11 January In History - What Happened On This Day

According to Gregory calendar, January 11 is the day number 11 in a given year. January 11 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.

Event Year	Incident/Event
1055	Theodora, the daughter of Constantine VIII and Helena, daughter of Alypius, became Byzantine Empress.
1320	Emperor Komayo of Japan was born.
1693	An intensity XI earthquake, the most powerful in Italian history, struck the island of Sicily.
1709	Kole Seeber's play "Rival Fools" premiered in London.
1775	Francis Salvador became the first Julie elected to office in the US.
1779	Ching-thang Khomba was crowned King of Manipur.
1779	Ching Thang Khomba became the king of Manipur.
1787	German-born British composer and astronomer William Herscheldiscovered two Uranian moons, later named, by his son, after charactersfrom the Shakespeare play A Midsummer Night's Dream, Oberon and Titania.
1787	German-born British astronomer William Herschel discovered two Uranian moons, later named by his son Oberon and Titania.
1787	William Herschel traces the two moons of Titania and Obernone, Uranus.
1805	Michigan was created capital in the United States.
1830	LaGrange College now University of North Alabama) commenced operations, becoming the first publicly chartered college in Alabama.
1842	Famous American thinker and philosopher William James was born in New York.
1849	Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman in the US to pursue a medical degree.
1861	American Civil War: Alabama seceded from the United Nations.
1864	Charing Cross Station opened in London.
1865	In the Battle of Beverly, West Virginia, the Confederate army attacked the Union post.
1866	In England, 220 people died after being hit by the storm 'Steamer London'.
1867	Benito Juarez was then made Mexican President.
1879	The Anglo and Zulu War began.
1879	British forces under Lord Chelmsford invaded Zululand without authorisation from the British Government, beginning the Anglo-Zulu War.
1889	French chemist Michal Eugène Chevrolet died. He invented a type of candle called a lime candle.
1892	Hawaii Historical Society was established.
1922	Diabetes patients were given the first insulin.
1923	Troops from France and Belgium invaded the Ruhr Area to force the German Weimar Republic to pay its reparations in the aftermath of World War I.
1946	Enver Hoxha, First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania, declared the People's Republic of Albania with himself as head of state.
1949	Los Angeles recorded the highest number of snowfall.
1954	Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi, who raised a voice against child labor, was born.
1962	In the northwestern part of Peru, icy storms and rock slides caused 2,000 deaths.
1964	In a landmark report, U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry issued the warning that smoking may be hazardous for one's health, concluding that it has a causative role in lung cancer, chronic bronchitis,emphysema, and other illnesses.
1966	The then Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, who raised the slogan of Jai Jawan Jai Kisan, died in Tashkent.
1972	East Pakistan became an independent country as Bangladesh.
1986	The Gateway Bridge in Brisbane, Australia, at the time the longest prestressed concrete free-cantilever bridge in the world, opened.
1992	Singer Paul Simon was the first major artist to tour South Africa after the end of the cultural boycott.
1998	Tim Allen wins the 24th Annual People's Choice Awards in Seinfeld.
1998	After 76 performances, ‘Proposals' closes at Broadhurst Theater in New York City.
2007	In 2007, January 11.Vietnam became the 150th member of the world trade organization.
2008	Sir Edmund Hillary, the first mountaineer and philanthropist of Mount Everest, died.
2009	Slumdog Millionaire received the Best Film Award at the 66th Golden Globe Awards.
2010	In 2007, January 11.Vietnam became the 150th member of the world trade organization. The discovery of new tombs near the great pyramids proves that the Egypt's pyramids were built by free worker, not slaves.
2012	Israel is preparing for a increase of Syrian refugees into Golan heights according to Israel's Military chief.
2012	A journalist was killed with eight other Motors in Horns, Syrian.
2013	The parliament has passed an impeachment motion against chief justice Shriram Bandaranaike in Sri Lanka.
2013	Artist Paul Emsley unveils the first official portrait of Catherine Duchess of Cambridge.
2013	French special forces failed in an attempted rescue of a DGSE agent who had been taken hostage in July 2009 by Al-Shabaab in BioMarker, Somalia.
2014	U.S NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden and John Holdren, White House Science Advisor, announce that president Obama's administration approved extending the use of the International Space Station through 2024.
2014	The Israelis former prince minister, dies at the age of 85 after eight years in comma following a stroke in 2006.
2015	Kolinda Gruber Kitarovic was elected as the first female Prime Minister of Croatia.

Day/Observance	Level
Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial Day	National Day
National Human Trafficking Awareness Day	National Day
Road Safety Week (11 to 17 Jan)	National Day

Birth Year	Name/Category/Country
1927	Luis Proto Barbosa / Politician / India
1944	Shibu Soren / Politician / India
1946	Anju Mahendru / Actress / India
1954	Kailash Satyarthi / Engineer / India
1958	Babulal Marandi / Politician / India
1969	Anu Agarwal / Actress / India
1973	Rahul Dravid / Cricketer / India
1977	Tara Sharma / Actress / India
1993	Mashaal Durrani / Actor / India

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