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What happened in history on this day: February 11?
On February 11 in ...
- 1954 - In Los Angeles, California, the 6th Annual Emmy Awards are presented, hosted by Ed Sullivan.
Best Audience Participation, Quiz or Panel Program: This Is Your Life and What's My Line?
Best Children's Program: Kukla, Fran, and Ollie
Best Dramatic Program: The United States Steel Hour
Best Female Star of a Regular Series: Eve Arden for Our Miss Brooks
Best Male Star of a Regular Series: Donald O'Connor for The Colgate Comedy Hour
Best Mystery, Action, or Adventure Program: Dragnet
Best New Program: Make Room for Daddy and The United States Steel Hour
Best Program of News or Sports: See It Now
Best Public Affairs Program: Victory at Sea
Best Series Supporting Actor: Art Carney for The Jackie Gleason Show
Best Series Supporting Actress: Vivian Vance for I Love Lucy
Best Situation Comedy: I Love Lucy
Best Variety Program: Omnibus
Most Outstanding Personality: Edward R. Murrow.
- 1971 - The 100th episode of US TV show Ironside airs.
- 1982 - ABC-TV airs the final segment of the 18-hour miniseries The Winds of War. An estimated 140 million people watched one or more nights of the program, making it the most-watched television program in history.
- 2002 - The six stars on NBC's Friends TV show sign a deal for US$24 million each for the ninth and final season of the series.
Births on February 11
- 1903 - Birth of Rex Lease in West Virginia, USA; actor (Fast Bullets, Sunny Skies, Custer's Last Stand).
- 1909 - Birth of Joseph L Mankiewicz in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA; film writer/director (Sleuth).
- 1909 - Birth of Max Baer [The Livermore Larruper] in Omaha, Nebraska, USA; heavyweight boxing champion (1934-35), actor (The Prizefighter and the Lady).
- 1917 - Birth of Sidney Sheldon in Chicago, Illinois, USA; author/producer (Patty Duke Show TV show, I Dream of Jeannie, Hart to Hart, Master of the Game, If Tomorrow Comes, Bloodline, The Other Side of Midnight, Windmills of the Gods, 1947 Academy Award, 1959 Tony Award).
- 1919 - Birth of Eva Gabor in Budapest, Hungary; actress (Lisa - Green Acres TV show, Gigi).
- 1920 - Birth of Billy Halop in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Bert Munson - All in the Family TV show).
- 1925 - Birth of Kim Stanley AKA Patricia Reid in Tularosa, New Mexico, USA; actress (Right Stuff, Ben Casey TV show (1963, Emmy Award), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof TV show (1985, Emmy Award)).
- 1926 - Birth of Leslie Nielsen in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada; actor (Police Squad, Forbidden Planet, Naked Gun).
- 1928 - Birth of Conrad Janis in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Mork and Mindy, Quark, Bonino, Frasier).
- 1931 - Birth of Larry Merchant; American author and boxing commentator (Showtime, HBO).
- 1934 - Birth of Tina Louise in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Ginger - Gilligan's Island, Julie - Dallas).
- 1936 - Birth of Burt Reynolds in Waycross, Georgia, USA; actor (Evening Shade, Striptease, Cannonball Run, Smokey and the Bandit, Dan August, Deliverance, Hawk).
- 1940 - Birth of John Fink in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actor (Dr Adam Hudson - Nancy).
- 1941 - Birth of Glenn Randall Junior; stuntman (Species, Mrs Soffel, Return of the Jedi).
- 1944 - Birth of Buddhadev Dasgupta; director (Charachar, Grihajuddha).
- 1950 - Birth of Johanna E "Joke" Beerens; actress (Schipper Next to God).
- 1953 - Birth of Philip Anglim in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (Dane - Thorn Birds).
- 1956 - Birth of Kathleen Beller in Queens, New York, USA; actress (Fort Apache the Bronx, Touched).
- 1956 - Birth of Catherine Hickland in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA; actress (One Life To Live, Loving, Capitol, Star Trek IV).
- 1961 - Birth of Carey Lowell in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Me and Him, Guardian, Dangerously Close, Law and Order).
- 1962 - Birth of Scott Kolden in Torrance, California, USA; actor (Scott - Me and the Chimp).
- 1965 - Birth of Stephen Gregory in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Chase - The Young and the Restless).
- 1966 - Birth of Stephen Gregory in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Chase - The Young and the Restless).
- 1969 - Birth of Jennifer Aniston in Sherman Oaks, California, USA; actress (Rachel - Friends).
- 1976 - Birth of Brice Beckham in Long Beach, California; actor (Wesley - Mr Belvedere).
- 1979 - Birth of Brandy Norwood AKA Brandy; American singer and actress (Les Miserables, Moesha).
- 1980 - Birth of Matthew Lawrence in Montgomery, Pennsylvania; actor (Matthew - Gimme a Break, Boy Meets World).
- 1980 - Birth of Natasha Bobo in Watsonville, California; actress (Sally - Together We Stand).
- 1992 - Birth of Taylor Lautner; actor (My Own Worst Enemy).
Deaths on February 11
- 1961 - Eduard R Verkade, Dutch actor/director (Pygmalion), dies at age 82.
- 1969 - James Lanphier; actor (Flight of Lost Balloon), dies at age 48.
- 1974 - Anna Q Nilsson, actress (Toll Gate, Sorrell and Son), dies at age 85.
- 1976 - Alice Allen, actress (Call of the Hills), dies.
- 1976 - Charlie Naughton, actor (Frozen Limits), dies at age 89.
- 1976 - Death of Lee J Cobb at age 64 of a heart attack; actor (The Virginian TV show, 12 Angry Men, On the Waterfront, The Young Lawyers TV show, Willie Loman - Death of a Salesman).
- 1982 - Takashi Shimura, Japanese actor (Rashomon, Seven Samurais), dies at age 76 (born 1905).
- 1985 - Henry Hathaway, actor/director (Nob Hill), dies of heart attack at age 86.
- 1989 - George O'Hanlon, American actor/director (Bop Girl, Zamba), dies at age 71 (born 1912).
- 1992 - Ray Danton, US actor/director (Psychic Killer), dies at age 60.
- 1993 - Joy Garrett, actress (Days of Our Lives), dies of liver failure at age 47.
- 1994 - Death of Sorrell Booke at age 64 of colorectal cancer; actor (Mayor Boss Hogg - Dukes of Hazzard TV show).
- 1994 - Death of William Conrad at age 73 of heart failure; actor (Marshall Dillon - Gunsmoke radio show, Cannon TV show, Jake and the Fatman).
- 1996 - Phil Regan, American actor (Las Vegas Night, Dames, Housewife), dies at age 88 (born 1906).
- 1997 - Death of Don Porter at age 84; actor (Private Secretary TV show, Gidget TV show).
- 2012 - Death of Whitney Elizabeth Houston at age 48, in a bathtub at a hotel in Los Angeles, California; pop singer ("I Will Always Love You", "Saving All My Love for You"), 1986 Billboard artist of the year, six Grammy awards, actress (The Bodyguard movie).
- 2023 - Death of Austin Majors at age 27 in Los Angeles, California; actor (NYPD Blue TV show).
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