{"id":43641,"date":"2019-02-11T08:05:52","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T14:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=43641"},"modified":"2019-02-11T08:02:04","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T14:02:04","slug":"this-day-in-history-pop-icon-whitney-houston-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=43641","title":{"rendered":"This Day In History &#8212; Pop icon Whitney Houston dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>February 11<\/h4>\n<p>1805<br \/>\nLewis and Clark&#8217;s Shoshone guide Sacajawea gave birth to a son, Jean Baptiste.<\/p>\n<p>1809<br \/>\nRobert Fulton patented the steamboat.<\/p>\n<p>1858<br \/>\nSaint Bernadette of Lourdes first saw a vision of the Virgin Mary at Lourdes, France, leading to the foundation of the shrine of Lourdes.<\/p>\n<p>1929<br \/>\nLateran Treaty was signed, with Italy recognizing the independence and sovereignty of Vatican City.<\/p>\n<p>1945<br \/>\nYalta Agreement signed by President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet leader Josef Stalin during World War II.<\/p>\n<p>1970<br \/>\nJapan became the fourth country to put a satellite into orbit.<\/p>\n<p>1979<br \/>\nAyatollah Khomeini&#8217;s followers seized control of the Iran government.<\/p>\n<p>1989<br \/>\nThe Episcopal Church Boston diocese consecrated Barbara Harris as the church&#8217;s first woman bishop.<\/p>\n<p>1990<br \/>\nSouth African resistance leader, Nelson Mandela, was released from prison after more than 27 years.<\/p>\n<p>2011<br \/>\nAs a result of the Arab Spring protests, Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak announces his resignation and hands power of the country over to the military.<\/p>\n<p>2012<br \/>\nPop star Whitney Houston died at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angeles, the night before the annual Grammy Awards.<\/p>\n<h4>Birthdays<\/h4>\n<p>Thomas Edison<br \/>\n1847\u20131931, American Inventor.<\/p>\n<p>Lydia Child<br \/>\nauthor and abolitionist (1802)<\/p>\n<p>Alexander H. 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