11TH
FEBRUARY
FEAST DAY OF
"SAINTS SATURNINUS & DATIVUS; ST
BENEDICT OF ANIANE; ST GREGORY II, POPE; ST CAEDMON; ST PASCAL, POPE; ST LAXARUS OF MILAN;
ST LUCIUS OF ADRIANOPLE; & ST SEVERINUS OF AGAUNUM." |
| 11TH |
731 |
"ST. GREGORY II" ENDS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 11TH |
824 |
"ST PASCHAL I" ENDS HIS REIGN
AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 11TH |
1809 |
"ROBERT FULTON" PATENTS THE STEAMBOAT. |
| 11TH |
1858 |
14 YEAR OLD PEASANT GIRL,
"BERNADETTE SOUBIROUS" HAD A VISION OF THE VIRGIN MARY IN A GROTTO IN LOURDES,
FRANCE. |
| 11TH |
1893 |
BRISBANE HIT BY FLOODS, MANY HOMELESS SEVERAL KILLED. |
| 11TH |
1942 |
"ARCHIE" COMIC BOOK DEBUTS. |
| 11TH |
1945 |
THE RAN NIZAM IS STRUCK BY A FREAK WAVE OFF CAPE
LEEUWEN, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, WITH THE LOSS OF 10 LIVES. |
| 11TH |
1965 |
BEATLE "RINGO STARR" MARRIES
LIVERPOOL HAIRDRESSER, "MAUREEN COX." |
| 11TH |
1973 |
AUSTRALIAN SWIMMER, "SHANE GOULD" IS THE FIRST TO
SWIM A SUB 17 MINUTE 1,500 METRES FREESTYLE, IN A TIME OF 16 MINUTES 56.9 SECONDS. |
| 11TH |
1975 |
"MARGARET THATCHER IS ELECTED
FIRST FEMALE LEADER OF THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY. |
| 11TH |
1979 |
THE AUSTRALIAN "6O MINUTES" TELEVISION SERIES WENT
TO AIR. |
| 11TH |
1990 |
"JAMES ‘BUSTER’
DOUGLAS" KO’s "MIKE TYSON" TO WIN HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING CROWN. |
| 11TH |
1990 |
SOUTH AFRICAN CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER "NELSON MANDELA"
IS RELEASED AFTER SPENDING 26 YEARS IN PRISON. |
| 11TH |
1991 |
S.A. PREMIER JOHN BANNON ADMITS TO THE
$2.5billion MONUMENTAL TROUBLES AHEAD FOR THE STATE BANK OF S.A. |
| 11TH |
1993 |
"QUEEN ELIZABETH II" & "PRINCE OF
WALES" BOTH VOLUNTEER TO PAY INCOME TAX & CAPITAL GAINS TAX ON THEIR PRIVATE
INCOMES.
THE QUEEN TOOK OVER CIVIL LIST PAYMENTS TO JUNIOR MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY. |
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