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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. Pre-1600.
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[1] [2] 11 February is the accession date of the legendary first Emperor of Japan, Emperor Jimmu at Kashihara-gū, converted into Gregorian calendar of 660 BC [3] which is written in Kojiki and chapter 3 of Nihon Shoki. [4] Coincidentally, 11 February 1889 is the day of the promulgation of the Meiji Constitution. [5] [6] [4]
1990 – Buster Douglas, a 42 to 1 underdog, deals Mike Tyson his first professional loss with the largest upset in boxing history and becomes the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. 1997 – Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope .
Bernard A. Maguire (February 11, 1818 – April 26, 1886) was a Catholic priest and Jesuit who twice served as the president of Georgetown University.Maguire emigrated with his family from Ireland to Maryland at the age of six, where he studied under the Jesuits at Saint John's College, and entered the Society of Jesus in 1837.
I Lombardi alla prima crociata ('The Lombards on the First Crusade ') is an operatic dramma lirico by Giuseppe Verdi, first performed on 11 February 1843 at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy. It is based on an epic poem by Tommaso Grossi , with an Italian libretto by Temistocle Solera .
Melville Fuller (February 11, 1833 – July 4, 1910) was the eighth chief justice of the United States.Born in Augusta, Maine, he graduated from Bowdoin College and practiced law in Chicago.
Armed conflicts and attacks. Israel–Hamas war. Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis. Hamas announces the death of two Israeli hostages and says that eight others have been seriously injured by Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip in the past 96 hours.