Wednesday, February 10, 2016

11 February - History and Importance of the Day

USA National Inventors' Day

660 BC - Founding Japan by Emperor Jimmu


385 AD - Siricius, bishop of Tarragona, elected as Bishop of Rome; first to style himself Pope.
1531 - Henry VIII recognised as supreme head of Church in England following the schism with Rome
1790 - Society of Friends petitions Congress for abolition of slavery
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1808 - Anthracite coal 1st burned as fuel, experimentally, Wilkes-Barre, Pa
1889 - Meiji constitution of Japan adopted;
1916 - Emma Goldman arrested for lecturing on birth control
1929 - Vatican City (world's smallest country) made an enclave of Rome
1945 - 1st gas turbine propeller-driven airplane flight tested, Downey, CA
1990 - Nelson Mandela released after 27 years imprisonment in South Africa


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Birthdays

1847 - Thomas Alva Edison

11 February Knowledge History - Science, Engineering and Management

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