January 11

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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).

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 independence.
1992 - Paul Simon is the first major artist to tour South Africa after the end of the cultural boycott.