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February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 323 days remain until the end of the year (324 in leap years).

Events[]

  • 660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.
  • AD 55Tiberius 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.
  • 1177John de Courcy's army defeats the native Dunleavey Clan in Ulster. The English establish themselves in Ulster.
  • 1534Henry 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.
  • 1659The 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.
  • 1808Jesse Fell burns anthracite on an open grate as an experiment in heating homes with coal.
  • 1812Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry "gerrymanders" for the first time.
  • 1823Carnival tragedy of 1823: About 110 boys are killed during a stampede at the Convent of the Minori Osservanti in Valletta, Malta.
  • 1826University College London is founded as University of London.
  • 1840Gaetano Donizetti's opera La fille du régiment receives its first performance in Paris, France.
  • 1843Giuseppe 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.
  • 1858Bernadette Soubirous's first vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lourdes, France.
  • 1861American 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.
  • 1889Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted; the first National Diet convenes in 1890.
  • 1903Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
  • 1906Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer Nos.
  • 1919Friedrich Ebert (SPD), is elected President of Germany.
  • 1929Kingdom of Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty.
  • 1937 – A sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers.
  • 1938BBC 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.
  • 1964Greeks 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.
  • 1973Vietnam War: First release of American prisoners of war from Vietnam takes place.
  • 1978Censorship: 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 100,000 US gallons (380 m3) of radioactive coolant leak into the containment building of TVA Sequoyah 1 nuclear plant in Tennessee, contaminating eight workers.
  • 1990Nelson 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.
  • 1997Space 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[]

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

Deaths[]

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

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