Monday 11th of February 1535

229th Pope Gregorius XIV is born as Niccolò Sfondrato in Somma Lombardo, Lombardia, Italy.

Friday 11th of February 1650

Philosopher, mathematician and scientist René Descartes dies of pneumonia at the age of 54 in Västerlånggatan 68, Stockholm, Södermanland, Sweden.

Thursday 11th of February 1847

Inventor Thomas Alva Edison aka The Wizard of Menlo Park is born in Milan, Ohio, United States.

Saturday 11th of February 1860

Serial killer and cannibal Karl Denke aka Papa Denke is born in Ober Kunzendorf, Niederschlesien, Germany.

Thursday 11th of February 1869

Assassin Patrick James Whelan is executed by hanging at the age of 29 in Carleton County Gaol, 75 Nicholas Street, Ottawa, Ontario, United States.

Sunday 11th of February 1906

Murderer Milton Diltwer is executed by hanging at the age of 44 in Missouri State Penitentiary aka The Walls, 115 Lafayette Street, Jefferson City, Missouri, United States.

Friday 11th of February 1927

4-year-old William Gaffney is abducted, strangled, cut to pieces, roasted and partly eaten by serial killer, child rapist and cannibal Albert Fish aka The Cannibal aka The Werewolf of Wysteria aka The Moon Maniac in 99 Fifteenth Street, New York, Brooklyn, New York, United States.

Gaffney was abducted from Riker Avenue, Astoria, Queens. His body was dumped in the Bowery Bay.

Monday 11th of February 1935

Musician Gene Vincent known for his top ten hit ‘Be-Bop-A-Lula’ is born as Vincent Eugene Craddock in Norfolk, Virginia, United States.

Tuesday 11th of February 1936

Actor Burt Leon Reynolds is born in Lansing, Michigan, United States.

Thursday 11th of February 1937

Child killer Alfred Volckmann is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 20 in Sing Sing Prison, Ossining, New York, United States.

Friday 11th of February 1938

Singer Bobby Robert George Pickett known for his 1962 novelty song ‘Monster Mash’ is born in Somerville, Winter Hill, Massachusetts, United States.

Wednesday 11th of February 1942

43-year-old Margaret Florence Lowe aka Pearl is strangled and mutilated by serial killer Gordon Cummins aka The Blackout Ripper in Gosfield Street, London, Marylebone, Greater London, United Kingdom.

Lowe's body was mutilated with a variety of implements including a razor blade, a knife and a candlestick.

Tuesday 11th of February 1947

Member of the Symbionese Liberation Army Emily Harris aka Yolanda is born as Emily Montague Schwartz in Baltimore, Maryland, United States.

Wednesday 11th of February 1948

Film director Sergeï Mikhailovich Eisenstein dies of a heart attack at the age of 50 in Moscow, Central Federal District, Russia.

Friday 11th of February 1949

Member of Students for a Democratic Society and the Weather Underground Dianne Marie Donghi aka Dianne Marie Spiegel aka Dianne Donghi Oberman is born in Neuville-sur-Seine, Aube, France.

Wednesday 11th of February 1970

Murderer Richard Michael 'Rich' Cartwright is born in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Tuesday 11th of February 1975

50-year-old Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Margaret Hilda Thatcher aka The Iron Lady becomes Party Leader and Leader of the Opposition in London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

Monday 11th of February 1985

Film director Henry Hathaway dies of a heart attack at the age of 87 in Hollywood, California, United States.

Tuesday 11th of February 1986

Science fiction writer Frank Patrick Herbert known for his novel Dune dies of a massive pulmonary embolism while recovering from surgery for pancreatic cancer at the age of 66 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States.

Tuesday 11th of February 1992

Murderer Johnny Frank Garrett is executed by lethal injection at the age of 29 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

On 31 October 1981 Garrett supposedly raped, strangled and killed 76-year-old Sister Tadea Benz in the St. Francis Convent. Garrett vehemently denied committing the crime. In 2004 DNA evidence linked Leoncio Perez Rueda to the crime. Rueda admitted to sexually assaulting a "nun" four months prior to the rape and murder of another elderly woman, Narnie Box Bryson, for which he was convicted. Physical evidence also linked Rueda to the crime, such as hairs found at the scene and on a white T-shirt formerly said to be that of Garrett. Garret's final meal request was for ice cream, his last words were: "I'd like to thank my family for loving me and taking care of me. The rest of the world can kiss my ass."

Friday 11th of February 1994

Actor and producer William Conrad aka 'Cannon' dies of congestive heart failure at the age of 74 in Los Angeles, California, United States.

Wednesday 11th of February 1998

42-year-old Rosemary A. Downs is raped and strangled by serial killer Alfred Gaynor aka The Springfield Strangler in 5 Lionel Benoit Road, Springfield, Massachusetts, United States.

Thursday 11th of February 1999

Multiple murderer Danny Lee Barber is executed by lethal injection at the age of 44 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

Friday 11th of February 2000

Film director Roger Vadim dies of cancer at the age of 72 in Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, Boulevard de l'Hôpital, Paris, XIIIe, Île-de-France, France.

Wednesday 11th of February 2004

Triple murderer Edward Lagrone Lewis is executed by at the age of 47 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

Lagrone's last meal request was for five pieces of fried chicken and two Cokes.

Wednesday 11th of February 2004

A railway station building somewhere on the way on the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore Express Train in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Malaysia.

Saturday 11th of February 2006

47-year-old Performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV performs 'DDV from China' in Factor 44, Bleekhofstraat 44, Antwerpen, Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Belgium.

Saturday 11th of February 2006

Writer Peter Bradford Benchley known for his best-selling novel ‘Jaws’ dies of complications of pulmonary fibrosis at the age of 66 in Princeton, New Jersey, United States.

Saturday 11th of February 2012

Singer, actress and model Whitney Elizabeth Houston dies of accidental drowning at the age of 49 in Beverly Hilton Hotel Suite 434, 9876 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, California, United States.

The official cause of Houston's death was drowning and the "effects of atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use". The amount of cocaine found in Houston's body indicated that she used the substance shortly before her death. Toxicology results revealed additional drugs in her system: diphenhydramine, alprazolam, cannabis and cyclobenzaprine.

Saturday 11th of February 2017

Noise music band Club Moral play their 148th concert on the occasion of Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven aka AMVK's exhibition 'What Would I Do in Orbit?' in Jukomm im STEP, Stepgesstraße 20, Mönchengladbach, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.