January 11
January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are
354 days remaining (355 in leap years).
Events
* 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople
* 1158 - Vladislav II becomes King of Bohemia
* 1569 - First recorded lottery in England.
* 1571 - Austrian nobility is granted Freedom of religion.
* 1693 - Eruption of Mt. Etna.
* 1759 - In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first American life insurance
company is incorporated.
* 1787 - William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of
Uranus.
* 1805 - Michigan Territory is created.
* 1861 - Alabama secedes from the United States
* 1863 - American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post - General John
McClernand and Admiral David Porter capture the Arkansas River for the
Union.
* 1867 - Benito Juarez becomes Mexican president again
* 1879 - Anglo-Zulu War begins
* 1908 - Grand Canyon National Monument is created
* 1919 - Romania annexes Transylvania.
* 1922 - First successful treatment with insulin against diabetes.
* 1923 - Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force
Germany to pay its reparation payments.
* 1935 - Amelia Earhart is the first woman to fly solo from Hawaii to
California.
* 1938 - Frances Moulton is the first woman to become president of a US
national bank.
* 1942 - Japan declares war on the Netherlands and invades the
Netherlands East Indies.
* 1942 - The Japanese capture Kuala Lumpur.
* 1943 - The United States and United Kingdom give up territorial rights
in China.
* 1946 - Enver Hoxha declares the people's republic of Albania with
himself as dictator.
* 1949 - First recorded case of snowfall in Los Angeles, California.
* 1960 - Chad declares its independence.
* 1962 - Eruption of the volcano Huascaran in Peru; 4000 deaths.
* 1963 - The Whiskey-a-Go-Go night club in Los Angeles, the first disco
in the USA, is opened.
* 1964 - United States Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking
may be hazardous for one's health. First such statement from US
government.
* 1972 - East Pakistan becomes Bangladesh
* 1973 - Beginning of the Watergate burglars trial.
* 1980 - Nigel Short, 14 years old, is the youngest chess player to be
awarded the degree of International Master.
* 1990 - Massive (200,000) demonstration in favor of Lithuanian
independece.
* 1992 - Paul Simon is the first major artist to tour South Africa after
the end of the cultural boycott.
Births
* 1757 - Alexander Hamilton, first United States Secretary of the
Treasury (+ 1804)
* 1815 - John A. Macdonald, first Prime Minister of Canada (+ 1891)
* 1859 - George Nathaniel Curzon (Lord Curzon), British statesman
* 1860 - Marie Bashkirtseff, artist, (+ 1884)
* 1885 - Alice Paul, women's rights activist
* 1899 - Eva LeGallienne, actress (+ 1991)
* 1903 - Alan Paton, writer
* 1906 - Albert Hofmann, chemist, discoverer of LSD effects
* 1923 - Jacqueline Maillan, French actress
* 1924 - Slim Harpo, musician
* 1925 - Grant Tinker, television executive
* 1925 - William Styron, writer
* 1928 - David L. Wolper, producer
* 1930 - Rod Taylor, Australian actor
* 1934 - Jean ChrŽtien, Prime Minister of Canada
* 1938 - Arthur Scargill British trade union leader.
* 1942 - Clarence Clemens, musician (E Street Band)
* 1943 - Jim Hightower, radio host, author
* 1946 - Naomi Judd, country music singer
* 1947 - Bryan Robson, football player
* 1952 - Lee Ritenour, musician, composer
* 1952 - Ben Crenshaw, golfer
* 1960 - Stanley Tucci, actor
* 1971 - Mary J. Blige, pop singer
Deaths
* 314 - St. Miltiades, Pope
* 705 - John VI, Pope
* 1055 - Constantine IX Monomachos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire
* 1928 - Thomas Hardy, writer
* 1958 - Edna Purviance, actress
* 1966 - Alberto Giacometti, Italian sculptor
* 1988 - Pappy Boyington, aviator
* 1970 - Richmal Crompton, author
Holidays and observances
* Albania - Republic Day (1946)
* Chad - Independence Day (1960)
* Japan - Kagami-Biraki (Rice Cakes Festival)
* Nepal - Unity Day
* Roman Empire - First day of Carmentalia in honor of Carmen
* Feast of the Baptism of Jesus Christ
