461 Historic Events for February 11
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| 1931 |
Death |
Charles Algernon Parsons, British inventor (steam turbine), dies at 76
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| 1932 |
Birth |
Dennis Skinner, MP
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| 1932 |
Birth |
Jerome Lowenthal, Phila, pianist/prof (Jerusalem Academy of Music)
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| 1932 |
Event |
73øF highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in February
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| 1934 |
Birth |
Mary Quant, Kent England, fashion designer (Chelsea Look, Mod Look)
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| 1934 |
Birth |
Patrick Holmes Sellors, ophthalmologist
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| 1934 |
Birth |
Tina Louise, NYC, actress (Ginger-Gilligan's Island, Julie-Dallas)
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| 1934 |
Birth |
John Surtees, British race car driver
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| 1934 |
Birth |
Francesco Pennisi, composer
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| 1935 |
Birth |
Bent Lorentzen, composer
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| 1935 |
Event |
-11øF (-24øC), Ifrane, Morocco (African record low)
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| 1935 |
Event |
1st US airplane flight with auto slung beneath fuselage, NY
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| 1935 |
Birth |
Gene Vincent, Norfolk Va, rock guitarist/vocalist (Be-Bop-A-Lula)
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| 1936 |
Event |
Pumping begins to build Treasure Island in SF Bay
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| 1936 |
Birth |
Burt Reynolds, Mich, actor (Evening Shade, Strip Tease, Cannonball)
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| 1937 |
Birth |
Peter Lashley, cricketer (4 Tests for West Indies 1960-66)
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| 1937 |
Birth |
Marilyn Butler, Rector (Exeter College-Oxford)
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| 1937 |
Event |
44-day sit-down strike at General Motors in Flint Mich ends
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| 1937 |
Birth |
Bill Lawry, cricketer (dour Australian lefty opener, Can talk a bit)
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| 1937 |
Birth |
Lodewijk Boer, Dutch violinist/playwright (The Family)
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| 1938 |
Birth |
Yevgeniy Majorov, USSR, ice hockey (Olympic-gold-1964)
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| 1938 |
Event |
Steve Casey beats Lou Thesz in Boston, to become wrestling champ
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| 1938 |
Birth |
Willy Correa de Oliveira, composer
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| 1938 |
Birth |
Manuel Antonio Noriega, Panamanian general/dictator (-1990)
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| 1938 |
Birth |
Bevan Congdon, cricketer (NZ batsman of 60s and 70s)
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