Today in History: 11 February
1543 – Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and English King Henry VIII sign anti-French covenant
1768 – Samuel Adams’ letter opposing taxes in the Townshend Act circulates around the American colonies
1809 – American inventor Robert Fulton patents the steamboat
1861 – US President-elect Abraham Lincoln takes train from Springfield IL to Washington, D.C.
1916 – Emma Goldman arrested for lecturing on birth control
1942 – “Archie” comic book debuts
1963 – American chef Julia Child’s show “The French Chef” premieres on WGBH in Boston – one of the first cooking shows in the US
1983 – “Weird Al” Yankovic records “Ricky” and “Buckingham Blues” to complete his debut LP, at Scotti Brothers Studio in Santa Monica, California
1990 – Nelson Mandela is released after 27 years of imprisonment in South Africa
2020 – Bernie Sanders wins the New Hampshire Democratic primary
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1725 – Louis Mandrin, French smuggler considered the French Robin Hood
1800 – William Henry Fox Talbot, English photographic pioneer
1847 – Thomas Edison, American inventor
1917 – Sidney Sheldon, American novelist and playwright
1936 – Burt Reynolds, American actor
1998 – Khalid (Donnel Robinson) – American R&B singer-songwriter
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1650 – Rene Descartes, French philosopher
1963 – Sylvia Plath, American poet and posthumous Pulitzer Prize winner
1986 – Frank Herbert, American sci-fi author
2012 – Whitney Houston, American singer, actress, and film producer
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