WHAT HAPPENED ON 11. FEBRUARY
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The Iranian Revolution establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. (11. February 1979)

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. (11. February 1981)

Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner. (11. February 1990)

Buster Douglas, a 40-1 underdog, knocks out Mike Tyson in ten rounds at Tokyo to win boxing's world Heavyweight title and cause one of the largest upsets in sports history. (11. February 1990)

Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. (11. February 1997)

Rebel East Timorese soldiers seriously wound President José Ramos-Horta. Rebel leader Alfredo Reinado is killed in the attack. (11. February 2008)

Namdaemun, a 550-year-old gate in South Korea, was toppled by fire. (11. February 2008)

The first wave of the Egyptian revolution culminates in the resignation of Hosni Mubarak and the transfer of power to the Supreme Military Council after 18 days of protests. (11. February 2011)

Pope Benedict XVI announces his resignation from the papacy, the first pontiff to resign in more than half a millennium. (11. February 2013)