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Events on the 11th of January in history

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11 Jan 0314 St Militiades ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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11 Jan 0532 Nika riots in Constantinople: A quarrel between supporters of different chariot teams—the Blues and the Greens—in the Hippodrome escalates into violence.
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11 Jan 0532 Nika-revolt against Justianus & Theodora in Hippodrome Constantinople
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11 Jan 0705 John VI ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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11 Jan 1055 Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire.
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11 Jan 1158 Vladislav II becomes King of Bohemia.
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11 Jan 1158 Vladislav II of Bohemia becomes king
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11 Jan 1558 Westmunster Church in Middelburg destroyed by heavy storm
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11 Jan 1569 First recorded lottery in England.
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11 Jan 1569 1st recorded lottery in England is drawn at St Paul's Cathedral
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11 Jan 1571 Austrian nobility is granted freedom of religion.
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11 Jan 1571 Emperor Maximilian II grants Austrian adel freedom of religion
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11 Jan 1599 Jacob van Necks fleet leaves Bantam Java with pepper, clove & muskaat
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11 Jan 1672 Isaac Newton is elected a member of Royal Society
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11 Jan 1693 A powerful earthquake destroys parts of Sicily and Malta.
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11 Jan 1693 Mt Etna erupts, Sicily
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11 Jan 1709 Colley Cibber's "Rival Fools" premieres in London
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11 Jan 1753 Ferdinand VI of Spain & Pope Benedictus XIV sign concord
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11 Jan 1758 Russian troops occupy K
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11 Jan 1759 In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first American life insurance company is incorporated.
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11 Jan 1759 1st American life insurance company incorporated, Philadelphia
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11 Jan 1765 Frisia bans Voltaires "Trait
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11 Jan 1774 Messier adds M51 (spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici) to his catalog
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11 Jan 1775 Francis Salvador becomes 1st Jew elected to office in America (SC)
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11 Jan 1779 Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur.
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11 Jan 1782 American Revolutionary War: French troops begin a siege of a British garrison on Brimstone Hill in Saint Kitts.
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11 Jan 1785 Continental Congress convenes in New York City NY
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11 Jan 1787 William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.
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11 Jan 1787 Titania & Oberon, moons of Uranus, discovered by William Herschel
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11 Jan 1790 Statisten & Vonckisten unite as Belgium
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11 Jan 1803 Monroe & Livingston sail for Paris to buy New Orleans; they buy Louisiana
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11 Jan 1805 The Michigan Territory is created.
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11 Jan 1805 Michigan Territory is organized
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11 Jan 1813 1st pineapples planted in Hawaii (or 1 / 21)
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11 Jan 1839 Earthquake at Martinique destroys half of Port Royal-700 die
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11 Jan 1861 Alabama secedes from the United States.
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11 Jan 1861 Mexico City captured by Ju
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11 Jan 1861 Alabama becomes 4th state to secede
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11 Jan 1863 Union forces capture Arkansas Post or Ft Hindman, Arkansas
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11 Jan 1863 American Civil War: CSS Alabama encounters and sinks the USS Hatteras off Galveston Lighthouse in Texas.
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11 Jan 1863 American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post – General John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture the Arkansas River for the Union.
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11 Jan 1863 Naval engagement near Galveston between CSS Alabama & USS Hatteras
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11 Jan 1864 Charing Cross Station opens in London
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11 Jan 1865 Battle of Beverly, West Virginia
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11 Jan 1865 Battle of Beverly WV
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11 Jan 1866 Steamship London sinks in storm off Land's End England, kills 220
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11 Jan 1873 1st livestock market newspaper published, Drover's Journal, Chicago
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11 Jan 1879 The Anglo-Zulu War begins.
