11 February
Notable Births
Liam Lawson
b. 2002
New Zealand racing driver (born 2002)
Bryan Gil
b. 2001
Spanish footballer (born 2001)
Nassir Little
b. 2000
American basketball player (born 2000)
Trent Frederic
b. 1998
American ice hockey player (born 1998)
Josh Jacobs
b. 1998
American football player (born 1998)
Khalid (singer)
b. 1998
American singer (born 1998)
Damien Harris
b. 1997
American football player (born 1997)
Mike Hughes (American football)
b. 1997
American football player (born 1997)
Hubert Hurkacz
b. 1997
Polish tennis player (born 1997)
Rosé (singer)
b. 1997
New Zealand and South Korean singer (born 1997)
Zavier Simpson
b. 1997
American basketball player (born 1997)
Daniil Medvedev
b. 1996
Russian tennis player (born 1996)
Jonathan Tah
b. 1996
German footballer (born 1996)
Lucas Torreira
b. 1996
Uruguayan footballer (born 1996)
Milan Škriniar
b. 1995
Slovak footballer (born 1939)
Rick Karsdorp
b. 1995
Dutch footballer (born 1995)
Dansby Swanson
b. 1994
American baseball player (born 1994)
Ben McLemore
b. 1993
American basketball player (born 1993)
Lasse Norman Leth
b. 1992
Danish road cyclist
Taylor Lautner
b. 1992
American actor (born 1992)
Notable Deaths
James Van Der Beek
d. 2026
American actor (1977–2026)
Betsy Arakawa
d. 2025
American musician and businesswoman (1959–2025)
Moses Lim
d. 2025
Singaporean actor (1949–2025)
Allen J. Bard
d. 2024
American electrochemist (1933–2024)
Vic Damone
d. 2018
American singer and actor (1928–2018)
Asma Jahangir
d. 2018
Pakistani human rights activist and lawyer
Jan Maxwell
d. 2018
American actress (1956 – 2018)
Fab Melo
d. 2017
Brazilian basketball player (1990–2017)
Trish Doan
d. 2017
Korean Canadian musician (1985–2017)
Kevin Randleman
d. 2016
American mixed martial artist (1971–2016)
Roger Hanin
d. 2015
French actor (1925–2015)
Bob Simon
d. 2015
American journalist (1941–2015)
Jerry Tarkanian
d. 2015
American basketball coach (1930–2015)
Alice Babs
d. 2014
Swedish jazz and schlager singer (1924–2014)
Tito Canepa
d. 2014
Dominican painter
Fernando González Pacheco
d. 2014
Colombian television presenter
The Dave Clark Five
d. 2013
English rock band
Siri Bjerke
d. 2012
Norwegian politician (1958–2012)
Aharon Davidi
d. 2012
Israeli general and founder of Sar-El volunteer organization
Whitney Houston
d. 2012
American singer and actress (1963–2012)
On This Day in History
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2024
2024 Finnish presidential election: Alexander Stubb is elected as the 13th president of Finland.
2024 Finnish presidential election
2020
COVID-19 pandemic: The World Health Organization officially names the coronavirus outbreak as COVID-19, with the virus being designated SARS-CoV-2.
COVID-19 pandemic
2018
Saratov Airlines Flight 703 crashes near Moscow, Russia with 71 deaths and no survivors.
Saratov Airlines Flight 703
2017
North Korea test fires a ballistic missile across the Sea of Japan.
North Korea
2016
A man shoots seven people dead at an education center in Jizan Province, Saudi Arabia.
2016 Ad Dair shooting
2015
A university student is murdered as she resists an attempted rape in Turkey, sparking nationwide protests and public outcry against harassment and violence against women.
Murder of Özgecan Aslan
2015
The European Space Agency's Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle is launched on a Vega rocket.
European Space Agency
2014
A military transport plane crashes in a mountainous area of Oum El Bouaghi Province in eastern Algeria, killing 77 people.
2014 Algerian Air Force C-130 crash
2013
The Vatican confirms that Pope Benedict XVI will resign the papacy as a result of his advanced age.
Pope Benedict XVI
2013
Militants claiming to be from the Sultanate of Sulu invade Lahad Datu District, Sabah, Malaysia, beginning the Lahad Datu standoff.
Sultanate of Sulu
2011
Arab Spring: 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 17 days of protests.
Arab Spring
2008
Rebel East Timorese soldiers seriously wound President José Ramos-Horta. Rebel leader Alfredo Reinado is killed in the attack.
Timor-Leste
2001
A Dutch programmer launches the Anna Kournikova virus infecting millions of emails via a trick photo of the tennis star.
Anna Kournikova (computer virus)
2000
Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-99 to conduct the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
Space Shuttle Endeavour
1999
Pluto crosses Neptune's orbit, ending a nearly 20-year period when it was closer to the Sun than the gas giant; Pluto is not expected to interact with Neptune's orbit again until 2231.
Pluto
1997
Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
Space Shuttle Discovery
1990
Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner.
Nelson Mandela
1990
Buster Douglas, a 42:1 underdog, knocks out Mike Tyson in ten rounds at Tokyo to win boxing's world Heavyweight title.
Buster Douglas
1979
The Iranian Revolution establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
Iranian Revolution
1978
Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314 crashes at the Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport in Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada with 42 deaths and seven survivors.
Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314