历史上的今天:2月11日

February 11, 2006 Dick Cheney accidentally shoots friend in a hunting accident
February 11, 1998 KVBC-FM (Las Vegas) offers Monica Lewinsky $5M for interview
February 11, 1998 Lyrics¹ to "Candle in the Wind 1997," auctioned² for $442,500
February 11, 1997 Bill Parcells becomes head coach（总教练） of New York Jets
February 11, 1997 STS 82 (Discovery 22) launches
February 11, 1996 46th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 129-118 at San Antonio
February 11, 1995 Danyon Loader swims world record 400m freestyle (340.46)
February 11, 1995 Mark Foster swims world record 50m butterfly (23.55 sec)
February 11, 1995 Sandra Volker swims European record 50m backstroke（仰泳） (27.67 sec)
February 11, 1995 Space shuttle STS-63 (Discovery 19), lands
February 11, 1995 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge
February 11, 1995 West Indies score 5-660 against New Zealand
February 11, 1994 Lu Parker, (South Carolina), crowned 43rd Miss USA
February 11, 1994 Space shuttle STS-60 (Discovery 18), lands
February 11, 1993 Howard Stern's radio show begins transmitting to Rochester New York (WRQI)
February 11, 1993 Irina Privalova runs world record 60m indoor (6.92 secs)
February 11, 1993 Janet Reno selected by Clinton as U.S. Attorney General
February 11, 1992 F-16 jet crashes at residential⁵ district of Hengelo Netherlands (No deaths)
February 11, 1992 Michael Johnson runs indoor world record 400m (44.97 sec)
February 11, 1991 UNPO, Unrepresented Nations and People Org forms in Hague Neth
February 11, 1990 40th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 130-113 at Miami
February 11, 1990 James "Buster" Douglas KOs Mike Tyson to win heavyweight（重量级的） boxing crown
February 11, 1990 Nelson Mandela (political prisoner-27 years) freed in South Africa
February 11, 1990 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge
February 11, 1989 Barbara Clementine Harris consecrated（使……神圣，贡献） 1st female bishop⁶ (Episcopalian)
February 11, 1989 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Jill Trenary
February 11, 1988 Anthony M. Kennedy appointed to Supreme⁷ Court
February 11, 1987 British Airways⁸ begins trading stocks
February 11, 1987 England beat Australia 2-0 to win the World Series Cup
February 11, 1987 Philippines constitution goes into effect（生效）
February 11, 1987 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
February 11, 1986 Activist⁹ Anatoly Scharansky released by U.S.S.R.（苏维埃社会主义共和国联盟） , leaves country
February 11, 1986 Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup
February 11, 1986 Iran begins Fajr-8 offensive against Iraq
February 11, 1985 Jordan king Hussein and PLO leader Arafat sign accord（一致，协议）
February 11, 1985 Kent Hrbek signs 5-year, $6 million contract with Minnesota Twins
February 11, 1985 Wasim Akram takes 10 wickets（小门，三柱门） in his 2nd Test Cricket, NZ still wins
February 11, 1984 10th space shuttle mission (41-B)-Challenger 4-returns to Earth
February 11, 1984 Wayne Gretzky sets NHL short handed season scoring record at 11
February 11, 1983 "Weird¹⁰ Al" Yankovic records "Ricky" and "Buckingham Blues¹¹" debut¹²（初次登台） LP
February 11, 1983 4th largest snowfall in New York City history (18"(46 cm))
February 11, 1982 Ozzie Smith for Garry Templeton trade finally goes through
February 11, 1981 Australia all out（全力以赴） 83 vs. India at MCG chasing 143 to win
February 11, 1981 Polish premier¹³ Jozef Pinkowski replaced by Wojciech Jaruzelski
February 11, 1979 "They're Playing Our Song" opens at Imperial New York City for 1082 performances
February 11, 1979 43 million watch "Elvis!" on ABC
February 11, 1979 Emmy News and Documentaries（纪录片） Award presentation
February 11, 1979 Iran's premier Bakhtiar resigns, Ayatollah Khomeini seizes power
February 11, 1979 Musical "They're Playing Our Song," premieres in New York City
February 11, 1978 16 Unification church couples wed¹⁴ in New York City
February 11, 1978 25th hat trick（连中三柱，帽子戏法） in Islander history-Denis Potvin
February 11, 1978 China lifts a ban on Aristotle, Shakespeare, and Dickens
February 11, 1978 EOKA organization disbands（解散，遣散） in Cyprus
February 11, 1977 20.2-kg lobster¹⁵ caught off Nova Scotia (heaviest known crustacean甲壳纲动物)
February 11, 1976 Clifford Alexander, Jr. confirmed as 1st black secretary of Army
February 11, 1975 Margaret Thatcher¹⁶ defeats Edward Heath for Conservative leadership
February 11, 1974 Dick Woodson is 1st of 48 to invoke¹⁷（调用，祈求） baseball's new arbitration¹⁸（公断，仲裁） rule
February 11, 1974 Titan-Centaur Test launch fails
February 11, 1974 1st baseball arbitration Twins pitcher¹⁹ Dick Woodson seeking $29,000 wins, Twins offered $23,000
