Historical Events and Current Affairs on January 11

1158: Vladislav II of Bohemia becomes king
1558: Westmunster Church in Middelburg destroyed by heavy storm
1569: 1st recorded lottery in England is drawn in St Paul's Cathedral
1571: Emperor Maximilian II grants Austrian adel freedom of religion
1599: Jacob van Necks fleet leaves Bantam Java with pepper, clove & muskaat
1642: Isaac Newton is elected a member of Royal Society
1693: Mt Etna erupts, Sicily
1709: Colley Cibber's "Rival Fools," premieres in London
1753: Ferdinand VI of Spain & Pope Benedictus XIV sign concord
1758: Russian troops occupy K”nigsberg, East-Prussia [NS=Jan 22]
1759: 1st American life insurance company incorporated, Philadelphia
1765: Frisia bans Voltaires "Trait‚ sur la tol‚rance"
1774: Messier adds M51 (spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici) to his catalog
1775: Francis Salvador becomes 1st Jew elected to office in America (SC)
1785: Continental Congress convenes in NYC
1787: Titania & Oberon, moons of Uranus, discovered by William Herschel
1790: Statisten & Vonckisten unite as Belgium
1803: Monroe & Livingston sail for Paris to buy New Orleans; they buy La
1805: Michigan Territory organizes
1813: 1st pineapples planted in Hawaii (or 1/21)
1839: Earthquake at Martinique destroys half of Port Royal-700 die
1861: Alabama becomes 4th state to secede
1861: Mexico City captured by Ju rez (Lib) in War of Reform
1863: Naval engagement near Galveston between CSS Alabama & USS Hatteras
1863: Union forces capture Arkansas Post, or Ft Hindman, Arkansas
1864: Charing Cross Station opens in London
1865: Battle of Beverly, WV
1866: Steamship London sinks in storm off Land's End England, kills 220
1873: 1st livestock market newspaper published, Drover's Journal, Chicago
1879: Zulu war against British colonial rule in South Africa begins
1885: Henrik Ibsen's "Vildauden," premieres in Oslo
1892: Hawaiian Historical Society founded
1892: Paul Gauguin marries a 13-year-old Tahitian girl
1892: William D McCoy of Indiana appointed US minister to Liberia
1897: M H Cannon becomes 1st woman state senator in US (Utah)
1904: Herero people of South West Africa, now Namibia, begin uprising
1913: 1st sedan-type car (Hudson) goes on display at 13th Auto Show (NYC)
1913: Bread & Roses Strike begins
1915: Col Jacob Ruppert & Col Tillinghast Huston purchase Yanks for $460,000
1916: French troops capture/Serbian army flees to Corfu
1917: Guy Bolton & PG Wodehouse's "Have a Heart," premieres in NYC
1919: 3 year old German communist party (Spartacus) crushed
1919: Romania annexes Transylvania
1920: French passenger ship Afrique sinks near La Rochelle; 553 die
1922: Insulin 1st used to treat diabetes (Leonard Thompson, 14, of Canada)
1923: 1st Dutch Dada-evening (Theo Van Doesburg & Kurt Schwitters)
1923: French & Belgian troops occupy Ruhr to collect reparations
1925: Franc B Kellogg replaces Charles Hughes on as US Sect of State
1927: Royale Theater (Golden, CBS Radio Playhouse) opens at 242 W 45th NYC
1935: Amelia Earhart flies from Honolulu to Oakland Ca (non-stop, of course)
1936: Charles Anderson enters Kentucky House of Representatives
1938: Bradman scores a second innings 113 v Qld after a ton in the 1st
1938: Frances Moulton elected 1st woman president of a US national bank
1940: Sergei Prokofiev's ballet Romeo & Juliet premieres in Leningrad
1941: Princess Irene Brigade established in Congleton
1942: -23øF (-31øC), Kingston, Rhode Island (state record)
1942: Japan conquers Kuala Lumpur, Malaya
1943: US & Britain relinquish extraterritorial rights in China
1944: Crakow-Plaszow Concentration Camp established
1946: Enver Hoxha declares People's Rep of Albania with himself dictator
1949: Snowfall 1st recorded in Los Angeles
1952: Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Marianne Moore
1953: J Edgar Hoover declines 6 figure offer to become president
1953: of International Boxing Club
1954: 2 ton locomotive swept into ravine by avalanche 10 die (Austria)
1959: Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Theodore Roethke
1959: NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 28-21
1960: Chad declares independence from France
1960: Lamar Clark sets pro boxing record of 44 consecutive knockouts
1961: Racial riot at University of Georgia
1962: Volcano Huascaran in Peru, erupts; 4,000 die
1963: 1st discotheque opens, Whiskey-a-go-go in LA
1963: Beatles release "Please Please Me" & "Ask Me Why"
1964: "She Loves Me" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 302 perfs
1964: 1st govt report warning smoking may be hazardous to one's health
1964: Beatles "I Want to Hold Your Hand" is #80 in US (Cashbox)
