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==Events== *660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. * 55 – Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman emperorship, dies under mysterious circumstances in Rome. This clears the way for Nero to become Emperor. * 244 – Emperor Gordian III is murdered by mutinous soldiers in Zaitha (Mesopotamia). A mound is raised at Carchemish in his memory. *1177 – John de Courcy's army defeats the native Dunleavey Clan in Ulster. The English establish themselves in Ulster. *1534 – Henry VIII of England is recognized as supreme head of the Church of England. *1626 – Emperor Susenyos I of Ethiopia and Patriarch Afonso Mendes declare the primacy of the Roman See over the Ethiopian Church, and Roman Catholicism the state religion of Ethiopia. *1659 – The assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses. *1790 – The Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, petitions U.S. Congress for abolition of slavery. *1794 – First session of United States Senate opens to the public. *1808 – Jesse Fell burns anthracite on an open grate as an experiment in heating homes with coal. *1812 – Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry "gerrymanders" for the first time. *1826 – University College London is founded under the name ''University of London''. * 1826 – Swaminarayan writes the ''Shikshapatri'', an important text within Swaminarayan Hinduism. *1840 – Gaetano Donizetti's opera ''La fille du régiment'' receives its first performance in Paris, France. *1843 – Giuseppe Verdi's opera ''I Lombardi alla prima crociata'' receives its first performance in Milan, Italy. *1855 – Kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia, by Abuna Salama III in a ceremony at the church of Derasge Maryam *1856 – The Kingdom of Awadh is annexed by the British East India Company and Wajid Ali Shah, the king of Awadh, is imprisoned and later exiled to Calcutta. *1858 – Bernadette Soubirous's first vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lourdes, France. *1861 – American Civil War: United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state. *1873 – King Amadeo I of Spain abdicates. *1889 – Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted; the first National Diet convenes in 1890. *1903 – Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria. *1906 – Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical ''Vehementer Nos''. *1916 – Emma Goldman is arrested for lecturing on birth control. *1919 – Friedrich Ebert (SPD), is elected President of Germany. *1925 – Phi Alpha Delta Fraternity, Inc. Was Founded At The College of New Jersey *1929 – Kingdom of Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty. *1937 – A sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers. *1938 – BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television program, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play ''R.U.R.'', that coined the term "robot". *1939 – A Lockheed P-38 Lightning flies from California to New York in 7 hours 2 minutes. *1942 – World War II: The Battle of Bukit Timah is fought in Singapore. *1943 – World War II: General Dwight D. Eisenhower is selected to command the allied armies in Europe. *1953 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower refuses a clemency appeal for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. * 1953 – The Soviet Union breaks off diplomatic relations with Israel. *1959 – The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South, which will later become South Yemen, is created as a protectorate of the United Kingdom. *1964 – Greeks and Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus. *1968 – Israeli–Jordanian border clashes rage. * 1968 – The Memphis Sanitation Strike begins. *1971 – Eighty-seven countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union, sign the Seabed Arms Control Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons on the ocean floor in international waters. *1973 – Vietnam War: First release of American prisoners of war from Vietnam takes place. *1978 – Censorship: China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens. *1979 – The Iranian Revolution establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. *1981 – Around of radioactive coolant leak into the containment building of TVA Sequoyah 1 nuclear plant in Tennessee, contaminating eight workers. *1990 – Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner. * 1990 – Buster Douglas, a 40:1 underdog, knocks out Mike Tyson in ten rounds at Tokyo to win boxing's world Heavyweight title and cause one of the largest upsets in sports history. *1997 – Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. *2001 – A Dutch programmer launched the Anna Kournikova virus infecting millions of emails via a trick photo of the tennis star. *2008 – Rebel East Timorese soldiers seriously wound President José Ramos-Horta. Rebel leader Alfredo Reinado is killed in the attack. * 2008 – Namdaemun, a 550-year-old gate in South Korea, was toppled by fire. *2011 – The first wave of the Egyptian revolution culminates in the resignation of Hosni Mubarak and the transfer of power to the Supreme Military Council after 18 days of protests. *2014 – A military transport plane crashes in a mountainous area of Oum El Bouaghi Province in eastern Algeria, killing 77 people. *2015 – A university student was murdered as she resisted an attempted rape in Turkey, sparking nationwide protests and public outcry against harassment and violence against women. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「February 11」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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