What happend on 11th February

10.02
12.02
2006

The UK's ITV plans to start broadcasting its new children's channel.

1999

Pluto, a planet with an irregular orbit, changes from the eighth to ninth planet furthest from the sun. It had been the eighth furthest since 1979.

1991

UNPO, the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization, forms in The Hague, Netherlands.

1990

Nelson Mandela, a political prisoner for 27 years, is freed from Victor Verster prison outside Cape Town, South Africa.

1990

James "Buster" Douglas KOs Mike Tyson to win heavyweight boxing crown.

1987

Philippines constitution goes into effect.

1986

Rights activist Anatoly Sharansky, released by the USSR, leaves the country.

1983

President Ronald Reagan declares Edisons birthday National Inventors' Day

1981

100,000 gallons (380 m³) of radioactive coolant leak into the containment building of TVA Sequoyah 1 nuclear plant in Tennessee, contaminating 8 workers

1979

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini seizes power in Iran.