Today In History For February 11th

Today is Friday, Feb. 11, the 42nd day of 2011. There are 323 days left in the year.

On Feb. 11, 1861, President-elect Abraham Lincoln bade farewell to his adopted hometown of Springfield, Ill., as he headed to Washington for his inauguration. The same day, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously adopted a resolution guaranteeing non interference with slavery in any state.

In 1990, South African black activist Nelson Mandela was freed after 27 years in captivity.

In 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin signed the Yalta Agreement during World War II.