As we speak is Tuesday, Feb. 11, the forty second day of 2025. There are 323 days left within the yr.
As we speak in historical past:
On Feb. 11, 1990, South African anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela was freed after 27 years in jail. (Mandela could be elected president of South Africa 4 years later.)
Additionally on this date:
In 1847, American inventor Thomas Alva Edison was born in Milan, Ohio.
In 1945, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet chief Josef Stalin signed the Yalta Settlement, wherein Stalin agreed to declare struggle in opposition to Imperial Japan following Nazi Germany’s capitulation.
In 1975, Margaret Thatcher was elected chief of Britain’s opposition Conservative Occasion.
In 1990, in one of many greatest upsets in sports activities historical past, 42-1 underdog Buster Douglas knocked out the beforehand undefeated heavyweight champion Mike Tyson at Japan’s Tokyo Dome.
In 2008, the Pentagon charged Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (HAH’-leed shayk moh-HAH’-med) and 5 different detainees at Guantanamo Bay with homicide and struggle crimes in reference to the Sept. 11 assaults.
In 2011, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resigned within the wake of pro-democracy protests, ending three a long time of authoritarian rule.
In 2012, singing celebrity Whitney Houston was discovered useless in a resort room bathtub in Beverly Hills, California, on the eve of the Grammy Awards; she was 48.
In 2013, throughout a routine morning assembly of Vatican cardinals, Pope Benedict XVI introduced he would resign as pope efficient Feb. 28; it was the primary papal resignation in practically 600 years.
In 2020, the World Well being Group gave the official title of COVID-19 to the illness brought on by the coronavirus that had emerged within the Chinese language metropolis of Wuhan.
As we speak’s birthdays:
Actor Tina Louise is 91.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is 72.
Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., is 63.
Musician Sheryl Crow is 63.
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is 61.
Actor Jennifer Aniston is 56.
Actor Damian Lewis is 54.
Surfer Kelly Slater is 53.
Musician D’Angelo is 51.
Singer-actor Brandy is 46.
Singer Kelly Rowland is 44.
Actor Natalie Dormer is 43.
Actor Taylor Lautner is 33.
Singer-songwriter Khalid is 27.
