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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_11" title="February 11">February 11</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Foundation_Day" title="National Foundation Day">National Foundation Day</a></b> in Japan (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/660_BC" title="660 BC">660 BC</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1584" title="1584">1584</a> – Spanish explorer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Sarmiento_de_Gamboa" title="Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa">Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa</a> founded the town of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nombre_de_Jes%C3%BAs_(Patagonia)" title="Nombre de Jesús (Patagonia)">Nombre de Jesús</a>, the first of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_colonization_attempt_of_the_Strait_of_Magellan" title="Spanish colonization attempt of the Strait of Magellan">two short-lived colonies</a></b> at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Magellan" title="Strait of Magellan">Strait of Magellan</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1823" title="1823">1823</a> – Around 110 boys <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival_tragedy_of_1823" title="Carnival tragedy of 1823">were killed in a human crush</a></b> at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciscan_Church_of_St_Mary_of_Jesus" title="Franciscan Church of St Mary of Jesus">Convent of the Minori Osservanti</a> in Valletta on the last day of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maltese_Carnival" title="Maltese Carnival">Maltese Carnival</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1840" title="1840">1840</a><i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_fille_du_r%C3%A9giment" title="La fille du régiment">La fille du régiment</a></b></i> <i>(audio featured)</i>, an <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op%C3%A9ra_comique" title="Opéra comique">opéra comique</a></i> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaetano_Donizetti" title="Gaetano Donizetti">Gaetano Donizetti</a>, premiered in Paris to highly negative reviews but later became a success.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1919" title="1919">1919</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Ebert" title="Friedrich Ebert">Friedrich Ebert</a></b> was elected the provisional <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Germany_(1919%E2%80%931945)" title="President of Germany (1919–1945)">president of Germany</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weimar_National_Assembly" title="Weimar National Assembly">Weimar National Assembly</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008" title="2008">2008</a> – Rebel East Timorese soldiers <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_East_Timorese_assassination_attempts" title="2008 East Timorese assassination attempts">invaded the homes</a></b> of President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Ramos-Horta" title="José Ramos-Horta">José Ramos-Horta</a> and Prime Minister <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xanana_Gusm%C3%A3o" title="Xanana Gusmão">Xanana Gusmão</a>, seriously wounding the former.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Descartes" title="René Descartes">René Descartes</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1650); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Siddal" title="Elizabeth Siddal">Elizabeth Siddal</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1862); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitney_Houston" title="Whitney Houston">Whitney Houston</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2012)</p>