Today In History

Fri., Feb. 11, 2000

In 1858: A French girl, Bernadette Soubirous, claimed for the first time to have seen a vision of the Virgin Mary near Lourdes.

In 1937: A sit-down strike against General Motors ended, with the company agreeing to recognize the United Automobile Workers Union.

In 1945: President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin signed the Yalta Agreement during World War II.

In 1979: Followers of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini seized power in Iran.

In 1993: President Clinton announced his choice of Miami prosecutor Janet Reno as the nation’s first female attorney general.

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