January 11

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on January 11. From 1900 until now. January 11 is under the sign of Capricorn. Famous birthdays on this day include Mary J Blige (1971), Jérôme Kerviel (1977) and Amanda Peet (1972). Several movies were released around January 11 over the years, such as The Kid in 1921 directed by Charles Chaplin and Donnie Darko in 2001 directed by Richard Kelly.
But much more happened on January 11 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

Morocco - The Independence manifesto day.
Japan - Kagami-Biraki (Rice Cakes Festival).
Feast of the Baptism of Jesus.
Roman Empire - First day of Carmentalia in honor of Carmenta.
Nepal - Unity Day.
Albania - Republic Day (1946).
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Events

2019 Two Iraqis were killed and 25 others were injured in a car bomb blast outside a public market in the town of Al-Qaim. The Islamic State is presumed to be behind the attack. (TheDailyStar)
2018 Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Two 16-year-old Palestinians are shot and killed in separate clashes with the Israeli army. (The Washington Post)
2017 War in Afghanistan: At least 11 people are killed in a bombing in Kandahar, including five UAE diplomats. (Al Jazeera)
2016 Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017): At least 51 people are reportedly killed in an attack on a shopping centre in Iraq's capital, Baghdad, and a car bombing outside an illegal casino in Miqdadiyah, east of Baghdad, with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claiming responsibility for both attacks. (BBC), (AAP via SBS) (Reuters)
2015 Charlie Hebdo shooting: Thousands of police and military personnel prepare to secure a Paris unity rally with up to a million people expected to attend. (Daily Mail)An arson attack on the German newspaper Hamburger Morgenpost, which published cartoons from Charlie Hebdo, causes no injuries but leads to two arrests. (Reuters via DNA)
2014 Aitizaz Hassan, a Pakistani boy who died after trying to stop a suicide bomber, is nominated for an award by Nawaz Sharif. (CNN)
2013 Syrian civil war:: Rebel forces take over the strategic Taftanaz airbase in northern Syria. (AP via USA Today)
2012 The United States denies any involvement in a bomb blast that killed an Iranian scientist. (BBC)
2011 Flooding and mudslides in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro kills 903.
2010 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon outlines seven priorities for 2010 and urges a renewed focus on sustainable development, ending poverty, disease and hunger. (UN News Centre) (Sudan Tribune)
2009 In Beverly Hills, California, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, presents the Golden Globe Awards. Best drama: Slumdog Millionaire
2008 The Lithuanian government confirms a nuclear waste site. (Alfa)
2007 China conducts the first successful anti-satellite missile test of any nation since 1985.
2006 The Augustine Volcano in Alaska erupts twice, marking its first major eruption since 1986.
2005 Purged Chinese Communist leader Zhao Ziyang is hospitalized, but in stable condition, according to the People's Republic of China government. The announcement came after rumors spread that he had died. (BBC)
2004 Exploration of Mars: NASA's Spirit rover now has its arm and all six of its wheels free, and only a single cable must be cut before it can turn and roll off its lander onto the soil of Mars. As that milestone is completed, scientists are taking opportunities to take extra pictures and gather other data.
2003 A U.S. court ordered the controversial organization Clonaid, which claims that it produced a human clone, to reveal the identity and whereabouts of the alleged cloned baby.
2001 The U.S. Federal Trade Commission approves the merger of America Online and Time Warner to form AOL Time Warner.
2000 The trawler Solway Harvester sinks off the coast of Ramsey, Isle of Man.
1999 Bülent Ecevit, of DSP forms the new government of Turkey (56th government, an interim government)
1998 Proposals, closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 76 performances
1997 Telstar 401 Satellite Fails
1996 Space Shuttle program: STS-72 launches from the Kennedy Space Center marking the start of the 74th Space Shuttle mission and the 10th flight of Endeavour.
1995 5th TV network (WB) Warner Brothers begins (WPIX-TV in NYC)
