What happened on January 11? There are more than 335 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About January 11
January 11 is the 11th day of the year 2024. There are 355 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday. This day falls under the 2nd week of the year 2024.
On this day in Hampton, South Carolina 29924 sunrise occured at 07:26 AM and sunset occured at 05:38 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Capricorn. The modern birthstone for this month is Garnet while the mystical birthstone is Emerald.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 30 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (February 10, 2024).
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Historical Events For January 11
- 630Muhammad leads an army of 10,000 to conquer Mecca.
- 1055Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire.
- 1158Vladislav II becomes King of Bohemia.
- 1569First recorded lottery in England.
- 1571Austrian nobility is granted freedom of religion.
- 1693Mt. Etna erupts in Sicily, Italy. A powerful earthquake destroys parts of Sicily and Malta.
- 1759In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first American life insurance company is incorporated.
- 1779Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur.
- 1787William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.
- 1794Robert Forsythe, a U.S. Marshal is killed in Augusta, Georgia when trying to serve court papers, the first US marshal to die while carrying out his duties.
- 1805The Michigan Territory is created.
- 1838Samuel Morse first successfully tests the electrical telegraph.
- 1861Alabama secedes from the United States.
- 1863American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post – General John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture the Arkansas River for the Union.
- 1863American Civil War: ship CSS encountered and sank the USS Hatteras off Galveston Lighthouse in Texas.
- 1879The Anglo-Zulu War begins.
- 1908Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
- 1917The Kingsland munitions factory explosion occurs as a result of sabotage.
- 1919Romania annexes Transylvania.
- 1922First use of insulin to treat diabetes in a human patient.
- 1923Occupation of the Ruhr: Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to make its World War I reparation payments.
- 1927Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announced the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at a banquet in Los Angeles, California.
- 1935Amelia Earhart is the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
- 1942World War II: Japan declares war on the Netherlands and invades the Netherlands East Indies.
- 1942World War II: The Japanese capture Kuala Lumpur.
- 1943Italian-American Anarchist Carlo Tresca is assassinated in New York
- 1943World War II: The United States and United Kingdom give up territorial rights in China.
- 1946Enver Hoxha declares the People’s Republic of Albania with himself as president.
- 1949First recorded case of snowfall in Los Angeles, California.
- 1949The first “networked” television broadcasts take place as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air connecting the east coast and mid-west programming.
- 1957The African Convention is founded in Dakar.
- 1960Henry Lee Lucas, once listed as America’s most prolific serial killer, commits his first known murder.
- 1962An avalanche on Huascaran in Peru causes 4,000 deaths.
- 1964United States Surgeon General Dr. Luther Leonidas Terry, M.D., publishes a landmark report saying that smoking may be hazardous to health, sparking nation- and worldwide anti-smoking efforts.
- 1972East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh.
- 1986The Gateway Bridge, Brisbane in Queensland, Australia is officially opened.
- 1994The Irish Government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the IRA and its political arm Sinn Féin.
- 1996Space Shuttle program: STS-72 launches from the Kennedy Space Center marking the start of the 74th Space Shuttle mission and the 10th flight of Endeavour.
- 1998Sidi-Hamed massacre takes place in Algeria, over 100 people are killed.
Who Were Born On January 11?
