Today in history 11th February: The day of February 11 in history was witness to many big international events. Nelson Mandela, who was running a movement against the policies of apartheid in South Africa, was released only on February 11, 1990 after a prisoner of 27 years. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in June 1964, convicting treason and conspiracy. The day of eleven February 1979, Iran’s spiritual leader Ayatollah also brought the message of a new life for Khameni when the path of power was opened for him only 10 days after returning from exile.
The sequence of other important events recorded on the date of February 11 in the history of the country and the world is as follows:-
- 1847: Birth of Thomas Edison, a great inventor of America. Edison has 1093 patents alone and jointly, which is a world record in itself.
- 1933: The first issue of Gandhiji’s weekly publication ‘Harijan’ is published from Pune.
- 1956: Two UK diplomats who went missing under mysterious circumstances five years ago were seen again in the Soviet Union.
- 1963: Before the Indo-China War of 1962, the Soviet Union promised India to give 12 MiG fighter aircraft to India, four aircraft reached Bombay (now Mumbai) as the first batch.
- 1975: In place of Edward Heath, Margerate Thatcher was elected the leader of the Conservative Party of Britain.
- 1977: The then President of the country Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed passed away.
- 1979: Supporters of Ayatollah Khameni captured Tehran, the capital of Iran. The army returned to its barracks and refused to take up arms to save the current rule.
- 1990: Nelson Mandela, a great leader who opposed apartheid in South Africa, was released from captivity.
- 1997: Indian astronomer physicist Jayant V Narlikar was awarded the ‘Kalinga Award’ of UNESCO. He was given this award for the year 1996.
- 2003: 20 people including three Indians were killed in a stampede during Haj in Saudi Arabia.
- 2005: The dam collapsed due to heavy rains in Pakistan, more than 100 died.
- 2007: Acquisition of American aluminum firm Novis by Hindalco.
- 2009: It was announced to honor the Saraswati honor to Dr. Lakshmi Nandan Bora, the famous writer of Assamese.
- 2010: Signing of joint manifesto on civil nuclear agreement between India and Britain.
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