On this day …
February 11, 2015
- In 1531, Henry VIII was recognized as the supreme head of the Church of England.
- In 1790, the Religious Society of Friends, better known as the Quakers, petitioned the U.S. Congress for the abolition of slavery.
- In 1903, Anton Bruckner’s Ninth Symphony premiered in Vienna.
- In 1916, Emma Goldman was arrested for lecturing on birth control.
- In 1937, a sit-down strike ended when General Motors recognized the United Auto Workers union.
- In 1943, Dwight D. Eisenhower was selected to command the Allied armies in Europe.
- In 1973, the first release of American prisoners of war in Vietnam took place.
- In 1978, China lifted a ban on the works of Aristotle, Shakespeare, and Charles Dickens.
- In 1990, Nelson Mandela was released from prison in South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner.
- In 2013, Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation from the Papacy to become the first Pope in more than 500 years to resign.
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