Sanarchive:Selected anniversaries/February 11

11 February:  Major events in the arts

• 1938 – The BBC Television Service broadcast an adaptation of Karel Čapek's play R.U.R., making it the first piece of science fiction ever produced for television.
• 1963 – The Beatles recorded ten songs for their debut album Please Please Me in a single marathon studio session at Abbey Road Studios.
• 2012 – The music world mourned the death of Whitney Houston, one of the best-selling music artists of all time, who passed away in Beverly Hills.

• Thomas Edison (b. 1847)
• Burt Reynolds (b. 1936)
• Alexander McQueen (d. 2010)
• Sylvia Plath (d. 1963)