On This Day, Feb. 11: Bernadette says she sees Virgin Mary at Lourdes

Feb. 11 (UPI)– On this date in history:

In 1858, French peasant lady Bernadette Soubirous stated the Virgin Mary appeared to her at Lourdes. In December 1933, the pope announced Bernadette a saint

In 1929, a Lateran treaty signed in Italy acknowledged the sovereignty of Vatican City.

In 1929, Miss Bobbi Trout, an 18-year-old “Tomboy” who used up flying to prevent dish-washing, broke 3 world air travel records

In 1941, Glenn Miller’s Chattanooga Choo Choo was granted the very first gold record, offered for sales of 1 million copies.

In 1945, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin ended a wartime conference at Yalta.

In 1965, U.S. and South Vietnamese aircrafts made their Battle raids on North Vietnam.

In 1970, Japan put a satelliteOhsumi, in area, following the Soviet Union, the United States and France.

In 1990, Nelson Mandela, leader of the motion to end South African apartheid, was launched after 27 years in jail.

In 1993, British Prime Minister John Major stated Queen Elizabeth II would pay earnings tax on her individual earnings along with going through capital and inheritance levies.

In 2006, U.S. traveler Steve Fossett broke the solo flight record when he landed near Bournemouth, England, covering 24,997 miles after removing from Kennedy Space Center in Florida 4 days previously.

In 2009, a long, bitter political battle in Zimbabwe obviously was fixed when President Robert Mugabe swore in opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai as prime minister.

In 2011, Hosni Mubarak stepped down after almost 30 years as president of Egypt, acquiescing extreme public pressure to resign after 18 days of huge, typically violent demonstrations that generated a reported death toll of more than 800 individuals. Mubarak, 82, delivered power to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces.

In 2012, Whitney Houston, an American pop singing star who offered countless albums and starred in motion pictures, was discovered dead in a Beverly Hills, Calif., hotel space. The Los Angeles coroner stated the 48-year-old performer passed away of unintentional drowning in her tub That drug and heart illness likewise played a function.

In 2014, an Algerian Hercules C-130 military aircraft crashed into a mountain in eastern Algeria, eliminating 77 individualsconsisting of civilians. There was one survivor, a soldier.

In 2016, the last 4 staying armed occupiers at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon gave up after a 41-day standoff that left one dead.

In 2018, a traveler jet bring 71 individuals on board crashed after launch from a Moscow airport, eliminating all on board.

In 2021, President Joe Biden formally ended a nationwide emergency situation statement at the United States’ southern border that enabled previous President Donald Trump 2 years ago to divert federal funds to construct his border wall.

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