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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