About January 11
January 11, 2021 is the 11th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 354 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
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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 32 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On January 11
- 1569 –First recorded lottery in England.
- 1759 –In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first American life insurance company is incorporated.
- 1779 –Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur.
- 1787 –William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.
- 1805 –The Michigan Territory is created.
- 1908 –Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
- 1919 –Romania annexes Transylvania.
- 1923 –Occupation of the Ruhr: Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to make its World War I reparation payments.
- 1935 –Amelia Earhart is the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
- 1942 –World War II: Japan declares war on the Netherlands and invades the Netherlands East Indies.
- 1942 –World War II: The Japanese capture Kuala Lumpur.
- 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.
- 1960 –Henry Lee Lucas, once listed as America’s most prolific serial killer, commits his first known murder.
- 1962 –An avalanche on Huascaran in Peru causes 4,000 deaths.
- 1964 –United 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.
- 1972 –East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh.
- 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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