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January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar . There are 354 days remaining (355 in Leap Year s).
Events
- 314 - Pope Miltiades ends his reign as the Catholic Pope.
- 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 - Mt. Etna erupts in Sicily , Italy .
- 1759 - In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , the first American Life Insurance company is incorporated.
- 1787 - William Herschel Discovers Titania and Oberon , two Moon s of Uranus .
- 1794 - Robert Forsythe, a US Marshal was killed in Augusta , Georgia when trying to serve court papers, the first US Marshal to die in action.
- 1805 - Michigan Territory is created.
- 1861 - Alabama secedes from the United States .
- - General John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture the Arkansas River for the Union .
- 1867 - Benito Juárez becomes Mexican president again.
- 1879 - Anglo-Zulu War begins.
- 1880 - Total Solar Eclipse blackens the sky of San Francisco one day after the funeral of Emperor Norton .
- 1902 - Popular Mechanics magazine was published for the first time.
- 1908 - Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
- 1912 - Bread And Roses Strike begins in Lawrence, Massachusetts .
- 1919 - Romania annexes Transylvania .
- 1922 - First use of Insulin to treat Diabetes in a human patient.
- 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 U.S. national bank.
- 1942 - Japan declares war on the Netherlands and invades the Netherlands East Indies .
- 1942 - The Japan ese 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.
- 1946 - Porfirio Barba-Jacob 's ashes go back to Colombia .
- 1949 - First recorded case of Snow fall in Los Angeles, California .
- 1957 - The African Convention is founded in Dakar .
- 1960 - Chad declares its independence.
- 1962 - Eruption of the Huascaran volcano in Peru ; 4,000 deaths.
- 1963 - The '' Whisky A Go-Go '' night club in Los Angeles, the first Disco in the USA, is opened.
- 1964 - United States Surgeon General Luther Leonidas Terry reports smoking may be hazardous to health. First such statement from U.S. government.
- 1972 - East Pakistan becomes Bangladesh .
- 1973 - Beginning of the Watergate burglars trial.
- 1974 - The world's first surviving set of Sextuplets are born to Susan Rosenkowitz in Cape Town , South Africa .
- 1980 - Nigel Short , 14, is the youngest Chess player to be awarded the degree of International Master .
- 1982 - A cold snap sends temperatures to record lows in dozens of Cities throughout the Midwest ern United States .
- 1986 - The Gateway Bridge, Brisbane in Queensland Australia was officially opened.
- 1990 - 300,000 march in favor of Lithuania n independence.
- 1992 - Paul Simon is the first major artist to tour South Africa after the end of the Cultural Boycott .
- 1993 - WWF liath RAW .
- 1994 - Irish Government announces the end of a 15-year Broadcasting Ban on the IRA and its political arm Sinn Fein
- 1995 - The WB Television Network begins operations.
- 1996 - Haiti becomes a member of the Berne Convention Copyright Treaty .
- 1998 - Sidi-Hamed Massacre in Algeria ; over 100 people killed.
- 2001 - The Federal Trade Commission approved the Merger of AOL and Time Warner to form ''AOL Time Warner''.
- 2003 - Illinois Governor George H. Ryan announces decision to grant clemency to all inmates of Death Row .
- 2005 - Black Tuesday bushfires swept across the southern Eyre Peninsula in South Australia .
- 2006 - Nixzmary Brown is abused by her stepfather Cesar Rodriguez and aparrently dies after being hit by a faucet and drowning in cold water in a bathtub. Cesar Rodriguez and Nixzaliz Santiago are charged for second-degree murder, sex abuse, second-degree manslaughter and child endangerment.
Births
- 1322 - Emperor Komyo Of Japan (d. 1380 )
- 1359 - Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (d. 1393 )
- 1503 - Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola , Italian artist (d. 1540 )
- 1591 - Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl Of Essex , English Civil War general (d. 1646 )
- 1630 - John Rogers , American President of Harvard (b. 1684 )
- 1671 - François-Marie, 1st Duc De Broglie , French military leader (d. 1745 )
- 1755 - Alexander Hamilton , first United States Secretary Of The Treasury (d. 1804 )
- 1757 - Samuel Bentham , English mechanical engineer (d. 1831 )
- 1800 - Anyos Jedlik , Hungarian physicist (d. 1895 )
- 1807 - Ezra Cornell , American businessman and university founder (d. 1874 )
- 1815 - John A. Macdonald , first Prime Minister Of Canada (d. 1891 )
- 1845 - Albert Victor Bäcklund , Swedish physicist (d. 1912 )
- 1852 - Konstantin Fehrenbach , Chancellor Of Germany (d. 1926 )
- 1856 - Christian Sinding , Norwegian composer (d. 1941 )
- 1858 - Harry Gordon Selfridge , American retailer (d. 1947 )
- 1859 - Lord George Nathaniel Curzon , British statesman, Viceroy of India (d. 1925 )
- 1868 - Cai Yuanpei , Chinese educator (d. 1940 )
- 1875 - Reinhold Glière , Russian composer (d. 1956 )
- 1876 - Elmer Flick , American baseball player (d. 1971 )
