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Events

★ 314 - Pope Miltiades ends his reign as the Pope of Roman Catholicism by dying in power.

★ 1158 - Vladislav II becomes King of Bohemia.

★ 1569 - First recorded lottery in England.

★ 1571 - Austrian nobility is granted freedom of religion.

★ 1693 - Mt. Etna erupts in Sicily, Italy.

★ 1759 - In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first American life insurance company is incorporated.

★ 1779 - Ching-Thang Khomba crowned King of Manipur

★ 1787 - William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.

★ 1794 - Robert Forsythe, a US Marshal was killed in Augusta, Georgia when trying to serve court papers, the first US Marshal to die in action.

★ 1805 - 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.

★ 1867 - Benito Juárez becomes Mexican president again.

★ 1879 - Anglo-Zulu War begins.

★ 1880 - Total solar eclipse blackens the sky of San Francisco one day after the funeral of Emperor Norton.

★ 1902 - Popular Mechanics magazine was published for the first time.

★ 1908 - Grand Canyon National Monument is created.

★ 1912 - Lawrence textile strike begins in Lawrence, Massachusetts.

★ 1917 - Kingsland Explosion Sabotage of munitions factory.

★ 1919 - Romania annexes Transylvania.

★ 1922 - First use of insulin to treat diabetes in a human patient.

★ 1923 - Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to pay its reparation payments.

★ 1935 - Amelia Earhart is the first woman to fly solo from Hawaii to California.

★ 1942 - Japan declares war on the Netherlands and invades the Netherlands East Indies.

★ 1942 - The Japanese capture Kuala Lumpur.

★ 1943 - 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 dictator.

★ 1949 - First recorded case of snowfall in Los Angeles, California.

★ 1957 - The African Convention is founded in Dakar. And, Mass-Murder Jack Gilbert Graham Was executied via the Gas Chamber.

★ 1962 - Eruption of the Huascaran volcano in Peru; 4,000 deaths.

★ 1963 - Please Please Me is released in the United Kingdom by The Beatles, with Ask Me Why as the B-side. It would be the first Beatles' single to reach #1 (on most record charts) in the UK.

★ 1963 - The ''Whisky a Go Go'' night club in Los Angeles, the first disco in the USA, is opened.

★ 1964 - United States Surgeon General Dr. Luther Leonidas Terry, 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.

★ 1972 - East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh.

★ 1973 - The Open University, Britain's distance-learning university, awards its first degrees.

★ 1974 - The world's first surviving set of sextuplets are born to Susan Rosenkowitz in Cape Town, South Africa.

★ 1980 - Nigel Short, 14, is the youngest chess player to be awarded the degree of International Master.

★ 1982 - A cold snap sends temperatures to record lows in dozens of cities throughout the Midwestern United States.

★ 1986 - The Gateway Bridge, Brisbane in Queensland, Australia is officially opened.

★ 1990 - 300,000 march in favor of Lithuanian independence.

★ 1994 - Irish Government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the IRA and its political arm Sinn Féin

★ 1996 - Haiti becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.

★ 1998 - Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria; over 100 people killed.

★ 2001 - The Federal Trade Commission approves the merger of AOL and Time Warner to form ''AOL Time Warner''.

Births

★ 1322 - Emperor Komyo of Japan (d. 1380)

★ 1359 - Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (d. 1393)

★ 1503 - Parmigianino, Italian artist (d. 1540)

★ 1591 - Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English Civil War general (d. 1646)

★ 1630 - John Rogers, American President of Harvard in the US (d. 1684)

★ 1671 - François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French military leader (d. 1745)

★ 1723 - Prithvi Narayan Shah, began the unification of modern Nepal (d. 1774)

★ 1755 - Alexander Hamilton, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1804)

★ 1757 - Samuel Bentham, English mechanical engineer (d. 1831)

★ 1800 - Anyos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist (d. 1895)

★ 1807 - Ezra Cornell, American businessman and university founder (d. 1874)

★ 1815 - John A. Macdonald, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1891)

★ 1842 - William James, American psychologist and philosopher (d. 1910)

★ 1845 - Albert Victor Bäcklund, Swedish physicist (d. 1912)

★ 1852 - Konstantin Fehrenbach, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1926)

★ 1853 - Georgios Jakobides, Greek painter (d. 1926)

★ 1856 - Christian Sinding, Norwegian composer (d. 1932)

★ 1858 - Harry Gordon Selfridge, American retailer (d. 1947)

★ 1859 - Lord George Nathaniel Curzon, British statesman, Viceroy of India (d. 1925)

★ 1868 - Cai Yuanpei, Chinese educator (d. 1940)

★ 1873 - John Callan O'Laughlin, American political and military figure and journalist (d. 1949)

★ 1875 - Reinhold Glière, Russian composer (d. 1956)

★ 1876 - Elmer Flick, American baseball player (d. 1971)

★ 1885 - Jack Hoxie, American actor, rodeo performer (d. 1965)

★ 1885 - Alice Paul, American women's rights activist (d. 1977)

★ 1887 - Aldo Leopold, American ecologist (d. 1948)