- 347Roman Emperor Theodosius I “the Great” (d. 395)
- 889Abd-ar-Rahman III, Emir and Caliph of Cordoba (d. 961)
- 1322Emperor Komyo of Japan (d. 1380)
- 1359Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (d. 1393)
- 1395Michelle of Valois, Duchess of Burgundy (d. 1422)
- 1503Parmigianino, Italian artist (d. 1540)
- 1591Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English Civil War general (d. 1646)
- 1630John Rogers, American educator (d. 1684)
- 1638Nicolas Steno, Danish scientist (d. 1686)
- 1671François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French military leader (d. 1745)
- 1755Alexander Hamilton, Nevis born American Founding Father, economist, and political philosopher; 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1804)
- 1757Samuel Bentham, English mechanical engineer (d. 1831)
- 1786Joseph Jackson Lister, English opticist and physicist (d. 1869)
- 1788William Thomas Brande, English chemist (d. 1866)
- 1800Ányos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist (d. 1895)
- 1807Ezra Cornell, American businessman and university founder (d. 1874)
- 1814James Paget, British surgeon and pathologist (d. 1899)
- 1815John A. Macdonald, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1891)
- 1825Bayard Taylor, American poet (d. 1878)
- 1839Eugenio Maria de Hostos, Puerto Rican educator and nationalist (d. 1903)
- 1842William James, American psychologist and philosopher (d. 1910)
- 1843Charles Yelverton O'Connor, Irish-Australian engineer (d. 1902)
- 1845Albert Victor Bäcklund, Swedish physicist (d. 1912)
- 1850Joseph Charles Arthur, American botanist (d. 1942)
- 1852Konstantin Fehrenbach, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1926)
- 1853Georgios Jakobides, Greek painter (d. 1926)
- 1856Christian Sinding, Norwegian composer (d. 1932)
- 1857Fred Archer, English jockey (d. 1886)
- 1858Harry Gordon Selfridge, American retailer (d. 1947)
- 1859Lord George Nathaniel Curzon, British statesman, Viceroy of India (d. 1925)
- 1864Thomas Dixon, American playwright and legislator (d. 1946)
- 1867Edward B. Titchener, British psychologist. (d. 1927)
- 1868Cai Yuanpei, Chinese educator (d. 1940)
- 1870Alexander Stirling Calder, American sculptor (d. 1945)
- 1872George Washington Pierce, American physicist (d. 1956)
- 1873John Callan O'Laughlin, American political and military figure and journalist (d. 1949)
- 1875Reinhold Glière, Russian composer (d. 1956)
- 1876Elmer Flick, American baseball player (d. 1971)
- 1878Theodoros Pangalos, Greek general (d. 1952)
- 1885Alice Paul, American women’s rights activist (d. 1977)
- 1885Jack Hoxie, American actor, rodeo performer (d. 1965)
- 1887Aldo Leopold, American ecologist (d. 1948)
- 1888Chester Conklin, American comedian and actor (d. 1971)
- 1888Joseph B. Keenan, American political figure (d. 1954)
- 1889Calvin Bridges, American geneticist (d. 1938)
- 1890Max Carey, American baseball player (d. 1976)
- 1890Oswald de Andrade, Brazilian author (d. 1954)
- 1895Laurens Hammond, American inventor (d. 1973)
- 1897August Heissmeyer, German SS officer (d. 1979)
- 1899Eva Le Gallienne, English-American actress (d. 1991)
- 1901Kwon Ki-ok, Korean pilot (d. 1988)
- 1902Maurice Duruflé, French composer (d. 1986)
- 1903Alan Paton, South African writer (d. 1988)
- 1905Clyde Kluckhohn, American anthropologist (d. 1960)
- 1905Manfred B Lee, American author (d. 1971)
- 1906Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist (d. 2008)
- 1907Abraham Joshua Heschel, Warsaw-born American rabbi, theologian, and philosopher (d. 1972)
- 1907Pierre Mendès-France, French politician (d. 1982)
- 1908Lionel Stander, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1910Izler Solomon, American conductor (d. 1987)
- 1910Nikos Kavvadias, Greek poet and writer (d. 1975)
- 1910Shane Paltridge, Australian politician (d. 1966)
- 1911Nora Heysen, Australian artist (d. 2003)
- 1911Zenko Suzuki, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2004)
- 1915Robert Blair Mayne, British soldier (d. 1955)
- 1916Bernard Blier, French actor (d. 1989)
- 1917John Robarts, Canadian politician (d. 1982)
- 1921Gory Guerrero, professional wrestler (d. 1990)
- 1921Juanita M. Kreps, American economist, educator, & civil servant; 24th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 2010)
- 1922Ernle Bradford, English historian and writer (d. 1986)
- 1923Carroll Shelby, American race car driver, automobile designer and businessman
- 1923Ernst Nolte, German historian
- 1923Jerome Bixby, American writer (d. 1998)
- 1924Don Cherry, American singer and golfer
- 1924Roger Guillemin, French neuroendocrinologist, Nobel laureate
- 1924Sam B. Hall, American politician (d. 1994)
- 1924Slim Harpo, American musician (d. 1970)
- 1925Grant Tinker, American television executive
