Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/February 11
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This is a list of selected February 11 anniversaries that appears on the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition may be controversial, or on a day that is or soon will be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors.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
