January 11

Thursday 11, 2001:

The Federal Trade Commission approved the merger of AOL and Time Warner to form AOL Time Warner.

Sunday 11, 1998:

Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria; over 100 people killed.

Thursday 11, 1996:

Haiti becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.

Saturday 11, 1992:

Paul Simon is the first major artist to tour South Africa after the end of the cultural boycott.

Friday 11, 1991:

Ric Flair defeats Sting to become the first WCW Champion.

Thursday 11, 1990:

300,000 march in favor of Lithuanian independence.

Monday 11, 1982:

A cold snap sends temperatures to record lows in dozens of cities throughout the Midwestern United States.

Friday 11, 1980:

Nigel Short, 14, is the youngest chess player to be awarded the degree of International Master.

Friday 11, 1974:

The world's first surviving set of sextuplets are born to Susan Rosenkowitz in Cape Town, South Africa.

Thursday 11, 1973:

Beginning of the Watergate burglars trial.

Tuesday 11, 1972:

East Pakistan becomes Bangladesh.

Saturday 11, 1964:

United States Surgeon General Luther Leonidas Terry reports smoking may be hazardous to health. First such statement from US government.

Friday 11, 1963:

The Whisky A Go-Go night club in Los Angeles, the first disco in the USA, is opened.

Thursday 11, 1962:

Eruption of the Huascaran volcano in Peru; 4,000 deaths.

Friday 11, 1957:

The African Convention is founded in Dakar.

Tuesday 11, 1949:

First recorded case of snowfall in Los Angeles, California.

Friday 11, 1946:

Porfirio Barba-Jacob's ashes go back to Colombia.

Monday 11, 1943:

The United States and United Kingdom give up territorial rights in China.

Sunday 11, 1942:

The Japanese capture Kuala Lumpur.

Tuesday 11, 1938:

Frances Moulton is the first woman to become president of a US national bank.

Friday 11, 1935:

Amelia Earhart is the first woman to fly solo from Hawaii to California.

Thursday 11, 1923:

Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to pay its reparation payments.

Wednesday 11, 1922:

First use of insulin to treat diabetes in a human patient.

Saturday 11, 1919:

Romania annexes Transylvania.

Saturday 11, 1908:

Grand Canyon National Monument is created.

Sunday 11, 1880:

Total solar eclipse blackens the sky of San Francisco one day after the funeral of Emperor Norton.

Saturday 11, 1879:

Anglo-Zulu War begins.

Friday 11, 1867:

Benito Juárez becomes Mexican president again.

Sunday 11, 1863:

General John McClernand and Admiral David Porter capture the Arkansas River for the Union.

Friday 11, 1861:

Alabama secedes from the United States.

Friday 11, 1805:

Michigan Territory is created.

Thursday 11, 1787:

William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.

Thursday 11, 1759:

In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first American life insurance company is incorporated.

Sunday 11, 1693:

Eruption of Mt. Etna.

Monday 11, 1571:

Austrian nobility is granted freedom of religion.

Saturday 11, 1569:

First recorded lottery in England.

Saturday 11, 1158:

Vladislav II becomes King of Bohemia.

Friday 11, 532:

Nika riots in Constantinople.

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