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11 Jan 1879 Zulu war against British colonial rule in South Africa begins
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11 Jan 1885 Henrik Ibsen's "Vildauden" premieres in Oslo
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11 Jan 1892 Paul Gauguin marries a 13-year-old Tahitian girl
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11 Jan 1892 William D McCoy of Indiana appointed US minister to Liberia
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11 Jan 1892 Hawaiian Historical Society founded
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11 Jan 1893 Jaap Eden skates world record 1500m (2 35)
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11 Jan 1897 M H Cannon becomes 1st woman state senator in US (Utah)
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11 Jan 1904 Herero people of South West Africa, now Namibia, begin uprising
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11 Jan 1908 Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
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11 Jan 1912 Immigrant textile works in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.
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11 Jan 1913 Bread & Roses Strike begins
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11 Jan 1913 1st sedan-type car (Hudson) goes on display at 13th Auto Show (New York City NY)
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11 Jan 1915 Colonel Jacob Ruppert & Colonel Tillinghast Huston purchase Yankees for $460,000
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11 Jan 1916 French troops capture/Serbian army flees to Corfu
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11 Jan 1917 The Kingsland munitions factory explosion occurs as a result of sabotage.
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11 Jan 1917 Guy Bolton & PG Wodehouse's "Have a Heart" premieres in New York City NY
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11 Jan 1919 Romania reincorporates Transylvania.
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11 Jan 1919 Romania annexes Transylvania
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11 Jan 1919 3 year old German communist party (Spartacus) crushed
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11 Jan 1920 French passenger ship Afrique sinks near La Rochelle; 553 die
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11 Jan 1922 First use of insulin to treat diabetes in a human patient.
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11 Jan 1922 Insulin 1st used to treat diabetes (Leonard Thompson, 14, of Canada)
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11 Jan 1923 1st Dutch Dada-evening (Theo Van Doesburg & Kurt Schwitters)
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11 Jan 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.
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11 Jan 1923 French & Belgian troops occupy Ruhr to collect reparations
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11 Jan 1925 Franc B Kellogg replaces Charles Hughes on as US Secretary of State
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11 Jan 1927 Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet in Los Angeles, California.
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11 Jan 1927 Royale Theater (Golden, CBS Radio Playhouse) opens at 242 W 45th New York City NY
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11 Jan 1935 Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
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11 Jan 1935 Amelia Earhart flies from Honolulu HI to Oakland CA (non-stop, of course)
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11 Jan 1936 Charles Anderson enters Kentucky House of Representatives
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11 Jan 1938 Bradman scores a second inning 113 vs Queensland after a ton in the 1st
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11 Jan 1938 Frances Moulton elected 1st woman president of a US national bank
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11 Jan 1940 Sergei Prokofiev's ballet Romeo & Juliet premieres in Leningrad
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11 Jan 1941 Princess Irene Brigade established in Congleton
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11 Jan 1942 World War II: The Japanese capture Kuala Lumpur.
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11 Jan 1942 Japan conquers Kuala Lumpur, Malaya
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11 Jan 1942 -23
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11 Jan 1943 Italian-American anarchist Carlo Tresca is assassinated in New York City.
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11 Jan 1943 World War II: The United States and United Kingdom give up territorial rights in China.
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11 Jan 1943 US & Britain relinquish extraterritorial rights in China
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11 Jan 1944 Crakow-Plaszow Concentration Camp established
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11 Jan 1945 Greek Civil War: Last day of the Dekemvriana clashes in Athens, Greece.
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11 Jan 1946 Enver Hoxha, Secretary General of the Communist Party of Albania, declares the People's Republic of Albania with himself as head of state.
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11 Jan 1946 Enver Hoxha declares People's Republic of Albania with himself dictator
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11 Jan 1946 People's Republic of Albania established
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11 Jan 1946 Bert Bell becomes 2nd NFL commissioner, moves Chicago IL headquarters to Philadelphia PA
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11 Jan 1949 A record-setting snowstorm hits Los Angeles, California.
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11 Jan 1949 The first "networked" television broadcasts take place as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air connecting the east coast and mid-west programming.
