What happend on 11th February

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1919

Friedrich Ebert (SPD), elected President of Germany.

1916

Emma Goldman arrested for lecturing on birth control.

1908

Australia regain the Ashes with a 308 run cricket victory over England.

1905

Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer nos.

1903

Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna.

1902

Police beat up universal suffrage demonstrators in Brussels.

1895

The lowest ever UK temperature of -27.2°C was recorded at Braemar in Aberdeenshire. This record was equalled on 10 January 1982 .

1889

Meiji constitution of Japan adopted; 1st Diet of Japan convenes in 1890

1873

King Amadeus I of Spain abdicates.

1861

American Civil War: United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state.