Today in History for 11th February 2022

Historical Events

1889 - Meiji constitution of Japan adopted; 1st Diet convenes in 1890
1896 - Oscar Wilde's "Salome" premieres in Paris
1922 - US intervention army leaves Honduras
1968 - Jeffrey Kramer survives 76-m jump, Washington Bridge, Hudson River New York
1968 - Madison Square Garden III closes Madison Square Garden IV opens (NYC)
1979 - Iran's premier Bakhtiar resigns, Ayatollah Khomeini seizes power

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Famous Birthdays

1847 - Thomas Edison, American inventor (lightbulb, phonograph, motion picture camera), born in Milan, Ohio (d. 1931)
1873 - Feodor Chaliapine, Russian author/novelist (Pages from My Life)
1943 - Iain Cameron, British brigadier
1969 - Joe Valerio, American NFL outside corner/tackle (KC Chiefs), born in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
1971 - Damian Lewis, British actor, born in St John's Wood, London
1975 - Andrew "Andy" Lally, American sports car and stock car racing driver, born in Northport, New York

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Famous Deaths

824 - Paschal I, Italian Pope (817-24), dies
1894 - Pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera, composer, dies at 70
1961 - Kate Carew [Mary Williams], American caricaturist, dies at 91
1989 - George O'Hanlon, american actor and director (Bop Girl, Zamba), dies at 71
1991 - Oscar Nitzchke, German architect (Alcoa building, Centre Pompidou), dies at 90
2004 - Ryszard Kukliński, Polish colonel and Cold War spy for NATO, dies at 73

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