1994 Hyderabad score 6 for 944 against Andhra Pradesh in Ranji Trophy.
1993 American independent presidential candidate Ross Perot publicly returns to politics.
1992 US female Figure Skating championship won by Kristi Yamaguchi.
1991 Congress empowers Bush to order attack on Iraq
1990 Actor Joseph Cotton undergoes vocal cancer operation at 84
1989 140 nations agree to ban chemical weapons (poison gas, etc.).
1988 Test debut of Phil Simmons, West Indies versus India, Madras.
1987 Largest crowd (76,633) at NFL New York Giants Stadium (beat Washington Redskins 17-0).
1986 1st black lt gov since reconstruction sworn in (Douglas Wilder of Va)
1984 STS 41-B vehicle moves to launch pad
1982 Honduras adopts constitution.
1981 Tintypes closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 93 performances
1980 Debut of Pretenders
1979 Grand Tour opens at Palace Theater NYC for 61 performances
1978 Soyuz 27 links with Salyut 6 and Soyuz 26 (first time three spacecraft link).
1977 France releases Abu Daoud, a Palestinian suspected of involvement in the massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
1976 Pacific Overtures opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 193 performances
1975 Soyuz 17 carries two cosmonauts to space station Salyut 4.
1974 ABC airs final episode of Love, American Style
1973 American League adopts designated hitter rule.
1972 East-Pakistan becomes independent state of Bangladesh.
1971 1st Quickie Divorce granted in the UK
1970 Super Bowl IV: Kansas City Chiefs beat Minnesota Vikings, 23-7 in New Orleans; Most Valuable Player: Len Dawson, Quarterback.
1969 Hooked on a Feeling by BJ Thomas peaks at #5
1968 Explorer 36 (GEOS-B) launched into earth orbit (1080 / 1570 km)
1967 Romeinse Curie installs Council for Pontifical Study commission.
1966 Daktari African adventure series premieres on CBS TV
1964 Beatles I Want to Hold Your Hand is #80 in US (Cashbox)
1963 1st discotheque opens, Whiskey-a-go-go in LA
1962 Volcano Huascaran in Peru, erupts; 4,000 die
1961 Racial riot at University of Georgia, USA.
1960 Lamar Clark sets pro boxing record of 44 consecutive knockouts.
1959 Hanif Mohammad completes 499 for Karachi, then 1st class world record
1957 The African Convention is founded in Dakar.
1953 J Edgar Hoover declines six-figure offer to become president of the International Boxing Club.
1952 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Marianne Moore.
1950 Huk guerrillas manhandle the town of Hermosa, Bataan in the Philippines.
1949 Snowfall 1st recorded in Los Angeles
1946 Bert Bell becomes second NFL commissioner, moves Chicago, Illinois, headquarters to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1944 US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt proposes a Second Bill of Rights for social and economic security in his State of the Union address
1943 US and Britain relinquish extraterritorial rights in China.
1942 Japan conquers Kuala Lumpur, Malaya.
1941 Princess Irene Brigade established in Congleton.
1938 Frances Moulton is the first woman to become president of a U.S. national bank.
1937 The first issue of ''Look'' magazine goes on sale in the United States.
1936 Charles Anderson enters Kentucky House of Representatives
1935 Amelia Earhart is the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
1933 Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand.
1930 At 12:00 PM, the first official theater-based Mickey Mouse Club begins, at the Fox Dome Theater in Ocean Park, California.
1927 Royale Theater (Golden, CBS Radio Playhouse) opens at 242 W 45th, New York City
1925 Franc B Kellogg replaces Charles Hughes on as US Secretary of State
1923 Occupation of the Ruhr: Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to make its World War I reparation payments.
1922 First use of insulin to treat diabetes in a human patient.
1920 French passenger ship Afrique sinks near La Rochelle; 553 die
1919 Romania annexes Transylvania.
1917 The Kingsland munitions factory explosion occurs as a result of sabotage.
1916 French troops capture / Serbian army flees to Corfu
1915 Colonel Jacob Ruppert and Colonel Tillinghast Huston purchase New York Yankees for $460,000.
1913 Bread and Roses Strike begins.
1908 Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
1904 Herero people of South West Africa, now Namibia, begin uprising.
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