February 11

Events

 * 660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.
 * AD 55 – Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman emperorship, dies under mysterious circumstances in Rome. This clears the way for Nero to become Emperor.
 * 244 – Emperor Gordian III is murdered by mutinous soldiers in Zaitha (Mesopotamia). A mound is raised at Carchemish in his memory.
 * 1177 – John de Courcy's army defeats the native Dunleavey Clan in Ulster. The English establish themselves in Ulster.
 * 1534 – Henry VIII of England is recognized as supreme head of the Church of England.
 * 1626 – Emperor Susenyos I of Ethiopia and Patriarch Afonso Mendes declare the primacy of the Roman See over the Ethiopian Church, and Catholicism to be the state religion of Ethiopia.
 * 1659 – The assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses.
 * 1790 – The Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, petitions U.S. Congress for the abolition of slavery.
 * 1794 – First session of United States Senate opens to the public.
 * 1808 – Jesse Fell burns anthracite on an open grate as an experiment in heating homes with coal.
 * 1812 – Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry "gerrymanders" for the first time.
 * 1823 – Carnival tragedy of 1823: About 110 boys are killed during a stampede at the Convent of the Minori Osservanti in Valletta, Malta.
 * 1826 – University College London is founded as University of London.
 * 1840 – Gaetano Donizetti's opera La fille du régiment receives its first performance in Paris, France.
 * 1843 – Giuseppe Verdi's opera I Lombardi alla prima crociata receives its first performance in Milan, Italy.
 * 1855 – Kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia, by Abuna Salama III in a ceremony at the church of Derasge Maryam
 * 1856 – The Kingdom of Awadh is annexed by the British East India Company and Wajid Ali Shah, the king of Awadh, is imprisoned and later exiled to Calcutta.
 * 1858 – Bernadette Soubirous's first vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lourdes, France.
 * 1861 – American Civil War: The United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state.
 * 1873 – King Amadeo I of Spain abdicates.
 * 1889 – Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted; the first National Diet convenes in 1890.
 * 1903 – Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
 * 1906 – Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer Nos.
 * 1919 – Friedrich Ebert (SPD), is elected President of Germany.
 * 1929 – Kingdom of Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty.
 * 1937 – A sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers.
 * 1938 – BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television program, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".
 * 1939 – A Lockheed P-38 Lightning flies from California to New York in 7 hours 2 minutes.
 * 1942 –World War II: The Battle of Bukit Timah is fought in Singapore.
 * 1943 – World War II: General Dwight D. Eisenhower is selected to command the allied armies in Europe.
 * 1953 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower denies all appeals for clemency for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
 * 1953  – The Soviet Union breaks off diplomatic relations with Israel.
 * 1959 – The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South, which will later become South Yemen, is created as a protectorate of the United Kingdom.
 * 1964 – Greeks and Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus.
 * 1968 – Israeli–Jordanian border clashes rage.
 * 1968  – The Memphis Sanitation strike begins.
 * 1971 – Eighty-seven countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union, sign the Seabed Arms Control Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons on the ocean floor in international waters.
 * 1973 – Vietnam War: First release of American prisoners of war from Vietnam takes place.
 * 1978 – Censorship: China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens.
 * 1979 – The Iranian Revolution establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
 * 1981 – Around 100000 USgal of radioactive coolant leak into the containment building of TVA Sequoyah 1 nuclear plant in Tennessee, contaminating eight workers.
 * 1990 – Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner.
 * 1990  – Buster Douglas, a 42:1 underdog, knocks out Mike Tyson in ten rounds at Tokyo to win boxing's world Heavyweight title and cause the largest upset in sports history.
 * 1997 – Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
 * 2001 – A Dutch programmer launched the Anna Kournikova virus infecting millions of emails via a trick photo of the tennis star.
 * 2008 – Rebel East Timorese soldiers seriously wound President José Ramos-Horta. Rebel leader Alfredo Reinado is killed in the attack.
 * 2008  – Namdaemun, a 550-year-old gate in South Korea, was toppled by fire.
 * 2011 – The first wave of the Egyptian revolution culminates in the resignation of Hosni Mubarak and the transfer of power to the Supreme Military Council after 18 days of protests.
