Video: 'Shampoo' trailer
(Tuesday, February 11, 1975) — Shampoo, a satirical romantic comedy-drama film about a hairdresser who expresses his fear of commitment by seducing his female clients, opened today at the Coronet in New York City.
Directed by Hal Ashby, the film starred Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Goldie Hawn, Lee Grant, Jack Warden and Tony Bill.
(Thursday, February 11, 1965) — Drummer Ringo Starr of The Beatles married 18-year-old Maureen Cox, a hairdresser from Starr’s hometown of Liverpool, England, today at the Caxton Hall Register Office in London. Continue reading Beatle Ringo Starr weds Maureen Cox 50 years ago today (Feb 11 1965)
Video: 'War Years: #2 Yalta Conference'
(Sunday, February 11, 1945, 3:45 p.m. local time; during World War II) — U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin today signed the Yalta Agreement, in which Stalin agreed to declare war against Imperial Japan following Nazi Germany’s capitulation. In return, the Soviet Union would acquire territories lost to Japan in the Russo-Japanese War. Continue reading FDR, Churchill and Stalin sign Yalta Agreement 70 years ago this hour (Feb 11 1945)
