February 11
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[edit] Events
- 1919 - Friedrich Ebert (SPD), elected President of Germany.
- 1953 - President Dwight Eisenhower refuses clemency appeal for Ethel and Julius Rosenberg.
[edit] Births
- 1847 - Thomas Alva Edison, American inventor-lightbulb (d. 1931)
[edit] Deaths
- 641 - Heraclius, Emperor of Byzantium
- 2008 - Tom Lantos, 80, American Representative (California 1981–2008).
