FEB 11TH
1805-Lewis and Clark's Shoshone guide Sacajawea gave birth to a son, Jean Baptiste.
1809-Robert Fulton patented the steamboat.
1858-Saint Bernadette of Lourdes first saw a vision of the Virgin Mary at Lourdes, France, leading to the foundation of the shrine of Lourdes.
1929-Lateran Treaty was signed, with Italy recognizing the independence and sovereignty of Vatican City.
1945-Yalta Agreement signed by President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet leader Josef Stalin during World War II.
1970-Japan became the fourth country to put a satellite into orbit.
1979-Ayatollah Khomeini's followers seized control of the Iran government.
1989-The Episcopal Church Boston diocese consecrated Barbara Harris as the church's first woman bishop.
1990-South African resistance leader, Nelson Mandela, was released from prison after more than 27 year
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