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

  • 1055 –
    Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire.
  • 1158 –
    Vladislav II becomes King of Bohemia.
  • 1569 –
    First recorded lottery in England.
  • 1693 –
    Mt. Etna erupts in Sicily, Italy. A powerful earthquake destroys parts of Sicily and Malta.
  • 1805 –
    The Michigan Territory is created.
  • 1861 –
    Alabama secedes from the United States.
  • 1863 –
    American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post – General John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture the Arkansas River for the Union.
  • 1879 –
    The Anglo-Zulu War begins.
  • 1908 –
    Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
  • 1922 –
    First use of insulin to treat diabetes in a human patient.
  • 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
  • 1946 –
    Enver Hoxha declares the People’s Republic of Albania with himself as president.
  • 1957 –
    The African Convention is founded in Dakar.
  • 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.
  • 1972 –
    East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh.
  • 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.

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