- 1885 - Alice Paul , American women's rights activist (d. 1977 )
- 1887 - Aldo Leopold , American ecologist (d. 1948 )
- 1902 - Maurice Duruflé , French composer (d. 1986 )
- 1903 - Alan Paton , South African writer (d. 1988 )
- 1906 - Albert Hofmann , Swiss chemist
- 1908 - Lionel Stander , American actor (d. 1994 )
- 1911 - Zenko Suzuki , Prime Minister Of Japan (d. 2004 )
- 1921 - Juanita M. Kreps , former U.S. Secretary Of Commerce
- 1923 - Carroll Shelby , American automobile designer
- 1924 - Roger Guillemin , French neuroendocrinologist, Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine
- 1924 - Sam B. Hall , American politician (d. 1994 )
- 1924 - Slim Harpo , American musician (d. 1970 )
- 1925 - Grant Tinker , American television executive
- 1926 - Lev Demin , cosmonaut (d. 1998 )
- 1930 - Rod Taylor , Australian actor
- 1934 - Jean Chrétien , twentieth Prime Minister Of Canada
- 1938 - Arthur Scargill , British labor leader
- 1941 - Gérson , Brazilian football player
- 1942 - Clarence Clemons , American musician ( E Street Band )
- 1943 - Jim Hightower , American radio host and author
- 1944 - John Piper , American theologian
- 1944 - Shibu Soren , Indian politician
- 1946 - Naomi Judd , American singer
- 1946 - Tony Kaye , British keyboard player ( Yes
- 1952 - Ben Crenshaw , American golfer
- 1952 - Lee Ritenour , musician and composer
- 1956 - Robert Earl Keen , American singer
- 1957 - Bryan Robson , English footballer and manager
- 1958 - Vicki Peterson , American musician
- 1960 - Stanley Tucci , American actor
- 1961 - Jasper Fforde , British author
- 1962 - Susan Lindauer , American peace activist and accused spy
- 1963 - Dean Reynolds , English snooker player
- 1966 - Marc Acito , American novelist and humorist
- 1966 - Kelley Law , Canadian curler
- 1968 - Tom Dumont , American musician
- 1971 - Mary J. Blige , American singer
- 1972 - Marc Blucas , American actor
- 1972 - Amanda Peet , American actress
- 1973 - Rahul Dravid , Indian cricketer
- 1977 - Shomari Buchanan , American football player
- 1979 - Siti Nurhaliza , Malaysian singer
- 1978 - Emile Heskey , English footballer
- 1980 - Mike Williams , American football player
Deaths
- 314 - St. Miltiades
- 705 - John VI
- 812 - Stauracius , Byzantine Emperor
- 1055 - Constantine IX Monomachos, Byzantine Emperor
- 1494 - Domenico Ghirlandaio , Italian artist (b. 1449 )
- 1495 - Pedro González De Mendoza , Spanish cardinal and statesman (b. 1428 )
- 1641 - Juan Martínez De Jáuregui Y Aguilar , Spanish poet (b. 1583 )
- 1696 - Charles Albanel , French missionary explorer in Canada (b. 1616 )
- 1703 - Johann Georg Graevius , German classical scholar and critic (b. 1632 )
- 1713 - Pierre Jurieu , French protestant leader (b. 1637 )
- 1762 - Louis-François Roubiliac , French sculptor (b. 1695 )
- 1763 - Caspar Abel , German theologian, historian, and poet (b. 1676 )
- 1771 - Jean-Baptiste De Boyer, Marquis D'Argens , French writer (b. 1704 )
- 1791 - William Williams Pantycelyn , Welsh hymnist (b. 1717 )
- 1801 - Domenico Cimarosa , Italian composer (b. 1749 )
- 1843 - Francis Scott Key , American lawyer (b. 1779 )
- 1882 - Theodor Schwann , German physiologist (b. 1810 )
- 1901 - Vasily Kalinnikov , Russian composer (b. 1866 )
- 1902 - Johnny Briggs , English cricketer (b. 1862 )
- 1905 - Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter , Hasidic rabbi (b. 1847 )
- 1923 - King Constantine I Of Greece (b. 1868 )
- 1928 - Thomas Hardy , English writer (b. 1840 )
- 1931 - James Milton Carroll , was a Baptist pastor, leader, historian, and author (b. 1852 )
- 1941 - Emanuel Lasker , German chess player (b. 1868 )
- 1958 - Edna Purviance , American actress (b. 1895 )
- 1966 - Alberto Giacometti , Swiss sculptor (b. 1901 )
- 1966 - Hannes Kolehmainen , Finnish runner (b. 1889 )
- 1968 - Isidor Isaac Rabi , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898 )
- 1970 - Richmal Crompton , British author (b. 1890 )
- 1980 - Barbara Pym , English novelist (b. 1913 )
- 1981 - Beulah Bondi , American actress (b. 1888 )
- 1983 - Shri Ghanshyam Das Birla , Indian industrialist and educator (b. 1894 )
- 1988 - Pappy Boyington , American aviator (b. 1912 )
- 1991 - Carl David Anderson , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905 )
- 1998 - Klaus Tennstedt , German conductor (b. 1926 )
- 1999 - Fabrizio De André , Italian singer (b. 1940 )
- 1999 - Brian Moore , Irish-born writer (b. 1921 )
- 2000 - Ivan Combe , American inventor (b. 1911 )
- 2000 - Bob Lemon , baseball player (b. 1920 )
- 2001 - Sir Denys Lasdun , English architect (b. 1914 )
- 2003 - Mickey Finn , English drummer ( T. Rex ) (b. 1947 )
- 2003 - Maurice Pialat , French actor and director (b. 1925 )
- 2003 - Richard Simmons , American actor (b. 1913 )
- 2005 - Spencer Dryden , American drummer ( Jefferson Airplane ) (b. 1938 )
- 2005 - James Griffin , American musician ( Bread ) (b. 1943 )
- 2005 - Miriam Hyde , Australian composer (b. 1913 )
- 2006 - Nixzmary Brown , child murder victim (b. 1998 )
Holidays and observances
External links
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