1964: Panama ends diplomatic relations with US
1964: US Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous
1966: "Daktari" African adventure series premieres on CBS TV
1966: 550 die in landslides in mountains behind Rio de Janeiro after rain
1967: Romeinse Curie installs Council for Pontifical Study commission
1968: Explorer 36 (GEOS-B) launched into earth orbit (1080/1570 km)
1969: "Hooked on a Feeling" by BJ Thomas peaks at #5
1969: Jethro Tull's This Was Jethro Tull album debuts
1970: Superbowl IV: KC Chiefs beat Minn Vikings, 23-7 in New Orleans
1970: Superbowl MVP: Len Dawson, Kansas City, QB
1971: 1st "Quickie" Divorce granted in UK
1971: later makes a remarkable comeback to record 38 saves
1971: Tigers ace reliever John Hiller, 27, sufferes a heart attack, but
1972: Abu Sayeed Chudhury becomes president & sheik Mujib ur-Rahman premier
1972: East-Pakistan becomes independent state of Bangladesh
1973: American League adopts designated hitter rule
1973: Famous victory at the SCG Pakistan chasing 158 all out 106
1973: Trial of Watergate burglars begins in Wash DC
1974: ABC airs final episode of "Love, American Style"
1975: Soyuz 17 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 4
1976: "Pacific Overtures" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 193 perfs
1976: Military coup in Ecuador, Pres Guillermo Lara leaves
1976: Stephen Sondheim's musical "Pacific Overtures," premieres in NYC
1977: Bollingen Prize awarded to David Ignatow
1977: Cubs trade outfielder Rick Monday to Dodgers for Bill Buckner
1977: France releases Abu Daoud, a Palestinian suspected of involvement in
1977: massacre of Israeli athletes at 1972 Munich Olympics
1978: Gov Askew dedicates RCUC solar office building
1978: Soyuz 27 links with Salyut 6 & Soyuz 26 (1st time 3 spacecraft link)
1979: "Grand Tour" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 61 performances
1980: Debut of Pretenders
1981: "Tintypes" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 93 performances
1981: Brit team led by Ranulph Fiennes completes longest & fastest crossing
1981: of Antarctica, reaching Scott base after 75 days (2,500 miles)
1981: Palau adopts constitution
1982: Atlanta Ga's temperature goes below zero F
1982: Honduras adopts constitution
1983: Billy Martin named NY Yankee manager for 3rd time
1984: Denver Nuggets 163, San Antonio Spurs 155-highest-scoring NBA game
1984: STS 41-B vehicle moves to launch pad
1984: Supreme Court reinstated $10M award to Karen Silkwood's family
1986: 1st black lt gov since reconstruction sworn in (Douglas Wilder of Va)
1988: Test debut of Phil Simmons, WI v India, Madras
1988: USSR announces it will participate in Seoul Summer Olympics
1989: #5375 Siedentopf, #5816 Potsdam, #5846 Hessen & #7698 Schweitzer
1989: 140 nations agree to ban chemical weapons (poison gas, etc)
1989: Denver Nuggets' rookie Jerome Lane misses 7 free throws
1989: in a game against Milwaukee, one missed by 2'
1989: Kindergarten student caught with loaded handgun at Bronx school
1990: 200,000 demand return of Lithuania's independence
1990: Actor Joseph Cotton undergoes vocal cancer operation at 84
1990: Bobby Knight becomes basketball's Big 10 winningest coach (229)
1990: Pat Lafontaine sets NY Islander record of scoring goals in 11 straight
1991: Congress empowers Bush to order attack on Iraq
1991: medal for steroid use, he finished 2nd
1991: Ric Flair wins NWA/WCW wrestling title
1991: Soviets storm buildings in Vilnius to block Lithuania independence
1992: Algeria's Pres Chadli announces his resignation
1992: Paul Simon opens a tour in South Africa
1993: Howard Stern's radio show begins transmitting to Buffalo NY (WKBW)
1993: Independent pres candidate Ross Perot publicly returns to politics
1994: Hyderabad score 6 for 944 against Andhra Pradesh in Ranji Trophy
1994: Irish govt announces end of a 20-year broadcasting ban on IRA
1995: 5th TV network (WB) Warner Brothers begins (WPIX-TV in NYC)
1995: Birmingham Barracudas granted CFL franchise
1995: DC-9 crashes near Maria La Baya, Colombia: 51 die, 9 yr old girl lives
1996: Space Shuttle STS 72 (Endeavour 10), launches into space
1997: 23rd People's Choice Awards: Bill Cosby wins
1997: Martina Hingis beats Jennifer Capriati at Sydney Tennis Intl
1997: Telstar 401 Satellite Fails
1998: "Proposals," closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 76 performances
1998: 24th Annual People's Choice Awards - Seinfeld, Tim Allen win
1998: AFC Championship: Denver Broncos beat Pitt Steelers 24-21
1998: NFC Championship: Green Bay Packers beat SF 49'ers 23-10

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