About January 11

January 11, 2023 is the 11th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 354 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

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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 11 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.
  • 1158
    Vladislav II becomes King of Bohemia.
  • 1571
    Austrian nobility is granted freedom of religion.
  • 1779
    Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur.
  • 1805
    The Michigan Territory is created.
  • 1838
    Samuel Morse first successfully tests the electrical telegraph.
  • 1863
    American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post – General John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture the Arkansas River for the Union.
  • 1917
    The Kingsland munitions factory explosion occurs as a result of sabotage.
  • 1919
    Romania annexes Transylvania.
  • 1922
    First use of insulin to treat diabetes in a human patient.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 1943
    World War II: 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 president.
  • 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.
  • 1957
    The African Convention is founded in Dakar.
  • 1962
    An avalanche on Huascaran in Peru causes 4,000 deaths.
  • 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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