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February 11: National Foundation Day in Japan
- 1808 – Anthracite coal (pictured) was first experimentally burned as a residential heating fuel by Jesse Fell in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA.
- 1858 – Fourteen year-old peasant girl Bernadette Soubirous reported the first of eighteen Marian apparitions in Lourdes, France, resulting in the town becoming a major site for pilgrimages by Catholics.
- 1929 – To settle the "Roman Question", Italy and the Holy See of the Roman Catholic Church signed the first Lateran Treaty, establishing Vatican City as an independent sovereign enclave within Italy.
- 1979 – During the Iranian Revolution, the Pahlavi dynasty in Iran collapsed when the military declared itself "neutral" after rebel troops overwhelmed forces loyal to Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in armed street fighting.
- 1990 – Anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela, a political prisoner for 27 years, was released from Victor Verster Prison near Paarl, South Africa.
More events: February 10 – February 11 – February 12
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Why does the article on Vivian Fuchs state that his birthday is Feb 2? - SimonP 22:14, Nov 8, 2003 (UTC)
[edit] Should we have subsections?
Should we have subsections as the list is pretty long. --Hemanshu 16:55, 11 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Is Professor Leet's day legit? Or is that something that was added and not removed?
[edit] "The name "Natasha Bobo"
Of course, now its deleted, but in 1980 it said a woman named "Natasha Bobo was born today, but when it was clicked it went to CBS's past show "Together We Stand". (Trampton 08:41, 11 February 2007 (UTC)).
