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A bit of February 11th history…
660 BC - Traditional date for foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu
385 - Siricius, Bishop of Tarragona, elected as Bishop of Rome, 1st to style himself as Pope (pictured)
1812 - Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry signs redistricting bill - 1st “gerrymander”
1945 - Declaration of Liberated Europe signed by FDR, Churchill, and Stalin, after the Yalta Conference
1990 - Nelson Mandela released after 27 years imprisonment in South Africa
1993 - US President Clinton selects Janet Reno to be 1st female US Attorney General
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