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:

1569 - First recorded lottery in England.
1571 - Austrian nobility is granted Freedom of Religion.
1693 - Eruption of the Etna.
1759 - In Philadelphia, the first American life insurance company is incorporated.
1787 - William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.
1803 - Monroe and Livingston sail for Paris to discuss, and possibly buy, New Orleans. In Paris, they are offered the Louisiana Purchase - and accept.
1805 - Michigan Territory is created.
1861 - Alabama secedes.
1867 - Benito Juarez becomes Mexican president again.
1919 - Romania annexes Transsylvania.
1922 - First succesful 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 Dutch East Indies.
1942 - The Japanese capture Kuala Lumpur.
1943 - The United States and Great Britain 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.
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 - US Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous for one's health. First such statement from US government.
1972 -part of Pakistan.
1973 - Begin of the Watergate burglars trial.
1980 - Nigel Short, 14 years old, is the youngest chess player to be awarded the degree of International Master.
1989 - 140 nations sign a treaty to ban chemical weapons.
1990 - Massive (200,000) demonstration in favor of Lithuanian independende.
1991 - The Soviets storm Vilnius to stop Lithuanian independence.
1991 - First race of Ben Johnson after his suspension for steroid usage after his 1988 Olympic race.
1992 - Paul Simon is the first major artist to tour South Africa after the end of the cultural boycott.

Births:

1757 - Alexander Hamilton, first US Secretary of Treasury
1815 - John MacDonald, first prime minister of Canada
1885 - Alice Paul, women's rights activist
1924 - Slim Harpo, musician
1934 - John Chretien, prime minister of Canada
1943 - Jim Hightower (radio host, author)
1946 - Naomi Judd, pop singer
1947 - Bryan Robson, soccer player
1971 - Mary J. Blige, pop singer
1972 - Andre Engels, Wikipedia contributor

Deaths:

194 - Hyginus, pope
314 - Miltiades, pope
705 - John VI, pope
1055 - Constantine IX Monomachos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire
1928 - Thomas Hardy, writer

Holidays and observances:

Albania - Republic Day (1946)
Chad - Independence Day (1960)
Japan - Kagami-Biraki (Rice Cakes Festival)
Nepal - Unity Day
Feast of the Baptism of Jesus Christ

See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

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