 * 2014 – A military transport plane crashes in a mountainous area of Oum El Bouaghi Province in eastern Algeria, killing 77 people.
 * 2015 – A university student was murdered as she resisted an attempted rape in Turkey, sparking nationwide protests and public outcry against harassment and violence against women.
 * 2016 – A man shoots six people dead at an education center in Jizan Province, Saudi Arabia.

Births

 * 1261 – Otto III, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1312)
 * 1380 – Poggio Bracciolini, Italian scholar and translator (d. 1459)
 * 1466 – Elizabeth of York (d. 1503)
 * 1535 – Pope Gregory XIV (d. 1591)
 * 1568 – Honoré d'Urfé, French author and playwright (d. 1625)
 * 1649 – William Carstares, Scottish minister and academic (d. 1715)
 * 1657 – Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, French poet and playwright (d. 1757)
 * 1708 – Egidio Duni, Italian composer (d. 1775)
 * 1755 – Albert Christoph Dies, German composer and painter (d. 1822)
 * 1764 – Joseph Chénier, French poet and playwright (d. 1811)
 * 1776 – Ioannis Kapodistrias, Greek politician, 1st Governor of Greece (d. 1831)
 * 1796 – Giovanni Pacini, Italian composer and educator (d. 1867)
 * 1799 – Basil Moreau, French priest, founded the Congregation of Holy Cross (d. 1873)
 * 1800 – Henry Fox Talbot, English photographer and politician, invented the calotype (d. 1877)
 * 1802 – Lydia Maria Child, American journalist, author, and activist (d. 1880)
 * 1805 – Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, American explorer (d. 1866)
 * 1812 – Alexander H. Stephens, American lawyer and politician, Vice President of the Confederate States of America (d. 1883)
 * 1813 – Otto Ludwig, German author, playwright, and critic (d. 1865)
 * 1821 – Auguste Mariette, French archaeologist and scholar (d. 1881)
 * 1830 – Hans Bronsart von Schellendorff, Prussian pianist and composer (d. 1913)
 * 1833 – Melville Fuller, American lawyer and jurist, 8th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1910)
 * 1839 – Josiah Willard Gibbs, American physicist, mathematician, and academic (d. 1903)
 * 1845 – Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Ottoman soldier and politician, 272nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1936)
 * 1847 – Thomas Edison, American engineer and businessman, developed the light bulb and phonograph (d. 1931)
 * 1855 – Ellen Day Hale, American painter and author (d. 1940)
 * 1860 – Rachilde, French author and playwright (d. 1953)
 * 1863 – John F. Fitzgerald, American politician; Mayor of Boston (d. 1950)
 * 1869 – Helene Kröller-Müller, German-Dutch art collector and philanthropist, founded the Kröller-Müller Museum (d. 1939)
 * 1869  – Else Lasker-Schüler, German poet and author (d. 1945)
 * 1874 – Elsa Beskow, Swedish author and illustrator (d. 1953)
 * 1881 – Carlo Carrà, Italian painter (d. 1966)
 * 1887 – Beulah Louise Henry, American Inventor (d. 1973)
 * 1891 – J. W. Hearne English cricketer (d. 1965)
 * 1897 – Emil Leon Post, Polish-American mathematician and logician (d.1954)
 * 1898 – Leo Szilard, Hungarian-American physicist and academic (d. 1964)
 * 1900 – Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher and scholar (d. 2002)
 * 1900  – Jōsei Toda, Japanese educator and activist (d. 1958)
 * 1902 – Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect, designed Aarhus City Hall and Radisson Blu Royal Hotel (d. 1971)
 * 1904 – Keith Holyoake, New Zealand farmer and politician, 26th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1983)
 * 1908 – Philip Dunne, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1992)
 * 1908  – Vivian Fuchs, English geologist and explorer (d. 1999)
 * 1909 – Max Baer, American boxer and actor (d. 1959)
