January 11

Events

 * - is crowned  of the Byzantine Empire.
 * - becomes King of.
 * - First recorded in.
 * - Austrian nobility is granted.
 * - Mt. erupts in,.
 * - In, the first American company is incorporated.
 * - crowned  of
 * -   and, two s of.
 * - Robert Forsythe, a was killed in,  when trying to serve court papers, the first  to die in action.
 * - Territory is created.
 * - secedes from the.
 * - : - General  and Admiral  capture the  for the.
 * - becomes  president again.
 * - begins.
 * - Total blackens the sky of  one day after the funeral of.
 * - magazine was published for the first time.
 * - is created.
 * - begins in,.
 * -  of munitions factory.
 * - annexes.
 * - First use of to treat  in a human patient.
 * - Troops from and   the  to force  to pay its reparation payments.
 * - is the first woman to fly solo from  to.
 * - declares war on the  and invades the.
 * 1942  - The ese capture.
 * - The and  give up territorial rights in.
 * - declares the  of  with himself as dictator.
 * - First recorded case of fall in.
 * - The is founded in . And, mass-murderer  was executied via the.
 * - Eruption of the volcano in ; 4,000 deaths.
 * 1963  - The  night club in Los Angeles, the first  in the USA, is opened.
 * - Dr., M.D., publishes a report saying that smoking may be hazardous to health. It is the first such statement ever made by the U.S. government.
 * - renames itself.
 * -, Britain's distance-learning university, awards its first degrees.
 * - The world's first surviving set of are born to  in,.
 * - The in,  is officially opened.
 * - 300,000 march in favor of n independence.
 * - Government announces the end of a 15-year  on the  and its political arm
 * - becomes a member of the.
 * - in ; over 100 people killed.
 * - The approves the  of  and  to form AOL Time Warner.

Births

 * - (d. )
 * - of Japan (d. )
 * -, Duchess of Burgundy (d. )
 * -, Italian artist (d. )
 * -, English Civil War general (d. )
 * -, American President of Harvard in the US (d. )
 * -, French military leader (d. )
 * -, began the unification of modern (d. )
 * -, 1st (d. )
 * -, English mechanical engineer (d. )
 * -, English chemist (d. )
 * -, Hungarian physicist (d. )
 * -, American businessman and university founder (d. )
 * -, 1st (d. )
 * -, American and  (d. )
 * -, Swedish physicist (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, Greek painter (d. )
 * -, Norwegian composer (d. )
 * -, American retailer (d. )
 * - Lord, British statesman, Viceroy of India (d. )
 * -, Chinese educator (d. )
 * -, American sculptor (d. )
 * -, American political and military figure and journalist (d. )
 * -, Russian composer (d. )
 * -, American baseball player (d. )
 * -, American actor, rodeo performer (d. )
 * -, American women's rights activist (d. )
 * -, American ecologist (d. )
 * -, Brazilian author (d.)
 * -, German SS officer (d. )
 * -, first Korean female pilot (d. )
 * -, French composer (d. )
 * -, South African writer (d. )
 * -, Swiss chemist
 * -, French politician (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, Greek poet and writer (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, British soldier, co-founder (d. )
 * -, French actor (d. )
 * -, Canadian politician, (d. )
 * -, former
 * 1921  -, professional wrestler (d. )
 * -, American automobile designer
 * -, French ,
 * 1924  -, American politician (d. )
 * 1924  -, American musician (d. )
 * 1924  -, American singer and golfer
 * -, American television executive
 * -, Soviet cosmonaut (d. )
 * -, American television producer
 * -, Australian actor
 * -, Mexican film director
 * -, 20th
 * -, American economist (d. )
 * 1938  -,  leader
 * -, Canadian alpine skier
 * -, Brazilian footballer
 * -, American musician
 * -, American radio host and author
 * -, American theologian
 * 1944  -, Indian politician
 * 1944  - , Sudanese writer and academic (d. )
 * - Samdech Preah Sanghareach, of the
 * 1945  -, German-Austrian actress
 * -, American singer
 * 1946  -, British keyboard player
 * -, English former footballer (d. )
 * -, American golfer
 * 1952  -, American musician and composer
 * -, Scottish actor
 * -, American singer
 * -, English footballer and manager
 * -, American musician
 * 1958  -, former Columbian crime boss
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, British author
 * -, American peace activist and accused spy
 * -, English snooker player
 * -, American novelist and humorist
 * 1966  -, Canadian curler
 * -, American musician
 * 1968  -, Swedish politician
 * -, Dominican baseball player
 * 1969  -, American actress
 * -, American singer
 * 1970  -, American basketball player and coach
 * -, American actor
 * 1972  -, American actress
 * 1972  -, Angolan footballer
 * -, Indian cricketer
 * 1973  -, Polish actress
 * -, German footballer
 * 1974  -, Canadian baseball player
 * -, American ice hockey player
 * -, Greek basketball player
 * -, American football player
 * 1977  -, American singer
 * -, English footballer
 * 1978  -, Northern Irish footballer
 * -, Malaysian singer
 * -, American football player
 * 1980  -, American actress
 * -, English singer
 * 1981  -, British singer
 * 1981  -, British musician (Kasabian)
 * -, South Korean actress
 * 1982  -, British actor and singer
 * -, German racing driver
 * -, Japanese singer
 * 1985  -, Japanese racing driver
 * -, American professional BMX rider

