Sanarchive:Selected anniversaries/February 11
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11 February: Major events in the arts
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- 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)