 * 1909  – Joseph L. Mankiewicz, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1993)
 * 1912 – Rudolf Firkušný, Czech-American pianist and educator (d. 1994)
 * 1914 – Matt Dennis, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2002)
 * 1915 – Patrick Leigh Fermor, English soldier, author, and scholar (d. 2011)
 * 1915  – Richard Hamming, American mathematician and academic (d. 1998)
 * 1917 – Sidney Sheldon, American author and screenwriter (d. 2007)
 * 1919 – Eva Gabor, Hungarian-American actress, socialite and businesswoman (d. 1995)
 * 1920 – Farouk of Egypt (d. 1965)
 * 1920  – Daniel F. Galouye, American author (d. 1976)
 * 1920  – Billy Halop, American actor (d. 1976)
 * 1920  – Dorothea Krook-Gilead, Latvian-South African author and translator (d. 1989)
 * 1920  – Daniel James, Jr., American general and pilot (d. 1978)
 * 1921 – Lloyd Bentsen, American colonel and politician, 69th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 2006)
 * 1921  – Ottavio Missoni, Italian hurdler and fashion designer, founded Missoni (d. 2013)
 * 1921  – Edward Seidensticker, American scholar and translator (d. 2007)
 * 1923 – Antony Flew, English philosopher and academic (d. 2010)
 * 1925 – Virginia E. Johnson, American psychologist and academic (d. 2013)
 * 1925  – Kim Stanley, American actress (d. 2001)
 * 1926 – Paul Bocuse, French chef
 * 1926  – Leslie Nielsen, Canadian-American actor and producer (d. 2010)
 * 1927 – Sinclair Stevens, Canadian businessman, lawyer, and politician
 * 1930 – Roy De Forest, American painter and academic (d. 2007)
 * 1932 – Dennis Skinner, English miner and politician
 * 1934 – Mel Carnahan, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 51st Governor of Missouri (d. 2000)
 * 1934  – Tina Louise, American actress and singer
 * 1934  – Manuel Noriega, Panamanian general and politician, Military Leader of Panama
 * 1934  – Mary Quant, English-Welsh fashion designer
 * 1934  – John Surtees, English motorcycle racer and race car driver
 * 1934  – David Taylor, English veterinarian and television host (d. 2013)
 * 1935 – Gene Vincent, American singer and guitarist (d. 1971)
 * 1936 – Burt Reynolds, American actor and director
 * 1937 – Bill Lawry, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
 * 1937  – Eddie Shack, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1937  – Phillip Walker, American singer and guitarist (d. 2010)
 * 1938 – Simone de Oliveira, Portuguese actress and singer
 * 1938  – Bobby Pickett, American singer-songwriter (d. 2007)
 * 1939 – Gerry Goffin, American songwriter (d. 2014)
 * 1939  – Jane Yolen, American author and poet
 * 1940 – Mick Staton, American soldier and politician (d. 2014)
 * 1941 – Sérgio Mendes, Brazilian pianist and composer
 * 1942 – Otis Clay, American singer-songwriter (d. 2016)
 * 1943 – Joselito, Spanish singer and actor
 * 1943  – Serge Lama, French singer-songwriter
 * 1943  – Alan Rubin, American trumpet player (d. 2011)
 * 1943  – Stan Szelest American keyboard player (d. 1991)
 * 1944 – Mike Oxley, American lawyer and politician (d. 2016)
 * 1944]] – Joy Williams (American writer) American novelist, short story writer, and essayist
 * 1945 – Burhan Ghalioun, Syrian academic and politician
 * 1946 – Pierre Curzi, Canadian actor, screenwriter, and politician
 * 1946  – Ian Porterfield, Scottish-English footballer and manager (d. 2007)
 * 1947 – Yukio Hatoyama, Japanese engineer and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Japan
 * 1947  – Johnny Manahan, Filipino actor, director, and screenwriter
 * 1947  – Derek Shulman, Scottish singer-songwriter and producer
 * 1948 – Al Johnson, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2013)
 * 1948  – Yoshihito, Prince Katsura of Japan (d. 2014)
