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02/11/1931
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Charles Parsons, inventor of the steam turbine, dies
Type: Death
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02/11/1932
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73øF highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in February
Type: Event
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02/11/1932
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Dennis Skinner, MP
Type: Birth
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02/11/1932
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Jerome Lowenthal, Phila, pianist/prof (Jerusalem Academy of Music)
Type: Birth
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02/11/1934
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Francesco Pennisi, composer
Type: Birth
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02/11/1934
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John Surtees, British race car driver
Type: Birth
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02/11/1934
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Mary Quant, Kent England, fashion designer (Chelsea Look, Mod Look)
Type: Birth
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02/11/1934
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Patrick Holmes Sellors, ophthalmologist
Type: Birth
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02/11/1934
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Tina Louise, NYC, actress (Ginger-Gilligan's Island, Julie-Dallas)
Type: Birth
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02/11/1935
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-11øF (-24øC), Ifrane, Morocco (African record low)
Type: Event
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02/11/1935
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1st US airplane flight with auto slung beneath fuselage, NY
Type: Event
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02/11/1935
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Bent Lorentzen, composer
Type: Birth
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02/11/1935
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Gene Vincent, Norfolk Va, rock guitarist/vocalist (Be-Bop-A-Lula)
Type: Birth
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02/11/1936
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Pumping begins to build Treasure Island in SF Bay
Type: Event
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02/11/1936
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Burt Reynolds, Mich, actor (Evening Shade, Strip Tease, Cannonball)
Type: Birth
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02/11/1937
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44-day sit-down strike at General Motors in Flint Mich ends
Type: Event
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02/11/1937
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Bill Lawry, cricketer (dour Australian lefty opener, Can talk a bit)
Type: Birth
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02/11/1937
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Lodewijk Boer, Dutch violinist/playwright (The Family)
Type: Birth
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02/11/1937
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Marilyn Butler, Rector (Exeter College-Oxford)
Type: Birth
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02/11/1937
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Peter Lashley, cricketer (4 Tests for West Indies 1960-66)
Type: Birth
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02/11/1938
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Steve Casey beats Lou Thesz in Boston, to become wrestling champ
Type: Event
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02/11/1938
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Bevan Congdon, cricketer (NZ batsman of 60s and 70s)
Type: Birth
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02/11/1938
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Boris Majorov, USSR, ice hockey (Olympic-gold-1964)
Type: Birth
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02/11/1938
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Manuel Antonio Noriega, Panamanian general/dictator (-1990)
Type: Birth
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02/11/1938
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Willy Correa de Oliveira, composer
Type: Birth
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02/11/1938
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Yevgeniy Majorov, USSR, ice hockey (Olympic-gold-1964)
Type: Birth
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02/11/1939
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Bryan Gould, MP
Type: Birth
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02/11/1939
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Gerry Goffin, Queens NY, rock lyricist (married Carole King)
Type: Birth
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02/11/1939
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Jane [Hyatt] Yolen, US, sci-fi author (Spider Jane, Heart's Blood)
Type: Birth
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02/11/1939
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Franz Schmidt, Austrian composer, dies at 64
Type: Death
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02/11/1940
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Bobby "Boris" Pickett, rocker (Monster Mash)
Type: Birth
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02/11/1940
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Calvin Fowler, Pitts, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1968)
Type: Birth
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02/11/1940
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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Gov-Gen of Canada (1935-40), dies
Type: Death
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02/11/1941
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1st Gold record presented (Glenn Miller-Chattanooga Choo Choo)
Type: Event
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02/11/1941
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Lt-Gen Erwin Rommel arrives in Tripoli
Type: Event
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02/11/1941
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Sicherheitsdienst complains about Dutch anti German sentiments
Type: Event
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02/11/1941
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Glenn Randall Jr, stuntman (Species, Mrs Soffel, Return of the Jedi)
Type: Birth
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02/11/1941
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Jeremy Mackenzie, general
Type: Birth
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02/11/1941
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Sergio Mendes, jazz/pop musician (Brazil '66/'77/'88)
Type: Birth
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02/11/1941
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Rudolf Hilferding, Germ economist/Min of Finance (SPD), suicide at 63
Type: Death
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02/11/1942
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"Archie" comic book debuts
Type: Event
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02/11/1942
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Archie Andrews, comic book character (Archie)
Type: Birth
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02/11/1942
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James Couchman, MP
Type: Birth
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02/11/1942
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Leon Haywood, US vocalist/keyboardist (It's Got to be Mellow)
Type: Birth
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02/11/1942
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Otis Clay, US gospel/RandB-singer (That's how it is)
Type: Birth
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02/11/1942
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Tony Colton, rock producer (On the Boards)
Type: Birth
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02/11/1943
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General Eisenhower selected to command the allied armies in Europe
Type: Event
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02/11/1943
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Transport nr 47 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany
Type: Event
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02/11/1943
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Iain Cameron, British brigadier
Type: Birth
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02/11/1943
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Win Griffiths, MP
Type: Birth
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