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February 11
1805Lewis and Clark's Shoshone guide Sacajawea gave birth to a son, Jean Baptiste. 1809Robert Fulton patented the steamboat. 1858Saint Bernadette of Lourdes first saw a vision of the Virgin Mary at Lourdes, France, leading to the foundation of the shrine of Lourdes. 1929Lateran Treaty was signed, with Italy recognizing the independence and sovereignty of Vatican City. 1945Yalta Agreement signed by President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet leader Josef Stalin during World War II. 1970Japan became the fourth country to put a satellite into orbit. 1979Ayatollah Khomeini's followers seized control of the Iran government. 1989The Episcopal Church Boston diocese consecrated Barbara Harris as the church's first woman bishop. 1990South African resistance leader, Nelson Mandela, was released from prison after more than 27 years. 
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