What happend on 11th February

10.02
12.02
1953

The Soviet Union breaks off diplomatic relations with Israel.

1953

President Dwight Eisenhower refuses clemency appeal for Ethel and Julius Rosenberg

1948

John Costello succeeds Éamon de Valera as Taoiseach of Ireland.

1945

Yalta Conference ends.

1943

General Dwight Eisenhower selected to command the allied armies in Europe.

1941

First Gold record presented to Glenn Miller for "Chattanooga Choo Choo".

1938

BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Capek play R.U.R. (This play coined the term 'robot.')

1937

A sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers Union.

1929

Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty.

1928

1928 Winter Olympic Games open in St. Moritz, Switzerland