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This is a list of selected February 11 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit.
February 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) European 112 Day (European Union) [320] Armed Forces Day (Liberia) [321] Evelio Javier Day (Panay Island, the Philippines) [322] Feast day of Our Lady of Lourdes (Catholic Church), and its related observance [1] World Day of the Sick (Roman Catholic Church) [323] Inventors' Day (United States) [324]
1838 - Birth of Margaret E. Knight, American inventor, famous as female Thomas Edison, (d. 1914) 1848 - Birth of Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer (d. 1934) 1869 - Birth of Charles Wilson, Scottish physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1959) 1876 - Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray
The site was updated to its current format in November 7, 2012, by Evan Britton, [7] who has since described the website as "Wikipedia for Generation Z". [8] [7] Famous Birthdays originally focused on more traditional celebrities (such as actors, athletes, musicians, etc.), but has since expanded to also feature internet personalities. [2]
November 22 is the 326th day of ... journalist and politician William Lyon Mackenzie calls for a rebellion against the United Kingdom in his essay "To the People ...
Famous people born on Leap Day. Leap Day babies make up a small percentage of the population, but several notable people have been born on Feb. 29 in even-numbered years. Here are a few notable names:
1033 – An assembly at the Abbey of Payerne crowned Conrad II (depicted) king of Burgundy.; 1438 – Nine leaders of the Transylvanian peasant revolt were executed at Torda.; 1848 – Mexican–American War: During the American occupation of Mexico City, diplomats signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the war and had Mexico cede 1.36 million square kilometres (530,000 sq mi) of ...
There were 13,238 people born in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001. ... just 22 percent of respondents aged 18 to 29 think the United States was right to launch a war in Afghanistan after the 9/ ...