via a trick photo of the tennis star.
Wikipedia article: Anna Kournikova (computer virus) - 1997
The far-right extremist Hungarian National Front introduces the day of honor, a neo-nazi and neo-fascist annual gathering in Budapest
Wikipedia article: Far-right politics - 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.
Wikipedia article: Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314 - 1959
The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South is created as a protectorate of the United Kingdom.
Wikipedia article: Federation of South Arabia - 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. that coined the term "robot".
Wikipedia article: BBC One - 1919
Friedrich Ebert (SPD) is elected President of Germany.
Wikipedia article: Friedrich Ebert - 1873
King Amadeo I of Spain abdicates, triggering the proclamation of the First Spanish Republic.
Wikipedia article: Amadeo I of Spain - 1855
Kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia.
Wikipedia article: Tewodros II - 1826
University College London is founded as University of London.
Wikipedia article: University College London - 1794
First session of United States Senate opens to the public.
Wikipedia article: United States Senate - 1534
At the Convocation of Canterbury, the Catholic bishops comprising the Upper House of the Province of Canterbury agree to style Henry VIII supreme head of the English church and clergy "so far as the law of Christ allows".
- 660 BC
Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.
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