feb 11 throughout history...
Events that occurred on february 11
-thomas eddison was born
-sylvia plast a famous poet commited suicide by putting her head in the stove while the gas was on.
-1990 - Nelson Mandela, a political prisoner for 27 years, is freed from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa.
-1997 - Space Shuttle Discovery was launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
-1978 - Censorship: the People's Republic of China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, Shakespeare and Dickens.
-1809 - Robert Fulton patents the steamboat
-First session of United States Senate open to the public.
-1790 - Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, petitions U.S. Congress for abolition of slavery.
-1752 - Pennsylvania Hospital, 1st hospital in the United States, opens.
-1916 - Emma Goldman arrested for lecturing on birth control.
people i share my birthday with:
1847 - Thomas Alva Edison, American inventor-lightbulb (d. 1931)
1969 - Jennifer Aniston, American actress
-thomas eddison was born
-sylvia plast a famous poet commited suicide by putting her head in the stove while the gas was on.
-1990 - Nelson Mandela, a political prisoner for 27 years, is freed from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa.
-1997 - Space Shuttle Discovery was launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
-1978 - Censorship: the People's Republic of China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, Shakespeare and Dickens.
-1809 - Robert Fulton patents the steamboat
-First session of United States Senate open to the public.
-1790 - Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, petitions U.S. Congress for abolition of slavery.
-1752 - Pennsylvania Hospital, 1st hospital in the United States, opens.
-1916 - Emma Goldman arrested for lecturing on birth control.
people i share my birthday with:
1847 - Thomas Alva Edison, American inventor-lightbulb (d. 1931)
1969 - Jennifer Aniston, American actress
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