Tukuk-OS📅 February 11
13 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on February 11? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2018 — Saratov Airlines Flight 703 crashed shortly after take-off in Russia due to icing conditions, killing all 71 people on board.
- 2015 — Turkish student Özgecan Aslan was murdered during a rape attempt, sparking mass demonstrations across the country after her body was discovered two days later.
- 2008 — Rebel East Timorese soldiers invaded the homes of President José Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão, seriously wounding the former.
2008 East Timorese assassination attemptsJosé Ramos-HortaXanana Gusmão
- 2001 — The computer worm Anna Kournikova, which would affect millions of users worldwide, was released by a 20-year-old Dutch student.
- 1990 — Anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela, having been a political prisoner for 27 years, was released from Victor Verster Prison near Paarl, South Africa.
- 1976 — The Frente de Liberación Homosexual made their final public appearance, shortly before the group's dissolution due to political repression after the Argentine coup d'état.
- 1938 — The BBC aired an adaptation of a section of Czech writer Karel Čapek's play R.U.R. in the first broadcast of science fiction on television.
- 1919 — Friedrich Ebert was elected the provisional president of Germany by the Weimar National Assembly.
Friedrich EbertPresident of Germany (1919–1945)Weimar National Assembly
- 1851 — As part of celebrations marking the separation of Victoria from New South Wales, the inaugural first-class cricket match in Australia began at the Launceston Racecourse in Tasmania.
Victoria (state)New South WalesVan Diemen's Land v Port Phillip, 1851
- 1840 — La fille du régiment (audio featured), an opéra comique by Gaetano Donizetti, premiered in Paris to highly negative reviews but later became a success.
- 1826 — London University, later University College London (pictured), was founded as the first secular university in England.
- 1823 — Around 110 boys were killed in a human crush at the Convent of the Minori Osservanti (corridor pictured) in Valletta on the last day of the Maltese Carnival.
Carnival tragedy of 1823Franciscan Church of St Mary of JesusMaltese Carnival
- 1584 — Spanish explorer Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa founded the town of Nombre de Jesús, the first of two short-lived colonies at the Strait of Magellan.
Pedro Sarmiento de GamboaNombre de Jesús (Patagonia)Spanish colonization attempt of the Strait of Magellan
Births
- 2002 — Liam Lawson, New Zealand racing driver
- 2001 — Bryan Gil, Spanish footballer
- 2000 — Nassir Little, American basketball player
- 1998 — Trent Frederic, American ice hockey player
- 1998 — Josh Jacobs, American football player
- 1998 — Khalid, American singer and songwriter
- 1997 — Damien Harris, American football player
- 1997 — Mike Hughes, American football player
- 1997 — Hubert Hurkacz, Polish tennis player
- 1997 — Rosé, New Zealand-South Korean singer and dancer
- 1997 — Zavier Simpson, American basketball player
- 1996 — Daniil Medvedev, Russian tennis player
Deaths
- 2026 — James Van Der Beek, American actor (born 1977)
- 2025 — Betsy Arakawa, American classical pianist (born 1959)
- 2025 — Moses Lim, Singaporean actor (born 1949)
- 2024 — Allen J. Bard, American chemist (born 1933)
- 2024 — Kelvin Kiptum, African long-distance runner(born 1999)
- 2023 — Donald Spoto, American biographer (born 1941)
- 2018 — Vic Damone, American singer, songwriter and actor (born 1928)
- 2018 — Asma Jahangir, Pakistani human-rights lawyer and social activist (born 1952)
- 2018 — Jan Maxwell, American stage and television actress (born 1956)
- 2018 — Qazi Wajid, Pakistani drama actor, writer and artist (born 1930)
- 2017 — Fab Melo, Brazilian basketball player (born 1990)
- 2017 — Jaap Rijks, Dutch Olympian (born 1919)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Blaise Eastern Orthodox liturgics
- Christian feast day: Cædmon, first recorded Christian poet in England, c. 680 CE (Anglicanism)
- Christian feast day: Gobnait
- Christian feast day: Gregory II
- Christian feast day: Lazarus of Milan
- Christian feast day: Peter of Jesus Maldonado
- Christian feast day: Soteris
- Christian feast day: February 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- European 112 Day (European Union)
- Armed Forces Day (Liberia)
- Evelio Javier Day (Panay Island, the Philippines)
- Feast day of Our Lady of Lourdes (Catholic Church), and its related observance World Day of the Sick (Roman Catholic Church)
- Inventors' Day (United States)
- National Foundation Day (Japan)
- Youth Day (Cameroon)
- International Day of Women and Girls in Science (UN Women)
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