February 11, 1973 1st one-day international for Pakistan and NZ
February 11, 1973 1st sub 17-min 1,500m female free style swim (Shane Gould 16m56.9s)
February 11, 1973 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Naples-Lely Golf Classic
February 11, 1973 Philadelphia 76ers lose their 20th NBA game in a row
February 11, 1971 Montreal Canadien John Believau scores his 500th NHL goal
February 11, 1971 U.S., U.K., U.S.S.R., others sign Seabed Treaty outlawing（宣布……不合法） nuclear weapons
February 11, 1970 26.37 cm (10.38") of rainfall, Mt Washington, NH (state 24-hr rec)
February 11, 1970 Japan becomes 4th nation to put a satellite, Osumi, in orbit
February 11, 1970 John Lennon pays 1,344 pounds fine for 96 protesting South African rugby team playing in Scotland
February 11, 1969 Diana Crump becomes 1st U.S. woman jockey（驾驶员，骑师） to ride against men, Hialelah
February 11, 1969 Dorey Funk, Jr. beats Gene⁴ Kiniski in Tampa, to become NWA champ
February 11, 1968 Israeli-Jordan border fight
February 11, 1968 Jeffrey Kramer survives 76-m jump, Washington Bridge, Hudson River New York
February 11, 1968 Madison Square Garden III closes MSG IV opens (New York City)
February 11, 1966 San Francisco Giant Willie Mays signs highest contract, $130,000 per year
February 11, 1965 Beatle Ringo Starr marries Maureen Cox
February 11, 1965 Braves propose to pay 5 cents from each ticket to bring a new team to Milwaukee
February 11, 1964 Beatles 1st live appearance in U.S.; Washington D.C. Coliseum
February 11, 1964 Greek and Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus
February 11, 1964 Taiwan drops diplomatic relations with France
February 11, 1963 Beatles tape 10 tracks for their 1st album
February 11, 1963 CIA Domestic Operations Division created
February 11, 1962 Beatles record "Please, Please Me"
February 11, 1961 Robert Weaver²⁰ sworn in with then highest federal post by a black
February 11, 1961 Trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem
February 11, 1960 Jack²¹ Paar walks off his TV show
February 11, 1959 Vinoo Mankad ends his final Test Cricket (v WI at Delhi)
February 11, 1958 1st flight with black stewardess²²（女服务员） , Ruth Carol Taylor, Ithaca New York
February 11, 1958 Marshal Chen Yi succeeds Chu En-lai as Min of Foreign affairs
February 11, 1958 WTVC TV channel 9 in Chattanooga, Tennessee (ABC) begins broadcasting
February 11, 1957 KUMV TV channel 8 in Williston, ND (NBC) begins broadcasting
February 11, 1957 NHL Players Association forms (New York City), Red Wings' Ted³ Lindsay elected president
February 11, 1954 6th Emmy Awards: I Love Lucy, Donald O'Connor and Eve Arden wins
February 11, 1953 "Hazel Flagg" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 190 performances
February 11, 1953 J. Styne/B. Hilliard's musical "Hazel Flagg," premieres in New York City
February 11, 1953 President Eisenhower refuses clemency²³（仁慈，温和） appeal for Rosenberg couple
February 11, 1953 Russia breaks diplomatic relations with Israel
February 11, 1951 Kwame Nkrumah wins 1st parliamentary election on Gold coast (Ghana)
February 11, 1949 Willie Pep recaptures world featherweight boxing title
February 11, 1948 Billy Griffith scores cricket century on debut Eng vs. WI, out for 140
February 11, 1948 John Costello follows Eamon Da Valera as premier of Ireland
February 11, 1948 Test Cricket debut of Frank Worrell, vs. England Port-of-Spain
February 11, 1945 1st gas turbine propeller²⁴（推进器，螺旋桨） -driven airplane flight tested, Downey, California
February 11, 1945 Yalta（雅尔塔） agreement signed by FDR, Churchill and Stalin
February 11, 1944 German troops reconquer Aprilia Italy
February 11, 1944 U-424 sunk off Ireland
February 11, 1943 General Eisenhower selected to command the allied²⁵ armies in Europe
February 11, 1943 Transport nr 47 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany
February 11, 1942 "Archie" comic book debuts²⁶
February 11, 1941 1st Gold record presented (Glenn Miller-Chattanooga Choo Choo)
February 11, 1941 Lt-Gen Erwin Rommel arrives in Tripoli
February 11, 1941 Sicherheitsdienst complains about Dutch anti German sentiments
February 11, 1938 Steve Casey beats Lou Thesz in Boston, to become wrestling champ
February 11, 1937 44-day sit-down strike at General Motors in Flint Mich ends
February 11, 1936 Pumping begins to build Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay
February 11, 1935 -11 degrees F (-24 degrees C), Ifrane, Morocco (African record low)
February 11, 1935 1st U.S. airplane flight with auto²⁷ slung²⁸ beneath fuselage, New York