★ 1890 - Oswald de Andrade, Brazilian author (d.1954)

★ 1897 - August Heissmeyer, German SS officer (d. 1979)

★ 1901 - Kwon Ki-ok, first Korean female pilot (d. 1988)

★ 1902 - Maurice Duruflé, French composer (d. 1986)

★ 1903 - Alan Paton, South African writer (d. 1988)

★ 1906 - Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist

★ 1907 - Pierre Mendès-France, French politician (d. 1982)

★ 1908 - Lionel Stander, American actor (d. 1994)

★ 1910 - Nikos Kavvadias, Greek poet and writer (d. 1975)

★ 1911 - Zenko Suzuki, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2004)

★ 1915 - Robert Blair Mayne, British soldier, co-founder Special Air Service (d. 1955)

★ 1916 - Bernard Blier, French actor (d. 1989)

★ 1917 - John Robarts, Canadian politician, Premier of Ontario (d. 1982)

★ 1921 - Juanita M. Kreps, former U.S. Secretary of Commerce

★ 1921 - Gory Guerrero, professional wrestler (d. 1990)

★ 1923 - Carroll Shelby, American automobile designer

★ 1924 - Roger Guillemin, French neuroendocrinologist, Nobel laureate

★ 1924 - Sam B. Hall, American politician (d. 1994)

★ 1924 - Slim Harpo, American musician (d. 1970)

★ 1924 - Don Cherry, American singer and golfer

★ 1925 - Grant Tinker, American television executive

★ 1926 - Lev Demin, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1998)

★ 1928 - David L. Wolper, American television producer

★ 1930 - Rod Taylor, Australian actor

★ 1932 - Alfonso Arau, Mexican film director

★ 1934 - Jean Chrétien, 20th Prime Minister of Canada

★ 1938 - Fischer Black, American economist (d. 1995)

★ 1938 - Arthur Scargill, Socialist Labour Party (UK) leader

★ 1939 - Anne Heggtveit, Canadian alpine skier

★ 1941 - Gérson, Brazilian footballer

★ 1942 - Clarence Clemons, American musician (E Street Band)

★ 1943 - Jim Hightower, American radio host and author

★ 1944 - John Piper, American theologian

★ 1944 - Shibu Soren, Indian politician

★ 1944 - Mohammed Abed Elhai, Sudanese writer and academic (d. 1989)

★ 1945 - Samdech Preah Sanghareach Bour Kry, Supreme Patriarch of the Cambodian Dhammayutt Order

★ 1945 - Christine Kaufmann, German-Austrian actress

★ 1946 - Naomi Judd, American singer

★ 1946 - Tony Kaye, British keyboard player (Yes)

★ 1951 - Willie Maddren, English former footballer (d. 2000)

★ 1952 - Ben Crenshaw, American golfer

★ 1952 - Lee Ritenour, American musician and composer

★ 1953 - John Sessions, Scottish actor

★ 1956 - Robert Earl Keen, American singer

★ 1957 - Bryan Robson, English footballer and manager

★ 1958 - Vicki Peterson, American musician (The Bangles)

★ 1959 - Rob Ramage, Canadian ice hockey player

★ 1961 - Jasper Fforde, British author

★ 1962 - Susan Lindauer, American peace activist and accused spy

★ 1963 - Dean Reynolds, English snooker player

★ 1965 - Andrew Stanton, American animated films director, and screenwriter.

★ 1966 - Marc Acito, American novelist and humorist

★ 1966 - Kelley Law, Canadian curler

★ 1968 - Tom Dumont, American musician

★ 1968 - Anders Borg, Swedish politician

★ 1969 - Manny Acta, Dominican baseball player

★ 1969 - Kyle Richards, American actress

★ 1970 - Mary J. Blige, American singer

★ 1970 - Chris Jent, American basketball player and coach

★ 1972 - Marc Blucas, American actor

★ 1972 - Amanda Peet, American actress

★ 1972 - Luís Delgado, Angolan footballer

★ 1973 - Rahul Dravid, Indian cricketer

★ 1973 - Joanna Brodzik, Polish actress

★ 1974 - Jens Nowotny, German footballer

★ 1974 - Cody McKay, Canadian baseball player

★ 1975 - Rory Fitzpatrick, American ice hockey player

★ 1976 - Efthimios Rentzias, Greek basketball player

★ 1977 - Shomari Buchanan, American football player

★ 1977 - Nadia Turner, American singer

★ 1978 - Emile Heskey, English footballer

★ 1978 - Michael Duff, Northern Irish footballer

★ 1979 - Siti Nurhaliza, Malaysian singer

★ 1980 - Mike Williams, American football player

★ 1980 - Deanna Wright, American actress

★ 1981 - Jamelia, English singer

★ 1981 - Tom Meighan, British singer (Kasabian)

★ 1981 - Chris Edwards, British musician (Kasabian)

