On this day: February 11

POSTED: 09:59 PM PST Feb 09, 2013    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Feb 10, 2013 

America's first hospital opens, Glenn Miller earns the first gold record, Nelson Mandela is released from prison after 27 years, and Whitney Houston passes away, all on this day.

OTD February 11 - Tina Louise
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1934: Actress Tina Louise, best known for her role as the movie star Ginger Grant on the 1960s TV sitcom "Gilligan's Island," is born Tatiana Josivovna Chernova Blacker in New York City.

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