February 11, 1932 73 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in February
February 11, 1929 Eugene O'Neill's "Dynamo," premieres in New York City
February 11, 1929 Vatican City, world's smallest country, made an enclave（被包围的领土） of Rome
February 11, 1928 2nd Winter Olympic games opens in St. Moritz, Switzerland
February 11, 1927 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Beatrix Loughran
February 11, 1927 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Nathaniel Niles
February 11, 1926 Tokelau (Union) Islands in South Pacific transfers to NZ
February 11, 1922 U.S. intervention²⁹ army leaves Honduras
February 11, 1921 Ambassador Theater opens at 215 W 49th St. New York City
February 11, 1919 Friedrich Ebert (SPD), elected president of Germany
February 11, 1916 Baltimore Symphony Orchestra presents its 1st concert
February 11, 1916 Emma Goldman arrested for lecturing on birth control
February 11, 1908 Australia regain³⁰ the Ashes with a 308 run cricket victory vs England
February 11, 1908 Heemskerk's government begins in Holland
February 11, 1907 De Master's Dutch government resigns
February 11, 1907 Passenger ship Larchmont sinks by Block Island, 322 die
February 11, 1905 James Blackstone, Seattle, bowls 299 -last pin breaks but stands
February 11, 1905 Pope Pius X publishes encyclical（通谕的，传阅的） Vehementer nos
February 11, 1903 Anton Bruckner's 9th Symfonie premieres in Vienna
February 11, 1902 Police beats up universal suffrage³¹ demonstrators in Brussels
February 11, 1899 -15 degrees F (-26 degrees C), Washington, D.C. (district record)
February 11, 1899 -61 degrees F, Montana (record low temperature)
February 11, 1898 Owen Smith of NC, AME Zion minister, named minister to Liberia
February 11, 1897 White Rose Mission opens on East 97th Street, New York City
February 11, 1896 Oscar Wildes "Salom" premieres in Paris
February 11, 1895 -17 degrees F (-27.2 degrees C) in Braemar, Grampian (UK record)
February 11, 1895 Georgetown became part of Washington D.C.
February 11, 1889 Meiji constitution of Japan adopted; 1st Diet convenes³² in 1890
February 11, 1878 1st U.S. bicycle club, Boston Bicycle Club, forms
February 11, 1878 1st weekly Weather report published in UK
February 11, 1873 Spanish Cortes fires king Amadeus I
February 11, 1861 President-elect Lincoln takes train from Spingfield Illinois to Washington D.C.
February 11, 1861 U.S. House unanimously（全体一致地） passes resolution guaranteeing noninterference（不干扰） with slavery in any state
February 11, 1858 1st apparition³³ of Mary to 14-year-old Bernadette of Lourdes France
February 11, 1854 Major streets lit by coal gas for 1st time
February 11, 1852 1st British public female toilet opens (Bedford Street London)
February 11, 1851 1st cricket 1st-class game in Australia, Tasmania vs. Vic, Launceston
February 11, 1843 Opera "I Lombardi," premieres in Milan
February 11, 1840 Gaetano Donizetti's Opera "La Fille du Regiment," premieres in Paris
February 11, 1837 American Physiological³⁴ Society organizes in Boston
February 11, 1826 London University founded
February 11, 1814 Norway's independence proclaimed
February 11, 1812 Massachusetts Governor Gerry signs a redistricting bill-1st "gerrymander"
February 11, 1811 President Madison prohibits trade with Britain for 3rd time in 4 years
February 11, 1810 Napoleon marries Marie-Louise of Austria
February 11, 1809 Robert Fulton patents steamboat
February 11, 1808 Anthracite coal 1st burned as fuel, experimentally, Wilkes-Barre, Pa
February 11, 1794 1st session of U.S. Senate open to the public
February 11, 1793 Prussian troops occupy Venlo Neth
February 11, 1790 Society of Friends petitions（请愿） Congress for abolition³⁵ of slavery
February 11, 1768 Samuel Adams letter, circulates around American colonies, opposing Townshend Act taxes
February 11, 1766 Stamp Act declared unconstitutional in Virginia
February 11, 1752 Pennsylvania Hospital, the 1st hospital in the U.S., opened
February 11, 1720 Sweden and Prussia sign peace (2nd Treaty of Stockholm)
February 11, 1638 Dutch countess（女伯爵，伯爵夫人） Louise of Solms marries earl John of Brederode
February 11, 1575 King Frederick of Denmark offers island of Hveen to Tycho Brahe
February 11, 1573 1st European, Francis Drake sees the Pacific (from Panama)
February 11, 1543 Battle at Wayna Daga: Ethiopian/Portugese troops beat Moslem³⁶ army
February 11, 1543 Karel/Henry VIII sign anti-French covenant³⁷（契约，盟约）
February 11, 1531 Henry VIII recognized as supreme head of Church in England
February 11, 824 St. Paschal I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
February 11, 385 Oldest Pope elected; Siricius-bishop of Tarragona