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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.
Born Person description occupation position held country of citizenship given name 2006-01-13 Puripol Boonson: Thai sprinter sprinter: Thailand: 2006-01-13 Reza Ghandipour: Iranian footballer association football player: Iran: Reza: 2006-01-13 Michael Bermúdez: Ecuadorian footballer (born 2006) association football player: Ecuador: Michael ...
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]
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1939 – In one of the most famous errors in lexicography, the erroneous word "dord" was discovered in Webster's New International Dictionary by an editor. 1974 – The British election ended in a hung parliament after the Liberal Party , under Jeremy Thorpe , achieved their highest ever number of votes.
Please note, you need to be available to be in New York City on Feb. 29. The form should only be filled out by someone who is 18+ years old. We hope to see you at our Leap Year birthday extravaganza!
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:
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