January 11th in History
Today in History
- William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus (1787)
- Alabama secedes from the United States (1861)
- The Anglo-Zulu War begins (1879)
- The Grand Canyon becomes a national monument (1879)
- Amelia Earhart is the first to fly solo from Hawaii to California (1935)
- The US Surgeon General declares that smoking may be hazardous to your health (1964)
- East Pakistan becomes Bangladesh (1972)
- The American League adopts the designated hitter rule (1973)
Birthdays
- Theodosius I, Roman emperor (347)
- Alexander Hamilton, founding father (1755)
- John A. Macdonald, first Prime Minister of Canada (1815)
- William James, psychologist and philosopher (1842)
- Harold Bride, RMS Titanic officer (1890)
- Bernard DeVoto, historian (1897)
- Albert Hoffmann, discoverer of LSD (1906)
- Jerome Bixby, sf writer (1923)
- David L. Wolper, director and producer (1928)
- Rod Taylor, actor (1930)
- Clarence Clemons, E Street saxophonist (1942)
- Naomi Judd, singer-songwriter (1946)
- Diana Gabaldon, author (1952)
- Jasper Fforde, author (1961)
- Mary J. Blige, singer-songwriter (1971)
- Amanda Peet, actress (1972)
Deaths
- John Molson, brewer (1836)
- Francis Scott Key, songwriter (1843)
- Thomas Hardy (1928)
- Emanuel Lasker, chess player (1941)
- Jack Soo, actor (1979)
- Pappy Boyington, black sheep (1988)
- Bob Lemon, MLB player and manager (2000)
- Robert Anton Wilson, discordian (2007)
- Edmund Hillary, mountaineer (2008)
- Ariel Sharon, Israeli prime minister (2014)
- Anita Ekberg, actress (2015)
Holidays
- Carmentalia (ancient Rome)
- Children’s Day (Tunisia)
- Eugenio Maria de Hostos Day (Puerto Rico)
- German Apples Day (Germany)
- Independence Manifesto/Resistance Day (Morocco)
- Kagami Biraki (Japan)
- Learn Your Name in Morse Code Day
- National Human Trafficking Awareness Day (US)
- Republic Day (Albania)
January 11 is the eleventh day of the year
There are 354 days remaining (355 in leap years)
until the end of the year