 * 1953 – Philip Anglim, American actor
 * 1953  – Jeb Bush, American banker and politician, 43rd Governor of Florida
 * 1953  – Tom Veryzer, American baseball player (d. 2014)
 * 1954 – Wesley Strick, American director and screenwriter
 * 1956 – Catherine Hickland, American actress
 * 1956  – Didier Lockwood, French violinist (Magma)
 * 1957 – Peter Klashorst, Dutch painter, sculptor, and photographer
 * 1957  – Mitchell Symons, English writer
 * 1959 – Deborah Meaden, English businesswoman
 * 1959  – Roberto Moreno, Brazilian race car driver
 * 1959  – Marzieh Vahid-Dastjerdi, Iranian educator and politician, Iranian Minister of Health
 * 1960 – Momus, Scottish-Japanese author, journalist, and songwriter
 * 1960  – Richard Mastracchio, American engineer and astronaut
 * 1961 – Carey Lowell, American model and actress
 * 1962 – Tammy Baldwin, American lawyer and politician
 * 1962  – Sheryl Crow, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
 * 1962  – Bestia Salvaje, Mexican wrestler (d. 2008)
 * 1963 – José Mari Bakero, Spanish footballer and manager
 * 1964 – Adrian Hasler, Liechtensteiner police officer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Liechtenstein
 * 1964  – Sarah Palin, American journalist and politician, 9th Governor of Alaska
 * 1964  – Ken Shamrock, American martial artist and wrestler
 * 1966 – Dieudonné M'bala M'bala, French comedian, actor, and activist
 * 1967 – Hank Gathers, American basketball player (d. 1990)
 * 1967  – Paul McLoone, Irish singer, former radio producer, radio presenter, and voice actor
 * 1967  – Ty Treadway, American actor and talk show host
 * 1968 – Mo Willems, American author and illustrator
 * 1969 – Jennifer Aniston, American actress and producer
 * 1969  – Andreas Hilfiker, Swiss footballer
 * 1969  – John Salako, Nigerian-English footballer, manager, and sportscaster
 * 1970 – Fredrik Thordendal, Swedish guitarist and songwriter
 * 1971 – Damian Lewis, English actor
 * 1971  – Evan Tanner, American mixed martial artist (d. 2008)
 * 1972 – Craig Jones, American keyboard player
 * 1972  – Steve McManaman, English footballer
 * 1972  – Bernd Meier, German footballer and coach (d. 2012)
 * 1973 – Hernandez, American wrestler and promoter
 * 1973  – Varg Vikernes, Norwegian guitarist and songwriter
 * 1974 – D'Angelo, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
 * 1974  – Nick Barmby, English footballer and manager
 * 1974  – Alex Jones, American radio host and author
 * 1974  – Isaiah Mustafa, American football player and actor
 * 1974  – Jaroslav Špaček, Czech ice hockey player and coach
 * 1974  – Zain Verjee, Kenyan-Canadian journalist
 * 1975 – Jacque Vaughn, American basketball player and coach
 * 1976 – Tony Battie, American basketball player and sportscaster
 * 1976  – Peter Hayes, American singer and guitarist
 * 1977 – Ioannis Okkas, Cypriot footballer and manager
 * 1977  – Mike Shinoda, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
 * 1979 – Brandy Norwood, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
 * 1980 – Mark Bresciano, Australian footballer
 * 1980  – Matthew Lawrence, American actor
 * 1980  – Cormac McAnallen, Irish footballer (d. 2004)
 * 1981 – Kelly Rowland, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
 * 1982 – Natalie Dormer, English actress
 * 1982  – Ľubomíra Kalinová, Slovak biathlete
 * 1983 – Rafael van der Vaart, Dutch footballer
 * 1984 – Maarten Heisen, Dutch sprinter
 * 1984  – Marco Marcato, Italian cyclist
 * 1984  – Aubrey O'Day, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
 * 1984  – Maxime Talbot, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1985 – William Beckett, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Academy Is...)
