February 11
1805
Lewis and Clark’s Shoshone guide Sacajawea gave birth to a son, Jean Baptiste.
1809
Robert Fulton patented the steamboat.
1858
Saint 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 Vatican City.
1945
Yalta Agreement signed by President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet leader Josef Stalin during World War II.
1970
Japan became the fourth country to put a satellite into orbit.
1979
Ayatollah Khomeini’s followers seized control of the Iran government.
1989
The Episcopal Church Boston diocese consecrated Barbara Harris as the church’s first woman bishop.
1990
South African resistance leader, Nelson Mandela, was released from prison after more than 27 years.
2011
As a result of the Arab Spring protests, Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak announces his resignation and hands power of the country over to the military.
2012
Pop star Whitney Houston died at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angeles, the night before the annual Grammy Awards.
Birthdays
Thomas Edison
1847–1931, American Inventor.
Lydia Child
author and abolitionist (1802)
Alexander H. Stephens
political leader (1812)
Sir Vivian Ernest Fuchs
geologist and explorer (1908)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
director, screenwriter, producer (1909)
Eva Gabor
actor (1919)
Farouk I
king of Egypt (1920)
Burt Reynolds
actor (1936)
Manuel Noriega
Panamanian General (1938)
Sheryl Crow
singer (1962)
Jennifer Aniston
actress (1969)