Today in History - History - February 11th

1990James "Buster" Douglas KOs Mike Tyson in 10 to win heavyweight boxing crown

1957NHL Players Association forms (NYC), Red Wings' Ted Lindsay elected president

1941Lt-Gen Erwin Rommel arrives in Tripoli

200749th Grammy Awards: Not Ready To Make Nice, Carrie Underwood wins

197825th hat trick in Islander history-Denis Potvin

1945Yalta agreement signed by FDR, Churchill & Stalin

2011Egyptian Revolution culminates in the resignation of Hosni Mubarak and the transfer of power to the Supreme Military Council after 18 days of protests.

1993Janet Reno selected by President Clinton as US Attorney General

1975Margaret Thatcher defeats Edward Heath for leadership of the British Conservative Party

1531Henry VIII recognised as supreme head of Church in England following the schism with Rome

1812Alexander H. Stephens, US Confederate Vice President, died in 1883

1917Sidney Sheldon, novelist (1947 Academy Award, 1959 Tony, Bloodline)

1800William Henry Fox Talbot, Wiltshire England, photographic pioneer

1969Jennifer Aniston, Sherman Oaks California, actress (Rachel-Friends)

1972Playwright Tom Stoppard (34) weds doctor/author Miriam Moore-Robinson (34)

1902US military leader George Marshall (22) weds Elizabeth Carter Coles in San Antonio, Texas

1905Novelist Thomas Mann (29) weds Katia Pringsheim (21) in Munich, Germany

1810French leader Napoleon I marries 2nd wife Marie-Louise of Austria

1995Tennis star Yannick Noah (34) weds Victoria's Secret model Heather Stewart-Whyte (25) in France

1989MLB pitcher Dave Righetti (30) weds Kandice Owen

2006Peter Benchley, American author, dies at 65

2012Whitney Houston, American singer and actress, dies from an accidental drowning at age 48