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 Juárez becomes Mexican president again.
- 1879 - Anglo-Zulu War begins.
- 1908 - Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
- 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 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.
- 1946 - Porfirio Barba-Jacob's ashes go back to Colombia.
- 1949 - First recorded case of snowfall in Los Angeles, California.
- 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 US 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 Midwestern United States.
- 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.
- 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.
- 2005 - Idina Menzel is replaced with Shoshana Bean in Broadway's hit musical, Wicked.
Births
- 1322 - Emperor Komyo of Japan, second of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders (d. 1380)
- 1757 - Alexander Hamilton, first United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1804)
- 1757 - Samuel Bentham, English mechanical engineer (d. 1831)
- 1800 - Nat Turner, American slave (d. 1831)
- 1807 - Ezra Cornell, American businessman and university founder (d. 1874)
- 1815 - John A. Macdonald, first Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1891)
- 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)
- 1860 - Marie Bashkirtseff, Ukrainian artist (d. 1884)
- 1870 - Alice Hegan Rice, American writer (d. 1942)
- 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)
- 1899 - Eva LeGallienne, actress (d. 1991)
- 1902 - Maurice Duruflé, French composer (d. 1986)
- 1903 - Alan Paton, South African writer (d. 1988)
- 1906 - Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist, discoverer of LSD effects
- 1908 - Lionel Stander, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1923 - Jacqueline Maillan, French actress
- 1923 - Carroll Shelby, American automobile designer
- 1924 - Sam B. Hall, American politician (d. 1994)
- 1924 - Slim Harpo, American musician (d. 1970)
- 1925 - Grant Tinker, television executive
- 1925 - William Styron, American writer
- 1926 - Lev Demin, cosmonaut (d. 1998)
- 1928 - David L. Wolper, producer
- 1930 - Rod Taylor, Australian actor
- 1934 - Jean Chrétien, twentieth Prime Minister of Canada
- 1934 - Judith Campbell Exner, John F. Kennedy confidante (d. 1999)
- 1938 - Arthur Scargill British trade union leader.
- 1942 - Clarence Clemons, musician (E Street Band)
- 1942 - Joel Zwick, American film director
- 1943 - Jim Hightower, American radio host, author
- 1944 - Shibu Soren, Indian politician
- 1946 - Naomi Judd, American country music singer
- 1946 - John Piper, American theologian
- 1952 - Lee Ritenour, musician, composer
- 1952 - Ben Crenshaw, golfer
- 1956 - Robert Earl Keen, American singer
- 1957 - Bryan Robson, English football player and manager
- 1958 - Vicki Peterson, American musician
- 1960 - Stanley Tucci, American actor
- 1962 - Susan Lindauer, American peace activist, accused spy
- 1963 - Dean Reynolds, English snooker player
- 1968 - Tom Dumont, American musician
- 1971 - Mary J. Blige, American pop singer
- 1971 - Tom Rowlands, English musician (The Chemical Brothers)
- 1972 - Marc Blucas, American actor
- 1972 - Amanda Peet, American actress
- 1973 - Rahul Dravid, Indian cricketer
- 1977 - Shomari Buchanan, American football player
- 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)
- 1713 - Pierre Jurieu, French protestant leader (b. 1637)
- 1843 - Francis Scott Key, American lawyer (b. 1779)
- 1857 - Eli Smith, Christian missionary and Bible translator (b. 1801)
- 1901 - Vasily Kalinnikov, Russian composer (b. 1866)
- 1902 - Johnny Briggs, English cricketer (b. 1862)
- 1905 - Rabbi Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter, Hasidic rabbi (b. 1847)
- 1928 - Thomas Hardy, English writer (b. 1840)
- 1941 - Emanuel Lasker, German chess player (b.1868)
- 1958 - Edna Purviance, actress (b. 1895)
- 1966 - Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor (b. 1901)
- 1966 - Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish runner
- 1970 - Richmal Crompton, British author (b. 1890)
- 1979 - Jack Soo, American actor
- 1980 - Barbara Pym, English novelist (b. 1913)
- 1981 - Beulah Bondi, American actress
- 1983 - Shri Ghanshyam Das Birla, Indian industrialist and educator (b. 1894)
- 1988 - Pappy Boyington, American aviator (b. 1912)
- 1998 - Klaus Tennstedt, German conductor (b. 1926)
- 2000 - Bob Lemon, American baseball player
- 2000 - Ivan Combe, American inventor
- 2001 - Sir Denys Lasdun, English architect (b. 1914)
- 2003 - Mickey Finn, drummer (T. Rex)
- 2003 - Maurice Pialat, French movie director (b. 1925)
- 2003 - Richard Simmons, American actor (b. 1913)
- 2005 - Spencer Dryden, drummer (Jefferson Airplane) (b. 1938)
- 2005 - James Griffin, musician (Bread)
- 2005 - Miriam Hyde, Australian composer
Holidays and observances
External links
January 10 - January 12 - December 11 - February 11 -- listing of all days
See also: January 11, 1055, 1158, 1322, 1380
