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Today in History: February 11


11 February 2019  

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Heres’s a chronological timetable of events that occurred on this day in history. Let’s find out what happened today in history.

660 BC   Traditional founding day of Japan by Emperor Jimmu Tenno.

1531       Henry VIII recogniz0ed as supreme head of the Church of England.

1809       Robert Fulton patents steamboat.

1815       News of the Treaty of Ghent that ended the War of 1812

1904       President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims strict neutrality for the US

1926       Mexican government nationalizes all church properties.

1953       Walt Disney’s film Peter Pan premieres.

1959       Iran turns down Soviet aid in favor of a U.S. proposal for aid.

1966       Vice President Hubert Humphrey begins a tour of Vietnam.

1975       Margaret Thatcher becomes the first woman to lead the

British Conservative Party.

1990       South African  leader Nelson Mandela released from prison in Paarl,

Born on February 11

1847       Thomas Alva Edison, American inventor.

1898       Leo Szilard, physicist, instrumental in the Manhattan Project.

1907       William J. Levitt, U.S. businessman and community builder.

1908       Phillipe Dunne, screenwriter and director (How Green Was My Valley).

1912        Roy Fuller, poet and novelist.

Publish Date : 11 February 2019 07:29 AM

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