🌟 Editor's Note
Good morning — it’s Wednesday, February 11. Today we're getting deep into Japan's birth, Vatican City, Europe's liberation, "The French Chef", the Egyptian Revolution, Whitney Houston, COVID-19, and much more—it's going to be a whirlwind of thrilling insights and clean, clear facts!
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🚀 Time Machine
-660
Japan was founded by legendary Emperor Jimmu.
-1858
14-year-old Bernadette of Lourdes gets her first vision of Mary in France.
-1929
Vatican City, the world's smallest country, becomes an enclave of Rome.
-1945
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin signed the Declaration of Liberated Europe, pledging to establish democratic governments through free elections.
-1946
Operation Deadlight ends with the Royal Navy scuttling 116 out of 156 captured German U-boats.
-1963
Julia Child’s “The French Chef” debuts on U.S. public television, introducing French cuisine and creating the first television cooking star.
-1990
Nelson Mandela was released after 27 years in prison in South Africa.
-2011
After 18 days of protests, Hosni Mubarak resigned, and power was transferred to the Supreme Military Council during the Arab Spring.
-2012
Top-selling singer Whitney Houston was found dead in the bathtub of her suite at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in California.
-2013
Pope Benedict XVI resigns, becoming the first pope to resign since 1415
-2020
WHO officially names the new Coronavirus disease COVID-19.
📸 Snapshot
Cigarette Psychology in the 1950s: 9 Ways to Hold Your Cigarette and Their Meaning.
🗨️ Last Words
“I would never have married had I known that my time would be so brief. If I had known that, I would not have taken upon myself double tears.”