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11 Jan 1949 Snowfall 1st recorded in Los Angeles
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11 Jan 1952 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Marianne Moore
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11 Jan 1953 J Edgar Hoover declines 6 figure offer to become president of the International Boxing Club
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11 Jan 1954 2 ton locomotive swept into ravine by avalanche - 10 die (Austria)
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11 Jan 1957 The African Convention is founded in Dakar, Senegal.
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11 Jan 1959 NFL Pro Bowl East beats West 28-21
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11 Jan 1959 Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Mayfair Golf Open
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11 Jan 1959 Hanif Mohammad completes 499 for Karachi, then 1st class world record
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11 Jan 1959 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Theodore Roethke
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11 Jan 1960 Henry Lee Lucas, once listed as America's most prolific serial killer, commits his first known murder.
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11 Jan 1960 Lamar Clark sets pro boxing record of 44 consecutive knockouts
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11 Jan 1960 Chad declares independence from France
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11 Jan 1961 Racial riot at University of Georgia
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11 Jan 1962 An avalanche on Huascarán in Peru causes 4,000 deaths.
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11 Jan 1962 Cold War: While tied to its pier in Polyarny, the Soviet submarine B-37 is destroyed when fire breaks out in its torpedo compartment.
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11 Jan 1962 Volcano Huascaran in Peru, erupts; 4,000 die
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11 Jan 1962 Mandela leaves South Africa, travels to Ethiopia, Algeria & England
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11 Jan 1963 1st discotheque opens, Whiskey-a-go-go in LA
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11 Jan 1963 Beatles release "Please Please Me" and"Ask Me Why"
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11 Jan 1963 1st discotheque opens, The Whiskey-a-go-go in Los Angeles CA
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11 Jan 1963 Beatles release "Please Please Me" & "Ask Me Why"
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11 Jan 1964 Beatles "I Want to Hold Your Hand" is #80 in US (Cashbox)
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11 Jan 1964 Panama ends diplomatic relations with US
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11 Jan 1964 Surgeon General of the United States Dr. Luther Terry, M.D., publishes the landmark report Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States saying that smoking may be hazardous to health, sparking national and worldwide anti-smoking efforts.
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11 Jan 1964 Panam
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11 Jan 1964 "She Loves Me" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City NY after 302 performances
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11 Jan 1964 US Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous
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11 Jan 1966 "Daktari" African adventure series premieres on CBS TV
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11 Jan 1966 550 die in landslides in mountains behind Rio de Janeiro after rain
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11 Jan 1967 Romeinse Curie installs Council for Pontifical Study commission
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11 Jan 1968 Explorer 36 (GEOS-B) launched into earth orbit (1080/1570 km)
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11 Jan 1969 "Hooked on a Feeling" by BJ Thomas peaks at #5
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11 Jan 1969 Jethro Tull's This Was Jethro Tull album debuts
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11 Jan 1970 Super Bowl IV Kansas City Chiefs beat Minnesota Vikings, 23-7 in New Orleans; Super Bowl MVP Len Dawson, Kansas City, Quarterback
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11 Jan 1971 1st "Quickie" Divorce granted in the UK
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11 Jan 1971 1st "Quickie" Divorce granted in UK
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11 Jan 1971 Tigers ace reliever John Hiller, 27, suffers a heart attack, misses the 1971 season, but later makes a remarkable comeback to record 38 saves
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11 Jan 1972 East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh.
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11 Jan 1972 Abu Sayeed Chudhury becomes president & sheik Mujib ur-Rahman premier
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11 Jan 1972 East-Pakistan becomes independent state of Bangladesh
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11 Jan 1973 Major League Baseball owners vote in approval of the American League adopting the designated hitter position.
