February 11 - This day in History

February 11: General Interest
1996: Kasparov loses chess game to computer

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American Revolution
1776 : Georgia's governor escapes imprisonment
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/georgias-governor-escapes-imprisonment


Automotive
1937 : GM signs first autoworkers contract
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gm-signs-first-autoworkers-contract


Civil War
1861 : President-elect Lincoln leaves Springfield
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lincoln-leaves-springfield


Cold War
1956 : Burgess and Maclean resurface
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/burgess-and-maclean-resurface


Crime
1916 : Birth control pioneer arrested
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/birth-control-pioneer-arrested


Disaster
1952 : Avalanches plague central Europe
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/avalanches-plague-central-europe


General Interest
1858 : Virgin Mary appears to St. Bernadette
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/virgin-mary-appears-to-st-bernadette

1945 : Yalta Conference ends
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/yalta-conference-ends

1970 : The world's fourth space power
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-worlds-fourth-space-power


Hollywood
2008 : Tolkien heirs file Lord of the Rings lawsuit
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/tolkien-heirs-file-lord-of-the-rings-lawsuit


Literary
1778 : Voltaire is welcomed home
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/voltaire-is-welcomed-home


Music
1960 : The Payola scandal heats up
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-payola-scandal-heats-up

2012 : Pop superstar Whitney Houston dies at age 48
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pop-superstar-whitney-houston-dies-at-age-48


Old West
1805 : Sacagawea gives birth to Pompey
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sacagawea-gives-birth-to-pompey


Presidential
1945 : FDR and daughter Anna leave Yalta Conference
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-and-daughter-anna-leave-yalta-conference


Sports
1990 : Underdog Buster Douglas knocks out Mike Tyson
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/underdog-buster-douglas-knocks-out-mike-tyson


Vietnam War
1962 : Farm Gate aircraft crashes
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/farm-gate-aircraft-crashes


World War I
1918 : Russia's General Kaledin commits suicide
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/russias-general-kaledin-commits-suicide


World War II
1942 : The "Channel Dash"
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-channel-dash