February 11: Victory of the Revolution in Iran (1979)
University College London Main Building
- AD 55 – Britannicus, son of Claudius and heir to the Roman emperorship, died under mysterious circumstances in Rome, apparently poisoned at a dinner party.
- 1826 – University College London (Main Building pictured) was founded as the first secular university in England.
- 1938 – The BBC aired an adaptation of Karel Čapek's play R.U.R., the first science fiction television programme ever broadcast.
- 1968 – After two black employees were killed on the job, black sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., agreed to begin a strike that lasted over two months.
- 2008 – Rebel East Timorese soldiers invaded the homes of President José Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão, seriously wounding the former.
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