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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 years).
[edit] Events
- 314 - Pope Miltiades ends his reign as the Catholic Pope.
- 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.
- 1779 - Ching-Thang Khomba crowned King of Manipur
- 1787 - William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons 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.
- 1863 - American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post - 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 - Lawrence textile 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.[citation needed]
- 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.
- 1957 - The African Convention is founded in Dakar.
- 1962 - Eruption of the Huascaran volcano in Peru; 4,000 deaths.
- 1963 - Please Please Me is released in the United Kingdom by The Beatles, with Ask Me Why as the B-side. It would be the first Beatles' single to reach #1 (on most record charts) in the UK.
- 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.
- 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 Midwestern United States.
- 1986 - The Gateway Bridge, Brisbane in Queensland, Australia is officially opened.
- 1990 - 300,000 march in favor of Lithuanian independence.
- 1992 - Paul Simon is the first major artist to tour South Africa after the end of the cultural boycott.
- 1993 - WWE's flagship broadcast, WWE Monday Night RAW airs for the first time from the famous Manhattan Center on the USA Network.
- 1994 - Irish Government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the IRA and its political arm Sinn Féin
- 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.
- 2007 - Corporal Jason Dunham of New York is posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor by President George W. Bush in recognition of actions performed during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
- 2007 - Author J.K. Rowling completed writing the final book in her best-selling Harry Potter series in the Balmoral Hotel, entitled Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
[edit] Births
- 1322 - Emperor Komyo of Japan (d. 1380)
- 1359 - Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (d. 1393)
- 1503 - Parmigianino, Italian artist (d. 1540)
- 1591 - Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English Civil War general (d. 1646)
- 1630 - John Rogers, American President of Harvard in the US (d. 1684)
- 1671 - François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French military leader (d. 1745)
- 1723 - Prithvi Narayan Shah, began the unification of modern Nepal (d. 1774)
- 1755 - Alexander Hamilton, 1st 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, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1891)
- 1842 - William James, American psychologist and philosopher (d. 1910)
- 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)
- 1873 - John Callan O'Laughlin, American political and military figure and journalist (d. 1949)
- 1875 - Reinhold Glière, Russian composer (d. 1956)
- 1876 - Elmer Flick, American baseball player (d. 1971)
- 1885 - Jack Hoxie, American actor, rodeo performer (d. 1965)
- 1885 - Alice Paul, American women's rights activist (d. 1977)
- 1887 - Aldo Leopold, American ecologist (d. 1948)
- 1890 - Oswald de Andrade, Brazilian author (d.1954)
- 1897 - August Heissmeyer, German SS officer (d. 1979)
- 1902 - Maurice Duruflé, French composer (d. 1986)
- 1903 - Alan Paton, South African writer (d. 1988)
- 1906 - Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist
- 1907 - Pierre Mendès-France, French politician (d. 1982)
- 1908 - Lionel Stander, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1910 - Nikos Kavvadias, Greek poet and writer (d. 1975)
- 1911 - Zenko Suzuki, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2004)
- 1916 - Bernard Blier, French actor (d. 1989)
- 1917 - John Robarts, Canadian politician, Premier of Ontario (d. 1982)
- 1921 - Juanita M. Kreps, former U.S. Secretary of Commerce
- 1921 - Gory Guerrero, professional wrestler (d. 1990)
- 1923 - Carroll Shelby, American automobile designer
- 1924 - Roger Guillemin, French neuroendocrinologist, Nobel laureate
- 1924 - Sam B. Hall, American politician (d. 1994)
- 1924 - Slim Harpo, American musician (d. 1970)
