It happened one 11 February

1945 : End of the Yalta Conference


On February 11, 1945 the Yalta Conference ended during which U.S. President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Churchill and Soviet leader Stalin decided the division of Europe. Roosevelt being sick and Churchill in a weak position - and both leaders having serious disagreements - Stalin could get anything he wanted.

1970 : Japan launches Oshumi


On February 11, 1970, Japan became the fourth space power by launching its first satellite, Oshumi.

1975 : Margaret Thatcher became the leader of the British Conservative Party


On February 11, 1975, the British Conservative Party chose for the first time a woman, Margaret Thatcher, to lead it. She became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1979, a position she kept for over 11 years.

1990 : Release of Mandela


On February 11, 1990, Nelson Mandela was released from the Robben Island prison after 27 years. The anti-apartheid activist, leading member of the African National Congress (ANC) was arrested in 1962 and sentenced to life imprisonment. After his release, he led the negotiations that led to the end of apartheid, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 and was elected President of South Africa in 1994.

2011 : Mubarak stepped down


On 11 February 2011, after 18 days of demonstrations of the Egyptian people and under pressure from the army, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resigned and retired in Sharm el-Sheikh.

Latest news : 11 February

National Foundation Day
On February 11, Japan celebrates the founding of the nation and the imperial lineage.
National Youth Day in Cameroon
Armed Forces Day in Liberia

Quote of the day : 11 February

Margaret Thatcher
If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.

Birthdays : 11 February

Marie-Joseph de Chenier, French poet (1764)
William Fox Talbot, Pioneer of photography (1800)
Auguste-Édouard Mariette, French Egyptologist (1821)
Josiah Willard Gibbs, American physicist (1839)
Thomas Alva Edison, American inventor (1847)
Else Lasker-Schüler, German writer (1869)
Leó Szilárd, Hungarian-American physicist (1898)
Keith Holyoake, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1904)
Philip Dunne, American screenwriter, director and producer (1908)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz, American director (1909)
Roy Fuller, English writer (1912)
Leslie Nielsen, Canadian actor (1926)
Paul Bocuse, French chef (1926)
Dennis Skinner, English politician (1932)
Manuel Noriega, Panamanian dictator (1934)
Gene Vincent, American musician (1935)
Burt Reynolds, American actor (1936)
Sergio Mendes, Brazilian musician (1941)
Serge Lama, French singer (1943)
Carey Lowell, American actress (1961)
Sheryl Crow, American musician (1962)
Jennifer Aniston, American actress (1969)
Kelly Slater, American surfer (1971)
Damian Lewis, English actor (1971)
Jürgen Schmid, German football player (1982)
Rafael Van der Vaart, Dutch footballer (1983)
Taylor Lautner, American actor (1992)

They left us one 11 February

René Descartes, French philosopher (1650)
Honoré Daumier, French caricaturist and painter (1879)
Wilhelm Killing, German mathematician (1923)
Sergei Eisenstein, Russian director (1948)
Hans D Jensen, German physicist, Nobel laureate (1973)
Lee J Cobb, American actor (1976)
Harry Martinson, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (1978)
Eleanor Powell, American actress (1982)
Henry Hathaway, American director (1985)
Robert W. Holley, American biochemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (1993)
Roger Vadim, French director (2000)
Jacqueline Auriol, French aviatrix (2000)
Alexander McQueen, English fashion designer (2010)
Whitney Houston, American singer (2012)

Tip of the Day : 11 February

Bye-Bye Pacifier!


If your baby still has a pacifier when he is 2-year-old, it is advisable to help him to give up this habit, to avoid his palace to be distorted. One of the tricks for this is to cut a small piece of the pacifier every day. So your baby will abandon his dummy by himself within a few days.

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