About January 11

January 11, 2025 is the 11th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 354 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.

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Capricorn is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 18 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On January 11

  • 1055 –
    Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire.
  • 1158 –
    Vladislav II becomes King of Bohemia.
  • 1569 –
    First recorded lottery in England.
  • 1571 –
    Austrian nobility is granted freedom of religion.
  • 1759 –
    In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first American life insurance company is incorporated.
  • 1779 –
    Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur.
  • 1838 –
    Samuel Morse first successfully tests the electrical telegraph.
  • 1863 –
    American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post – General John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture the Arkansas River for the Union.
  • 1863 –
    American Civil War: ship CSS encountered and sank the USS Hatteras off Galveston Lighthouse in Texas.
  • 1922 –
    First use of insulin to treat diabetes in a human patient.
  • 1927 –
    Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announced the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at a banquet in Los Angeles, California.
  • 1935 –
    Amelia Earhart is the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
  • 1942 –
    World War II: Japan declares war on the Netherlands and invades the Netherlands East Indies.
  • 1943 –
    World War II: The United States and United Kingdom give up territorial rights in China.
  • 1957 –
    The African Convention is founded in Dakar.
  • 1962 –
    An avalanche on Huascaran in Peru causes 4,000 deaths.
  • 1964 –
    United States Surgeon General Dr. Luther Leonidas Terry, M.D., publishes a landmark report saying that smoking may be hazardous to health, sparking nation- and worldwide anti-smoking efforts.
  • 1986 –
    The Gateway Bridge, Brisbane in Queensland, Australia is officially opened.
  • 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.
  • 1998 –
    Sidi-Hamed massacre takes place in Algeria, over 100 people are killed.

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