- 1924 - Don Cherry, American singer and golfer
- 1925 - Grant Tinker, American television executive
- 1926 - Lev Demin, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1998)
- 1928 - David L. Wolper, American television producer
- 1930 - Rod Taylor, Australian actor
- 1932 - Alfonso Arau, Mexican film director
- 1934 - Jean Chrétien, 20th Prime Minister of Canada
- 1938 - Fischer Black, American economist (d. 1995)
- 1938 - Arthur Scargill, Socialist Labour Party (UK) leader
- 1939 - Anne Heggtveit, Canadian alpine skier
- 1941 - Gérson, Brazilian footballer
- 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
- 1944 - Mohammed Abed Elhai, Sudanese writer and academic (d. 1989)
- 1945 - Christine Kaufmann, German-Austrian actress
- 1946 - Naomi Judd, American singer
- 1946 - Tony Kaye, British keyboard player (Yes)
- 1952 - Ben Crenshaw, American golfer
- 1952 - Lee Ritenour, American musician and composer
- 1953 - John Sessions, Scottish actor
- 1956 - Robert Earl Keen, American singer
- 1957 - Bryan Robson, English footballer and manager
- 1958 - Vicki Peterson, American musician (The Bangles)
- 1959 - Rob Ramage, Canadian ice hockey player
- 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
- 1969 - Manny Acta, Dominican baseball player
- 1969 - Kyle Richards, American actress
- 1970 - Mary J. Blige, American singer
- 1970 - Chris Jent, American basketball player and coach
- 1972 - Marc Blucas, American actor
- 1972 - Amanda Peet, American actress
- 1972 - Luís Delgado, Angolan footballer
- 1973 - Rahul Dravid, Indian cricketer
- 1973 - Joanna Brodzik, Polish actress
- 1974 - Jens Nowotny, German footballer
- 1974 - Cody McKay, Canadian baseball player
- 1975 - Rory Fitzpatrick, American ice hockey player
- 1976 - Efthimios Rentzias, Greek basketball player
- 1977 - Shomari Buchanan, American football player
- 1977 - Nadia Turner, American singer
- 1978 - Emile Heskey, English footballer
- 1978 - Michael Duff, Northern Irish footballer
- 1979 - Siti Nurhaliza, Malaysian singer
- 1980 - Mike Williams, American football player
- 1980 - Deanna Wright, American actress
- 1981 - Jamelia, English singer
- 1982 - Son Ye-jin, South Korean actress
- 1982 - Ashley Taylor Dawson, British actor and singer
- 1983 - Adrian Sutil, German racing driver
- 1985 - Rie fu, Japanese singer
- 1987 - Scotty Cranmer, American professional BMX rider
[edit] Deaths
- 314 - St. Miltiades
- 705 - Pope John VI
- 802 - St. Paulinus II of Aquileia
- 812 - Stauracius, Byzantine Emperor
- 844 - Michael I Rhangabes, 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)
- 1836 - John Molson, Canadian brewer (b. 1763)
- 1843 - Francis Scott Key, American lawyer and writer of the American national anthem (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)
- 1914 - Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer and patron of the arts after whom the Carlsberg brewery was named (b. 1842)
- 1923 - King Constantine I of Greece (b. 1868)
- 1928 - Thomas Hardy, English writer (b. 1840)
- 1931 - James Milton Carroll, American Baptist pastor, leader, historian, and author (b. 1852)
- 1941 - Emanuel Lasker, German chess player (b. 1868)
- 1954 - Oscar Straus, Austrian composer (b. 1870)
- 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)
- 1978 - Ibn-e-Insha, Pakistani humorist and Urdu poet (b. 1927)
- 1979 - Jack Soo, American actor (b. 1917)
- 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 - Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, American WW II Marine aviator (b. 1912)
- 1988 - Florence Knapp, American, one-time oldest person in the world (b. 1873)
- 1991 - Carl David Anderson, American physicist, Nobel 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, American baseball player (b. 1920)
- 2001 - Sir Denys Lasdun, English architect (b. 1914)
- 2002 - Henri Verneuil, French playwright and film director (b. 1920)
- 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)
- 2005 - Fabrizio Meoni, Italian motorcyclist (b. 1957)
- 2006 - Markus Löffel (Mark Spoon), German DJ (b. 1966)
- 2006 - Nixzmary Brown, American child abuse victim (b. 1998)
- 2007 - Robert Anton Wilson, American author (b. 1932)
- 2007 - Solveig Dommartin, French-German actress (b. 1961)
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