- 1926Lev Demin, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1998)
- 1928David L. Wolper, American television producer (d.2010)
- 1928Mitchell Ryan, American actor
- 1930Rod Taylor, Australian-born American actor
- 1930Ron Mulock, Australian politician
- 1931Betty Churcher, Australian museum director and curator
- 1932Alfonso Arau, Mexican film director
- 1934Jean Chrétien, Canadian statesman, 20th Prime Minister of Canada
- 1934Sir C. A. R. Hoare, British computer scientist
- 1935Ghita Nørby, Danish actress
- 1935Melvyn Hayes, British actor
- 1938Arthur Scargill, British politician
- 1938Fischer Black, American economist (d. 1995)
- 1938John August Swanson, American artist
- 1938Vladimir Krpan, Croatian pianist
- 1939Anne Heggtveit, Canadian alpine skier
- 1941Gérson, Brazilian footballer
- 1942Charles Acton, American basketball player
- 1942Clarence Clemons, American musician (E Street Band) (d. 2011)
- 1942George Mira, American Football Player
- 1942Leo Cullum, American cartoonist (d. 2010)
- 1943Jim Hightower, American radio host, author, and activist
- 1944Mohammed Abed Elhai, Sudanese writer and academic (d. 1989)
- 1944Shibu Soren, Indian politician
- 1945Christine Kaufmann, German-Austrian actress
- 1946John Piper, American theologian
- 1946Naomi Judd, American singer
- 1946Tony Kaye, British piano and organ player (Yes)
- 1948Fritz Bohla, German football player and manager
- 1948Terry Williams, Welsh rock drummer (Dire Straits)
- 1948Wajima Hiroshi, Japanese sumo wrestler (the 54th Yokozuna) and professional wrestler
- 1949Chris Ford, American basketball player and coach
- 1949Daryl Braithwaite, Australian rock singer
- 1951Willie Maddren, English former footballer (d. 2000)
- 1952Ben Crenshaw, American golfer
- 1952Bille Brown, Australian actor and playwright
- 1952Diana Gabaldon, American author
- 1952Lee Ritenour, American musician and composer
- 1952Michael Forshaw, Australian politician
- 1953John Sessions, Scottish actor
- 1956Robert Earl Keen, American singer
- 1957Bryan Robson, English footballer and manager
- 1957Darryl Dawkins, American basketball player
- 1958Diego León Montoya Sánchez, Colombian organized crime figure
- 1958Vicki Peterson, American musician (The Bangles)
- 1959Rob Ramage, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1961Jasper Fforde, British author
- 1961Karl Habsburg-Lothringen, Prince of Austria and Prince Royal of Hungary
- 1962Kim Coles, American actress
- 1962Susan Lindauer, American peace activist and accused spy
- 1963Dean Reynolds, English snooker player
- 1963Tracy Caulkins, American swimmer
- 1965Roland Scholten, Dutch darts Player
- 1966Kelley Law, Canadian curler
- 1966Marc Acito, American novelist and humorist
- 1967Derek Riddell, Scottish actor
- 1968Anders Borg, Swedish politician
- 1968Tom Dumont, American musician
- 1969Kyle Richards, American actress
- 1969Manny Acta, Dominican baseball player
- 1970Chris Jent, American basketball player and coach
- 1970Joy Nilo, Filipino Composer
- 1970Malcolm D. Lee, American actor, film director, and screenwriter
- 1970Manfredi Beninati, Italian visual artist.
- 1970Rick Hendrix, American writer
- 1971Chris Willsher, English singer-songwriter and musician
- 1971Mary J. Blige, American singer
- 1972Amanda Peet, American actress
- 1972Christian Jacobs, American singer (The Aquabats)
- 1972Marc Blucas, American actor
- 1973Joanna Brodzik, Polish actress
- 1973Rahul Dravid, Indian cricketer
- 1973Rockmond Dunbar, American actor
- 1974Cody McKay, Canadian baseball player
- 1974Jens Nowotny, German footballer
- 1974Roman Görtz, German footballer
- 1975Dan Luger, English rugby player
- 1975Rory Fitzpatrick, American ice hockey player
- 1976Efthimios Rentzias, Greek basketball player
- 1977Anni Friesinger-Postma, German speed skater
- 1977Devin Ratray, American actor
- 1977Nadia Turner, American singer
- 1977Shomari Buchanan, American football player
- 1978Emile Heskey, English footballer
- 1978Holly Brisley, Australian actress
- 1978Michael Duff, Northern Irish footballer
- 1978Stijn Schaars, Dutch footballer
- 1979Darren Lynn Bousman, American film director
- 1979Henry Shefflin, Irish hurler
- 1979Siti Nurhaliza, Malaysian singer
- 1980Deanna Wright, American actress
- 1980Lovieanne Jung, American softball player
- 1980Mike Williams, American football player
- 1981Jaime Valdés, Chilean footballer
- 1981Jamelia, English singer
- 1981Tom Meighan, English singer (Kasabian)
- 1982Ashley Taylor Dawson, British actor and singer
- 1982Son Ye-jin, South Korean actress
- 1982Tony Allen, American basketball player
- 1983Adrian Sutil, German racing driver
- 1983Matthew Palleschi, Canadian soccer player
- 1983Ted Richards, Australian rules footballer
- 1984Dario Krešić, Croatian goalkeeper at Greek club PAOK F.C.