Deaths

 * -, Byzantine Emperor
 * - Monomachos, Byzantine Emperor (b. )
 * -, Duke of Bavaria
 * -, Italian artist (b. )
 * -, Spanish cardinal and statesman (b. )
 * -, Spanish poet (b. )
 * -, French missionary explorer in Canada (b. )
 * -, German classical scholar and critic (b. )
 * -, French Protestant leader (b. )
 * -, French sculptor (b. )
 * -, German theologian, historian, and poet (b. )
 * -, French writer (b. )
 * -, Welsh hymnist (b. )
 * -, Italian composer (b. )
 * -, Canadian brewer (b. )
 * -, American lawyer and writer of the American national anthem (b. )
 * -, German physiologist (b. )
 * -, Russian composer (b. )
 * -, English cricketer (b. )
 * -, Hasidic rabbi (b. )
 * -, Danish brewer and patron of the arts after whom the Carlsberg brewery was named (b. )
 * - King (b. )
 * -, English writer (b. )
 * -, American Baptist pastor, leader, historian, and author (b. )
 * -, German chess player (b. )
 * -, French general, posthumous (b. )
 * 1952 -, Italian tenor (b. )
 * -, Austrian composer (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * -, Swiss sculptor (b. )
 * 1966  -, Finnish runner (b. )
 * -, American physicist, laureate (b. )
 * -, British author (b. )
 * -, Pakistani humorist and poet (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, English novelist (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * -, Indian industrialist and educator (b. )
 * -, American WW II Marine aviator (b. )
 * 1988  -, American, one-time oldest person in the world (b. )
 * -, American physicist, (b. )
 * -, Nazi physician (b. )
 * -, German conductor (b. )
 * -, Italian singer (b. )
 * 1999  -, Irish-born writer (b. )
 * -, American inventor (b. )
 * 2000  -, American baseball player (b. )
 * - Sir, English architect (b. )
 * -, French playwright and film director (b. )
 * -, English drummer (b. )
 * 2003  -, French actor and director (b. )
 * 2003  -, American actor (b. )
 * -, American drummer (b. )
 * 2005  -, American musician  (b. )
 * 2005  -, Australian composer (b. )
 * 2005  -, Italian motorcyclist (b. )
 * - (Mark Spoon), German  (b. )
 * 2006  -, American  victim (b. )
 * -, American author (b. )
 * -, French-German actress (b. )
 * -, singer & songwriter
 * 2006  -, American  victim (b. )
 * -, American author (b. )
 * -, French-German actress (b. )
 * -, singer & songwriter

Holidays and observances

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