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HISTORY HIGHLIGHT: FEBRUARY 11th!!!

Arguably one of the most well-known bands, as well as one of the bands that most changed the music industry, February 11th is a day that is actually of some importance, when it comes to talking about The Beatles’ history.

The year? 1964. The place? The Washington Coliseum in Washington, D.C. The event? The Beatles’ FIRST concert in the United States!

There aren’t a lot of people that don’t know at least one line from a Beatles song, whether it’s simply “Hey Jude”, or “I Want to Hold Your Hand”. They were a game-changer in the music industry, and still remain a favorite for a lot of people

But hey, that’s just one event from this day’s past. Here’s some of the others!

• 660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.
• 55 – Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman Emperorship, dies under mysterious circumstances in Rome. This clears the way for Nero to become Emperor.
• 1531 – Henry VIII of England is recognized as supreme head of the Church of England.
• 1659 – The assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses.
• 1752 – Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in the United States, opens.
• 1790 – Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, petitions U.S. Congress for abolition of slavery.
• 1794 – First session of United States Senate open to the public.
• 1808 – Anthracite coal is first burned as a fuel, experimentally.
• 1809 – Robert Fulton files a patent for improvements to steamboat navigation
• 1812 – Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry "gerrymanders" for the first time.
• 1814 – Norway's independence is proclaimed, marking the ultimate end of the Kalmar Union.
• 1826 – University College London is founded under the name University of London.
• 1826 – Swaminarayan wrote the Shikshapatri, an important test within the Swaminarayan faith.
• 1840 – Gaetano Donizetti's opera La Fille du Régiment receives its first performance in Paris.
• 1843 – Giuseppe Verdi's opera I Lombardi receives its first performance in Milan.
• 1855 – Kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia, by Abuna Salama III in a ceremony at the church of Derasge Maryam
• 1861 – American Civil War: United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state.
• 1873 – King Amadeus I of Spain abdicates.
• 1889 – Meiji constitution of Japan is adopted; the first Diet of Japan convenes in 1890.
• 1903 – Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna.
• 1905 – Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer nos.
• 1916 – Emma Goldman is arrested for lecturing on birth control.
• 1919 – Friedrich Ebert (SPD), is elected President of Germany.
• 1929 – Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty.
• 1937 – A sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers Union.
• 1938 – BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television program, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Capek play R.U.R., which coined the term "robot".
• 1939 – A Lockheed XP-38 flies from California to New York in 7 hours 2 minutes.
• 1941 – The first gold record is presented to Glenn Miller for "Chattanooga Choo Choo".
• 1942 – The Battle of Bukit Timah is fought in Singapore during World War II.
• 1943 – World War II: General Dwight Eisenhower is selected to command the allied armies in Europe.
• 1948 – John Costello succeeds Éamon de Valera as Taoiseach of Ireland.
• 1953 – President Dwight Eisenhower refuses clemency appeal for Ethel and Julius Rosenberg.
• 1953 – The Soviet Union breaks off diplomatic relations with Israel.
• 1963 – Julia Child's show The French Chef premieres.
• 1964 – Greeks and Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus.
• 1964 – The Republic of China (Taiwan) breaks off diplomatic relations with France.
• 1964 – The Beatles hold their first concert in the United States at the Washington Coliseum in Washington, D.C.
• 1968 – Israeli-Jordanian border clashes.
• 1971 – Eighty-seven countries, including the US, UK, and USSR, sign the Seabed Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons in international waters.
• 1973 – Vietnam War: First release of American prisoners of war from Vietnam takes place.
• 1978 – Censorship: the People's Republic of China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, Shakespeare and Dickens.
• 1979 – Islamic revolution of Iran achieves victory under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
• 1981 – 100,000 US gallons (380 m³) of radioactive coolant leak into the containment building of TVA Sequoyah 1 nuclear plant in Tennessee, contaminating 8 workers.
• 1987 – Philippines constitution goes into effect.
• 1990 – Nelson Mandela, a political prisoner for 27 years, is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa.
• 1991 – UNPO, the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization, forms in The Hague, Netherlands.
• 1997 – Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
• 2006 – Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney accidentally shoots Harry Whittington in the face, neck, and upper torso while hunting quail.