- 1984Kevin Boss, American football player
- 1985Aaron Porter, British politician
- 1985Kazuki Nakajima, Japanese racing driver
- 1985Kevin Rudolf, American singer, songwriter, and producer
- 1985Newton Faulkner, British singer
- 1985Rie Fu, Japanese singer
- 1986Rachel Riley, British television presenter
- 1987Daniel Semenzato, Italian footballer
- 1987Scotty Cranmer, American BMX rider
- 1988Daniel Dzufer, Australian rules footballer
- 1988Fuska, Brazilian footballer
- 1989Darko Bodul, Croatian footballer
- 1989Sammy Carlson, American freeskier
- 1993Flora Cross, French actress
- 1997Cody Simpson, Australian singer-songwriter
Who Died On January 11?
- 314St. Miltiades
- 705Pope John VI
- 802St. Paulinus II of Aquileia
- 812Staurakios, Byzantine Emperor
- 844Michael I Rhangabes, Byzantine Emperor
- 1055Constantine IX Monomachos, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1000)
- 1083Otto of Nordheim, Duke of Bavaria (b. c. 1020)
- 1494Domenico Ghirlandaio, Italian artist (b. 1449)
- 1495Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (b. 1428)
- 1547Pietro Bembo, Italian author, literary theorist, and Catholic cardinal (b. 1470)
- 1641Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar, Spanish poet (b. 1583)
- 1696Charles Albanel, French missionary explorer in Canada (b. 1616)
- 1703Johann Georg Graevius, German classical scholar and critic (b. 1632)
- 1713Pierre Jurieu, French Protestant leader (b. 1637)
- 1735Danilo I, Vladika of Montenegro (b. c.1670)
- 1753Sir Hans Sloane, Ulster-Scot physician and collector (b. 1660)
- 1762Louis-François Roubiliac, French sculptor (b. 1695)
- 1763Caspar Abel, German theologian, historian, and poet (b. 1676)
- 1771Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, French writer (b. 1704)
- 1791William Williams Pantycelyn, Welsh hymnist (b. 1717)
- 1801Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer (b. 1749)
- 1836John Molson, Canadian brewer (b. 1763)
- 1843Francis Scott Key, American lawyer and writer of the American national anthem (b. 1779)
- 1867Sir Stuart Donaldson, first Premier of the Colony of New South Wales (b. 1812)
- 1882Theodor Schwann, German physiologist (b. 1810)
- 1891Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann, French civic planner (b. 1809)
- 1901Vasily Kalinnikov, Russian composer (b. 1866)
- 1902Johnny Briggs, English cricketer (b. 1862)
- 1904William Sawyer, Canadian politician (b. 1815)
- 1905Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter, Hasidic rabbi (b. 1847)
- 1914Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer and patron of the arts after whom the Carlsberg brewery is named (b. 1842)
- 1920Steinar Schjøtt, Norwegian educator, philologist and lexicographer (b. 1844)
- 1923King Constantine I of Greece (b. 1868)
- 1928Thomas Hardy, English writer (b. 1840)
- 1931James Milton Carroll, American Baptist pastor, leader, historian, and author (b. 1852)
- 1941Emanuel Lasker, German chess player (b. 1868)
- 1944Count Galeazzo Ciano, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Benito Mussolini’s son-in-law (b. 1903)
- 1947Eva Tanguay, Canadian-born singer and entertainer (b. 1879)
- 1952Aureliano Pertile, Italian tenor (b. 1885)
- 1952Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, French general, posthumous Marshal of France (b. 1889)
- 1954Oscar Straus, Austrian composer (b. 1870)
- 1957Rose Sutro, American duo-pianist with her sister Ottilie (b. 1870)
- 1957Sir Robert Garran, Australian lawyer and early leading expert in Australian constitutional law (b. 1867)
