
February 11th:
1990- Nelson Mandela released after 27 years imprisonment in South Africa
1975- Margaret Thatcher defeats Edward Heath for leadership of the British Conservative Party
1543- Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and English King Henry VIII sign anti-French covenant
1766- Stamp Act declared unconstitutional in Virginia
1790- Society of Friends petitions Congress for abolition of slavery
1794- 1st session of US Senate open to the public
1814- Norway’s independence proclaimed
1837- American Physiological Society organizes in Boston
1878- 1st weekly weather report published in UK
1938- World’s first science fiction TV program – a broadcast of the play R.U.R. by Karel Čapek
1942- “Archie” comic book debuts
1951- Kwame Nkrumah wins 1st parliamentary election in the Gold Coast (Ghana)
My source and more facts at On This Day