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January 11 Gregorian calendar . There are 354 days remaining until the end of the year (355 in leap years ).
Events [ ] 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire.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 , 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 .1917 - Kingsland Explosion Sabotage of munitions factory.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 .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 .1957 - The African Convention is founded in Dakar . And, mass-murderer Jack Gilbert Graham was executied via the Gas Chamber .1962 - Eruption of the Huascaran volcano in Peru ; 4,000 deaths.1963 - The Whisky a Go Go disco in the USA, is opened.
1964 - United States Surgeon General Dr. Luther Leonidas Terry , M.D., publishes a report saying that smoking may be hazardous to health. It is the first such statement ever made by the U.S. government.1972 - East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh .1973 - The Open University , Britain's distance-learning university, awards its first degrees.1974 - The world's first surviving set of sextuplets are born to Susan Rosenkowitz in Cape Town , South Africa .1986 - The Gateway Bridge in Queensland , Australia is officially opened.1990 - 300,000 march in favor of Lithuanian independence.1994 - Irish Government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the IRA and its political arm Sinn Féin 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 approves the merger of AOL and Time Warner to form AOL Time Warner .Births [ ] 1322 - Emperor Komyo of Japan (d. 1380 )1359 - Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (d. 1393 )1395 - Michelle of Valois , Duchess of Burgundy (d. 1422 )1503 - Parmigianino , Italian artist (d. 1540 )1591 - Robert Devereux , English Civil War general (d. 1646 )1630 - John Rogers , American President of Harvard in the US (d. 1684 )1671 - François-Marie , 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 )1788 - William Thomas Brande , English chemist (d. 1866 )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 )1853 - Georgios Jakobides , Greek painter (d. 1926 )1856 - Christian Sinding , Norwegian composer (d. 1932 )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 )1870 - Alexander Stirling Calder , American sculptor (d. 1945 )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 )1901 - Kwon Ki-ok , first Korean female pilot (d. 1988 )1902 - Maurice Duruflé , French composer (d. 1986 )1903 - Alan Paton , South African writer (d. 1988 )1906 - Albert Hofmann , Swiss chemist1907 - 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 )1915 - Robert Blair Mayne , British soldier, co-founder Special Air Service (d. 1955 )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 designer1924 - 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 executive1926 - Lev Demin , Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1998 )1928 - David L. Wolper , American television producer1930 - Rod Taylor , Australian actor1932 - Alfonso Arau , Mexican film director1934 - Jean Chrétien , 20th Prime Minister of Canada 1938 - Fischer Black , American economist (d. 1995 )1938 - Arthur Scargill , Socialist Labour Party leader
1939 - Anne Heggtveit , Canadian alpine skier1941 - Gérson , Brazilian footballer1942 - Clarence Clemons , American musician (E Street Band )1943 - Jim Hightower , American radio host and author1944 - John Piper , American theologian1944 - Shibu Soren , Indian politician
1944 - Mohammed Abed Elhai , Sudanese writer and academic (d. 1989 )
1945 - Samdech Preah Sanghareach Bour Kry , Supreme Patriarch of the Cambodian Dhammayutt Order 1945 - Christine Kaufmann , German-Austrian actress
1946 - Naomi Judd , American singer1946 - Tony Kaye , British keyboard player (Yes )
1951 - Willie Maddren , English former footballer (d. 2000 )1952 - Ben Crenshaw , American golfer1952 - Lee Ritenour , American musician and composer
1953 - John Sessions , Scottish actor1956 - Robert Earl Keen , American singer1957 - Bryan Robson , English footballer and manager1958 - Vicki Peterson , American musician (The Bangles )1958 - Diego León Montoya Sánchez , former Columbian crime boss
1959 - Rob Ramage , Canadian ice hockey player1961 - Jasper Fforde , British author1962 - Susan Lindauer , American peace activist and accused spy1963 - Dean Reynolds , English snooker player1966 - Marc Acito , American novelist and humorist1966 - Kelley Law , Canadian curler
1968 - Tom Dumont , American musician1968 - Anders Borg , Swedish politician
1969 - Manny Acta , Dominican baseball player1969 - Kyle Richards , American actress
1970 - Mary J. Blige , American singer1970 - Chris Jent , American basketball player and coach
1972 - Marc Blucas , American actor1972 - Amanda Peet , American actress
1972 - Luís Delgado , Angolan footballer
1973 - Rahul Dravid , Indian cricketer1973 - Joanna Brodzik , Polish actress
1974 - Jens Nowotny , German footballer1974 - Cody McKay , Canadian baseball player
1975 - Rory Fitzpatrick , American ice hockey player1976 - Efthimios Rentzias , Greek basketball player1977 - Shomari Buchanan , American football player1977 - Nadia Turner , American singer
1978 - Emile Heskey , English footballer1978 - Michael Duff , Northern Irish footballer
1979 - Siti Nurhaliza , Malaysian singer1980 - Mike Williams , American football player1980 - Deanna Wright , American actress
1981 - Jamelia , English singer1981 - Tom Meighan , British singer (Kasabian )
1981 - Chris Edwards , British musician (Kasabian)
1982 - Son Ye-jin , South Korean actress1982 - Ashley Taylor Dawson , British actor and singer
1983 - Adrian Sutil , German racing driver1985 - Rie fu , Japanese singer1985 - Kazuki Nakajima , Japanese racing driver
1987 - Scotty Cranmer , American professional BMX riderDeaths [ ] 314 - St. Miltiades 705 - Pope John VI 802 - St. Paulinus II of Aquileia 812 - Stauracius , Byzantine Emperor 844 - Michael I Rhangabes , Byzantine Emperor1055 - Constantine IX Monomachos, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1000 )1083 - Otto of Nordheim , Duke of Bavaria1494 - 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 , 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 )1952 - Jean de Lattre de Tassigny , French general, posthumous Marshal of France (b. 1889 )1952 - Aureliano Pertile , Italian tenor (b. 1885 )
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 )
1994 - Helmut Poppendick , Nazi physician (b. 1902 )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 )2007 - Puchi Balseiro , Puerto Rican singer & songwriterHolidays and observances [ ] External links [ ]
152 Familypedia people were born on January 11
164 Familypedia people died on January 11
96 Familypedia people were first married on January 11