02-11-2005, 06:45 AM
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February 11th
1650 ~ Death of René Descartes, Philosopher.
1840 ~ Gaetano Donizetti's opera La Fille du Régiment received its first performance in Paris.
1847 ~ Birthday of Thomas Alva Edison, Inventor.
1898 ~ Birthday of Leó Szilárd, Physicist, peace activist.
1938 ~ BBC Television produced the world's first ever science fiction television program, an adaptation of the Karel Capek play R.U.R. (This play coined the term 'robot.')
1961 ~ Trial of Adolf Eichmann began in Jerusalem.
1978 ~ Censorship: China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, Shakespeare and Dickens.
1979 ~ Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini seized power in Iran.
1986 ~ Death of Frank Herbert, Science Fiction author.
1990 ~ Nelson Mandela, a political prisoner for 27 years, was freed from prison outside Cape Town, South Africa.
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