 * 1985  – Mike Richards, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1986 – Abu Omar al-Shishani, Georgian commander (d. 2016)
 * 1986  – Robin Hawkins, Welsh singer and bass player
 * 1986  – Kees Luyckx, Dutch footballer
 * 1987 – Ebba Busch Thor, Swedish politician
 * 1987  – Brian Matusz, American baseball player
 * 1987  – Jan Smeekens, Dutch speed skater
 * 1987  – Ellen van Dijk, Dutch cyclist
 * 1988 – Vlad Moldoveanu, Romanian basketball player
 * 1988  – Alwyn Uytingco, Filipino actor
 * 1989 – Alexander Büttner, Dutch footballer
 * 1990 – Javier Aquino, Mexican footballer
 * 1991 – Hwang Chansung, South Korean singer-songwriter
 * 1991  – Georgia May Foote, English actress
 * 1992 – Lasse Norman Hansen, Danish cyclist
 * 1992  – Taylor Lautner, American actor and martial artist
 * 1993 – Saana Saarteinen, Finnish tennis player
 * 1994 – Katherine Miranda Chang, Peruvian tennis player
 * 1995 – Yang Zhaoxuan, Chinese tennis player

Deaths

 * AD 55 – Britannicus, Roman son of Claudius (b. 41)
 * 244 – Gordian III, Roman emperor (b. 225)
 * 641 – Heraclius, Byzantine emperor (b. 575)
 * 731 – Pope Gregory II (b. 669)
 * 806 – Emperor Shunzong of Tang (b. 761)
 * 824 – Pope Paschal I
 * 1127 – William IX, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 1071)
 * 1141 – Hugh of Saint Victor, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1096)
 * 1160 – Minamoto no Yoshitomo, Japanese general (b. 1123)
 * 1324 – Karl von Trier, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
 * 1358 – Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah, first Bahmani Sultan of Deccan
 * 1503 – Elizabeth of York (b. 1466)
 * 1626 – Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1552)
 * 1650 – René Descartes, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1596)
 * 1755 – Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist, playwright, and critic (b. 1675)
 * 1763 – William Shenstone, English poet and gardener (b. 1714)
 * 1795 – Carl Michael Bellman, Swedish poet and composer (b. 1740)
 * 1829 – Alexander Griboyedov, Russian poet, playwright, and composer (b. 1795)
 * 1862 – Elizabeth Siddal, English poet and model (b. 1829)
 * 1868 – Léon Foucault, French physicist and academic (b. 1819)
 * 1901 – Milan I of Serbia (b. 1855)
 * 1917 – Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician and epidemiologist (b. 1872)
 * 1918 – Alexey Kaledin, Russian general (b. 1861)
 * 1923 – Wilhelm Killing, German mathematician and academic (b. 1847)
 * 1931 – Charles Algernon Parsons, English-Irish engineer, invented the steam turbine (b. 1854)
 * 1935 – Germanos Karavangelis, Greek-Austrian metropolitan (b. 1866)
 * 1940 – John Buchan, Scottish-Canadian historian and politician, 15th Governor General of Canada (b. 1875)
 * 1940  – Ellen Day Hale, American painter and author (b. 1855)
 * 1942 – Jamnalal Bajaj, Indian businessman and philanthropist, founded Bajaj Group (b. 1884)
 * 1942  – Ugo Pasquale Mifsud, Maltese politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1889)
 * 1947 – Martin Klein, Estonian wrestler and coach (b. 1884)
 * 1948 – Sergei Eisenstein, Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1898)
 * 1958 – Ernest Jones, Welsh neurologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1879)
 * 1959 – Marshall Teague, American race car driver (b. 1922)
 * 1963 – John Olof Dahlgren, Swedish-American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1872)
 * 1963  – Sylvia Plath, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1932)
 * 1967 – Trần Tử Bình, Vietnamese general and diplomat (b. 1907)
 * 1967  – A. J. Muste, Dutch-American minister and activist (b. 1885)
 * 1968 – Howard Lindsay, American actor, director, producer, and playwright (b. 1888)
 * 1968  – Deendayal Upadhyaya, Indian journalist, economist, and politician (b. 1916)
 * 1973 – J. Hans D. Jensen, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)
 * 1975 – Richard Ratsimandrava, Malagasy colonel and politician, President of Madagascar (b. 1931)
 * 1976 – Lee J. Cobb, American actor (b. 1911)
 * 1976  – Alexander Lippisch, German pilot and engineer (b. 1894)
 * 1977 – Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Indian lawyer and politician, 5th President of India (b. 1905)
 * 1977  – Louis Beel, Dutch academic and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1902)