- 1958Alec Rowley, English composer (b. 1892)
- 1958Edna Purviance, American actress (b. 1895)
- 1961Elena Gerhardt, German mezzo-soprano singer (b. 1883)
- 1965Wally Pipp, American Major League Baseball player (b. 1893)
- 1966Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor (b. 1901)
- 1966Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish runner (b. 1889)
- 1966Lal Bahadur Shastri, third Prime Minister of independent India (b. 1904)
- 1968Moshe Zvi Segal, Israeli linguist and Talmudic scholar, and Israel Prize recipient (b. 1876)
- 1969Richmal Crompton, British author (b. 1890)
- 1972Padraic Colum, Irish poet, novelist, dramatist, biographer and collector of folklore (b. 1881)
- 1975Max Lorenz, German heldentenor famous for Wagner roles (b. 1901)
- 1978Ibn-e-Insha, Pakistani humorist and Urdu poet (b. 1927)
- 1979Jack Soo, American actor (b. 1917)
- 1980Barbara Pym, English novelist (b. 1913)
- 1981Beulah Bondi, American actress (b. 1888)
- 1983Shri Ghanshyam Das Birla, Indian industrialist and educator (b. 1894)
- 1985Sir William McKell, Premier of New South Wales, Governor-General of Australia (b. 1891)
- 1986Sid Chaplin, UK novelist (b. 1916)
- 1987Albert Ferber, Swiss-English pianist (b. 1911)
- 1988Florence Knapp, American, one-time oldest person in the world (b. 1873)
- 1988Gregory “Pappy” Boyington, American World War II Marine aviator (b. 1912)
- 1988Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)
- 1989Ray Moore, Radio 2 DJ (b. 1942)
- 1991Carl David Anderson, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1905)
- 1994Helmut Poppendick, Nazi physician (b. 1902)
- 1995Josef Gingold, Russian-American violinist (b. 1909)
- 1995Lewis Nixon, U.S. Army officer (b. 1918)
- 1995Theodor Wisch, German general (SS) (b. 1907)
- 1998Klaus Tennstedt, German conductor (b. 1926)
- 1999Brian Moore, Irish-born writer (b. 1921)
- 1999Fabrizio De André, Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1940)
- 1999Naomi Mitchison, Scottish novelist and poet (b. 1897)
- 2000Betty Archdale, Anglo-Australian educationalist and cricketer (b. 1907)
- 2000Bob Lemon, American baseball player (b. 1920)
- 2000Ivan Combe, American inventor (b. 1911)
- 2001Denys Lasdun, English architect (b. 1914)
- 2001Michael Williams, English actor (b. 1935)
- 2002Henri Verneuil, French playwright and film director (b. 1920)
- 2002Struan Sutherland, Australian medical researcher (b. 1936)
- 2003Maurice Pialat, French actor and director (b. 1925)
- 2003Mickey Finn, English drummer (T.Rex) (b. 1947)
- 2003Richard Simmons, American actor (b. 1913)
- 2005Fabrizio Meoni, Italian motorcyclist (b. 1957)
- 2005Jimmy Griffin, American musician (Bread) (b. 1943)
- 2005Miriam Hyde, Australian composer (b. 1913)
- 2005Spencer Dryden, American drummer (Jefferson Airplane) (b. 1938)
- 2006Markus Löffel (Mark Spoon), German DJ (b. 1966)
- 2006Nixzmary Brown, American child abuse victim (b. 1998)
- 2007Puchi Balseiro, Puerto Rican singer & songwriter (b. 1926)
- 2007Robert Anton Wilson, American author (b. 1932)
- 2007Solveig Dommartin, French-German actress (b. 1961)
- 2008Carl Karcher, founded the Carl’s Jr. hamburger chain (b. 1917)
- 2008Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer, the first person to climb Mount Everest in 1953 (b. 1919)
- 2009David Vine, British sports broadcaster (b. 1936)
- 2010Joe Rollino, American strongman, weightlifter and boxer (b. 1905)
- 2010Mick Green, British guitarist (b. 1944)
- 2010Miep Gies, Dutch Humanitarian, discoverer of Anne Frank’s diary (b. 1909)
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