About January 11
January 11, 2024 is the 11th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 355 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
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Capricorn is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 30 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On January 11
- 630 –Muhammad leads an army of 10,000 to conquer Mecca.
- 1569 –First recorded lottery in England.
- 1693 –Mt. Etna erupts in Sicily, Italy. A powerful earthquake destroys parts of Sicily and Malta.
- 1787 –William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.
- 1863 –American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post – General John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture the Arkansas River for the Union.
- 1863 –American Civil War: ship CSS encountered and sank the USS Hatteras off Galveston Lighthouse in Texas.
- 1879 –The Anglo-Zulu War begins.
- 1917 –The Kingsland munitions factory explosion occurs as a result of sabotage.
- 1922 –First use of insulin to treat diabetes in a human patient.
- 1927 –Louis 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.
- 1935 –Amelia Earhart is the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
- 1942 –World War II: The Japanese capture Kuala Lumpur.
- 1943 –Italian-American Anarchist Carlo Tresca is assassinated in New York
- 1943 –World War II: The United States and United Kingdom give up territorial rights in China.
- 1949 –First recorded case of snowfall in Los Angeles, California.
- 1949 –The first “networked” television broadcasts take place as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air connecting the east coast and mid-west programming.
- 1986 –The Gateway Bridge, Brisbane in Queensland, Australia is officially opened.
- 1994 –The Irish Government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the IRA and its political arm Sinn Féin.
- 1996 –Space 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.
- 1998 –Sidi-Hamed massacre takes place in Algeria, over 100 people are killed.
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