Event:
Citing frail health, Pope Benedict XVI announces his resignation effective February 28, 2013; he is the first Pope to resign since Pope Gregory XII in 1415
More Notable Events on February 11:
1993 Janet Reno selected by Clinton as U.S. Attorney General
1978 China lifts a ban on Aristotle, Shakespeare, and Dickens
1929 Vatican City, world's smallest country, made an enclave of Rome
1878 1st U.S. bicycle club, Boston Bicycle Club, forms
1809 Robert Fulton patents steamboat