 * 1978 – James Bryant Conant, American chemist, academic, and diplomat, 1st United States Ambassador to West Germany (b. 1893)
 * 1978  – Harry Martinson, Swedish novelist, essayist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
 * 1982 – Eleanor Powell, American actress and dancer (b. 1912)
 * 1985 – Henry Hathaway, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1898)
 * 1985  – C. Suntharalingam, Sri Lankan academic, lawyer, and politician (b. 1895)
 * 1986 – Frank Herbert, American journalist and author (b. 1920)
 * 1986  – Evelio Javier, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1942)
 * 1989 – George O'Hanlon, American actor and voice artist (b. 1912)
 * 1993 – Kamal Amrohi, Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1918)
 * 1993  – Robert W. Holley, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1922)
 * 1994 – Neil Bonnett, American race car driver and sportscaster (b. 1946)
 * 1994  – Sorrell Booke, American lieutenant, actor, and director (b. 1930)
 * 1994  – William Conrad, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1920)
 * 1994  – Paul Feyerabend, Austrian-Swiss philosopher and academic (b. 1924)
 * 1994  – Nicole Germain, Canadian actress and journalist (b. 1917)
 * 1996 – Kebby Musokotwane, Zambian politician, 5th Prime Minister of Zambia (b. 1946)
 * 1996  – Amelia Rosselli, Italian poet and author (b. 1930)
 * 2000 – Lord Kitchner, Trinidadian singer (b. 1922)
 * 2000  – Roger Vadim, French director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
 * 2002 – Frankie Crosetti, American baseball player and coach (b. 1910)
 * 2002  – Barry Foster, English actor (b. 1931)
 * 2004 – Shirley Strickland, Australian runner and coach (b. 1925)
 * 2005 – Jack L. Chalker, American author (b. 1944)
 * 2006 – Peter Benchley, American author and screenwriter (b. 1940)
 * 2006  – Ken Fletcher, Australian tennis player (b. 1940)
 * 2006  – Jackie Pallo, English wrestler and actor (b. 1926)
 * 2008 – Tom Lantos, American lawyer and politician (b. 1928)
 * 2008  – Frank Piasecki, American engineer (b. 1919)
 * 2009 – Estelle Bennett, American singer (b. 1941)
 * 2009  – Willem Johan Kolff, Dutch-American physician and academic (b. 1911)
 * 2010 – Heward Grafftey, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1928)
 * 2010  – Alexander McQueen, English fashion designer, founded his own eponymous brand (b. 1969)
 * 2011 – Chuck Tanner, American baseball player and manager (b. 1928)
 * 2012 – Siri Bjerke, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of the Environment (b. 1958)
 * 2012  – Aharon Davidi, Israeli general (b. 1927)
 * 2012  – Whitney Houston, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (b. 1963)
 * 2013 – Tom Aspell, New Zealand-American journalist and producer (b. 1950)
 * 2013  – Jim Boatwright, American basketball player and coach (b. 1952)
 * 2013  – Rick Huxley, English bass player (b. 1940)
 * 2013  – D. Vinayachandran, Indian poet and educator (b. 1946)
 * 2014 – Alice Babs, Swedish singer and actress (b. 1924)
 * 2014  – Tito Canepa, Dominican-American painter (b. 1916)
 * 2014  – Fernando González Pacheco, Spanish-Colombian journalist and actor (b. 1932)
 * 2015 – Anne Cuneo, Swiss journalist and author (b. 1936)
 * 2015  – Roger Hanin, Algeria-born French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1925)
 * 2015  – Bob Simon, American journalist (b. 1941)
 * 2015  – Jerry Tarkanian, American basketball player and coach (b. 1930)
 * 2016 – Kevin Randleman, American mixed martial artist and wrestler (b. 1971)
 * 2016  – Zeng Xuelin, Thai-Chinese footballer and manager (b. 1929)

Holidays and observances

 * Christian feast day:
 * Benedict of Aniane
 * Blaise
 * Cædmon, first recorded Christian poet in England, circa 680 CE (Anglicanism)
 * Fanny Crosby (Episcopal Church (USA))
 * Gobnait
 * Gregory II
 * February 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
 * 112 day (European Union)
 * Armed Forces Day (Liberia)
 * Day of Revenue Service (Azerbaijan)
 * Evelio Javier Day (Panay Island, the Philippines)
 * Feast day of Our Lady of Lourdes (Catholic Church), and its related observance:
 * World Day of the Sick (Roman Catholic Church)
 * Inventors' Day (United States)
 * National Foundation Day (Japan)
 * Youth Day (Cameroon)