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