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'''February 11'''
'''February 11''' in history:
* 1752, Directory:Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]] Hospital, the first hospital in the [[Directory:United States of America|United States]], opens
* 1794, first session of United States Senate open to the public
* 1809, Robert Fulton patents the steamboat
* 1812, [[Directory:Massachusetts|Massachusetts]] Gov. Elbridge Gerry signed a redistricting law favoring his party --- giving rise to the term "gerrymandering"
* 1814, [[Directory:Norway|Norway]]'s independence is proclaimed, marking the ultimate end of the Kalmar Union
* 1861, President-elect Abraham Lincoln departed Springfield, [[Directory:Illinois|Illinois]], for Washington
* 1929, [[Directory:Italy|Italy]] and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty
* 1937, a sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers Union
* 1938, BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television program, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Capek play R.U.R., which coined the term "robot"
* 1939, Lockheed P-38 flies from [[Directory:California|California]] to [[Directory:New York|New York]] in 7 hours 2 minutes
* 1941, first Gold Record is presented to Glenn Miller for "Chattanooga Choo Choo"
* 1943, Gen. Dwight Eisenhower is selected to command the allied armies in [[Europe]]
* 1953, the Soviet Union breaks off diplomatic relations with [[Directory:Israel|Israel]]
* 1971, 87 countries, including the US, UK, and USSR, sign the Seabed Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons in international waters
* 1973, Vietnam War: First release of American prisoners of war from [[Directory:Vietnam|Vietnam]] takes place
* 1972, McGraw-Hill Publishing Company and Life magazine canceled plans to publish what turned out to be a fake autobiography of reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes
* 1979, Islamic revolution of [[Directory:Iran|Iran]] achieves victory under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
* 1986, Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky was released by the Soviet Union after nine years of captivity as part of an East-West prisoner exchange
* 1990, Nelson Mandela, a political prisoner for 27 years, is freed from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, [[Directory:South Africa|South Africa]]
* 2007, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, marking the 28th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, vowed [[Directory:Iran|Iran]] would not give up uranium enrichment
[[Category:February]] [[Category:Days of the Year]]