★ 1982 - Son Ye-jin, South Korean actress

★ 1982 - Ashley Taylor Dawson, British actor and singer

★ 1983 - Adrian Sutil, German racing driver

★ 1985 - Rie fu, Japanese singer

★ 1987 - Scotty Cranmer, American professional BMX rider

★ 1993 - Flora Cross, American actress

Deaths

★ 314 - St. Miltiades

★ 705 - Pope John VI

★ 802 - St. Paulinus II of Aquileia

★ 812 - Stauracius, Byzantine Emperor

★ 844 - Michael I Rhangabes, Byzantine Emperor

★ 1055 - Constantine IX Monomachos, Byzantine Emperor

★ 1083 - Otto of Nordheim, Duke of Bavaria

★ 1494 - Domenico Ghirlandaio, Italian artist (b. 1449)

★ 1495 - Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (b. 1428)

★ 1641 - Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar, Spanish poet (b. 1583)

★ 1696 - Charles Albanel, French missionary explorer in Canada (b. 1616)

★ 1703 - Johann Georg Graevius, German classical scholar and critic (b. 1632)

★ 1713 - Pierre Jurieu, French Protestant leader (b. 1637)

★ 1762 - Louis-François Roubiliac, French sculptor (b. 1695)

★ 1763 - Caspar Abel, German theologian, historian, and poet (b. 1676)

★ 1771 - Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, French writer (b. 1704)

★ 1791 - William Williams Pantycelyn, Welsh hymnist (b. 1717)

★ 1801 - Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer (b. 1749)

★ 1836 - John Molson, Canadian brewer (b. 1763)

★ 1843 - Francis Scott Key, American lawyer and writer of the American national anthem (b. 1779)

★ 1882 - Theodor Schwann, German physiologist (b. 1810)

★ 1901 - Vasily Kalinnikov, Russian composer (b. 1866)

★ 1902 - Johnny Briggs, English cricketer (b. 1862)

★ 1905 - Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter, Hasidic rabbi (b. 1847)

★ 1914 - Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer and patron of the arts after whom the Carlsberg brewery was named (b. 1842)

★ 1923 - King Constantine I of Greece (b. 1868)

★ 1928 - Thomas Hardy, English writer (b. 1840)

★ 1931 - James Milton Carroll, American Baptist pastor, leader, historian, and author (b. 1852)

★ 1941 - Emanuel Lasker, German chess player (b. 1868)

★ 1952 - Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, French general, posthumous Marshal of France (b. 1889)

★ 1954 - Oscar Straus, Austrian composer (b. 1870)

★ 1958 - Edna Purviance, American actress (b. 1895)

★ 1966 - Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor (b. 1901)

★ 1966 - Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish runner (b. 1889)

★ 1968 - Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)

★ 1970 - Richmal Crompton, British author (b. 1890)

★ 1978 - Ibn-e-Insha, Pakistani humorist and Urdu poet (b. 1927)

★ 1979 - Jack Soo, American actor (b. 1917)

★ 1980 - Barbara Pym, English novelist (b. 1913)

★ 1981 - Beulah Bondi, American actress (b. 1888)

★ 1983 - Shri Ghanshyam Das Birla, Indian industrialist and educator (b. 1894)

★ 1988 - Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, American WW II Marine aviator (b. 1912)

★ 1988 - Florence Knapp, American, one-time oldest person in the world (b. 1873)

★ 1991 - Carl David Anderson, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1905)

★ 1994 - Helmut Poppendick, Nazi physician (b. 1902)

★ 1998 - Klaus Tennstedt, German conductor (b. 1926)

★ 1999 - Fabrizio de André, Italian singer (b. 1940)

★ 1999 - Brian Moore, Irish-born writer (b. 1921)

★ 2000 - Ivan Combe, American inventor (b. 1911)

★ 2000 - Bob Lemon, American baseball player (b. 1920)

★ 2001 - Sir Denys Lasdun, English architect (b. 1914)

★ 2002 - Henri Verneuil, French playwright and film director (b. 1920)

★ 2003 - Mickey Finn, English drummer (T. Rex) (b. 1947)

★ 2003 - Maurice Pialat, French actor and director (b. 1925)

★ 2003 - Richard Simmons, American actor (b. 1913)

★ 2005 - Spencer Dryden, American drummer (Jefferson Airplane) (b. 1938)

★ 2005 - James Griffin, American musician (Bread) (b. 1943)

★ 2005 - Miriam Hyde, Australian composer (b. 1913)

★ 2005 - Fabrizio Meoni, Italian motorcyclist (b. 1957)

★ 2006 - Markus Löffel (''Mark Spoon''), German DJ (b. 1966)

★ 2006 - Nixzmary Brown, American child abuse victim (b. 1998)

★ 2007 - Robert Anton Wilson, American author (b. 1932)

★ 2007 - Solveig Dommartin, French-German actress (b. 1961)

Holidays and observances

★ Albania - Republic Day (1946)

★ Morocco - Independence Resistance Day

★ Nepal - Unity Day

★ Roman Empire - First day of Carmentalia in honor of Carmenta
===Religious feast days===

★ Paulinus of Aquileia

★ Theodosius the Cenobiarch

★ January 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

External links

★ BBC: On This Day

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★ On This Day in Canada
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