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February 11th, 2008 (February 11 2008)EventIn East Timor, assassination attempts were made on Xanana Gusmao and Jose Ramos-Horta. Both failed.
February 11th, 2008 (February 11 2008)DeathTom Lantos, member of the United States House of Representatives (born in 1928)Tom Lantos Quotes
February 11th, 2008 (February 11 2008)DeathFrank Piasecki, American aeronautical designer (born in 1919)
February 11th, 1978 (February 11 1978)EventCensorship: the People s Republic of China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, Shakespeare and Dickens. Aristotle Quotes
February 11th, 1978 (February 11 1978)DeathJames B Conant, American chemist and university president (born in 1893)
February 11th, 1978 (February 11 1978)DeathHarry Martinson, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (born in 1904)
February 11th, 1968 (February 11 1968)EventIsraeli-Jordanian border clashes.
February 11th, 1968 (February 11 1968)DeathHoward Lindsay, American playwright (born in 1888)
February 11th, 1958 (February 11 1958)DeathErnest Jones, British psychonanalyst (born in 1879)
February 11th, 1948 (February 11 1948)EventJohn Costello succeeds Eamon de Valera as Taoiseach of Ireland.
February 11th, 1948 (February 11 1948)DeathSergei Eisenstein, Latvian film director (born in 1898)
February 11th, 1938 (February 11 1938)EventBBC 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".Karel Capek Quotes
February 11th, 1938 (February 11 1938)BirthBevan Congdon, New Zealand cricketer
February 11th, 1938 (February 11 1938)BirthSimone de Oliveira, Portuguese actress
February 11th, 1938 (February 11 1938)BirthManuel Noriega, Panamanian general
February 11th, 1938 (February 11 1938)BirthBobby "Boris" Pickett, American singer and songwriter (died in 2007)
February 11th, 1908 (February 11 1908)BirthPhilip Dunne, American screenwriter, director and producer (died in 1992)
February 11th, 1908 (February 11 1908)BirthVivian Ernest Fuchs, English geologist (died in 1999)
February 11th, 1898 (February 11 1898)BirthLeo Szilard, Hungarian-born physicist (died in 1964)Leo Szilard Quotes
February 11th, 1868 (February 11 1868)DeathLeon Foucault, French astronomer (born in 1819)
February 11th, 1858 (February 11 1858)EventThe Blessed Virgin Mary reputedly appears to Saint Bernadette Soubirous of Lourdes.
February 11th, 1808 (February 11 1808)EventAnthracite coal is first burned as fuel, experimentally.
February 11th, 1568 (February 11 1568)BirthHonore d Urfe, French writer (died in 1625)

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