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11 Jan 1973 Famous victory at the SCG Pakistan chasing 158 all out 106
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11 Jan 1973 Trial of the Watergate burglars begins in Washington DC
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11 Jan 1973 American League adopts designated hitter rule
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11 Jan 1974 ABC airs final episode of "Love, American Style"
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11 Jan 1975 Soyuz 17 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 4
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11 Jan 1976 "Pacific Overtures" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 193 performances
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11 Jan 1976 US male Figure Skating championship won by Terry Kubicka
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11 Jan 1976 Stephen Sondheim's musical "Pacific Overtures" premieres in New York City NY
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11 Jan 1976 Military coup in Ecuador, President Guillermo Lara leaves
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11 Jan 1976 "Pacific Overtures" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City NY for 193 performances
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11 Jan 1976 Dorothy Hamill wins her 3rd consecutive national figure skating championship
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11 Jan 1977 Cubs trade outfielder Rick Monday to Dodgers for Bill Buckner
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11 Jan 1977 Bollingen Prize awarded to David Ignatow
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11 Jan 1977 France releases Abu Daoud, a Palestinian suspected of involvement in the massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics
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11 Jan 1978 Soyuz 27 links with Salyut 6 & Soyuz 26 (1st time 3 spacecraft link)
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11 Jan 1978 Governor Askew dedicates the RCUC solar office building
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11 Jan 1979 "Grand Tour" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 61 performances
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11 Jan 1979 "Grand Tour" opens at Palace Theater New York City NY for 61 performances
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11 Jan 1980 Debut of the Pretenders
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11 Jan 1981 "Tintypes" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 93 performances
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11 Jan 1981 Palau adopts constitution
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11 Jan 1981 British team led by Ranulph Fiennes completes longest & fastest crossing of Antarctica, reaching Scott base after 75 days (2,500 miles)
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11 Jan 1981 "Tintypes" closes at John Golden Theater New York City NY after 93 performances
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11 Jan 1982 Honduras adopts constitution
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11 Jan 1982 Atlanta GA's temperature goes below zero
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11 Jan 1983 Billy Martin named New York Yankee manager for 3rd time
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11 Jan 1984 Supreme Court reinstated $10M award to Karen Silkwood's family
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11 Jan 1984 STS 41-B vehicle moves to launch pad
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11 Jan 1984 Denver Nuggets 163, San Antonio Spurs 155-highest-scoring NBA game
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11 Jan 1986 The Gateway Bridge, Brisbane in Queensland, Australia is officially opened.
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11 Jan 1986 1st black Lieutenant-Governor since reconstruction sworn in (Douglas Wilder of Virginia)
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11 Jan 1987 Largest crowd (76,633) at NFL New York Giant Stadium (beat Washington 17-0)
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11 Jan 1988 Test debut of Phil Simmons, West Indies vs India, Madras
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11 Jan 1988 USSR announces it will participate in the Seoul Summer Olympics
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11 Jan 1989 Denver Nuggets' rookie Jerome Lane misses 7 free throws in a game against Milwaukee, one missed by 2 feet
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11 Jan 1989 Kindergarten student caught with loaded handgun at Bronx school
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11 Jan 1989 140 nations agree to ban chemical weapons (poison gas, etc)
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11 Jan 1990 200,000 demand return of Lithuania's independence
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11 Jan 1990 Pat Lafontaine sets New York Islander record of scoring goals in 11 straight
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11 Jan 1990 Bobby Knight becomes basketball's Big 10 winningest coach (229)
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11 Jan 1990 Actor Joseph Cotten undergoes vocal-chord cancer operation at 84
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11 Jan 1991 Soviets storm buildings in Vilnius to block Lithuania independence
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11 Jan 1991 Ric Flair wins NWA/WCW wrestling title
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11 Jan 1991 Ben Johnson 1st race after being stripped of his 1988 Olympic Gold medal for steroid use, he finished 2nd
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11 Jan 1991 Congress empowers Bush to order attack on Iraq
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11 Jan 1992 US female Figure Skating championship won by Kristi Yamaguchi
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11 Jan 1992 Algeria's President Chadli announces his resignation
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11 Jan 1992 Paul Simon opens a tour in South Africa
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11 Jan 1993 Independent presidential candidate Ross Perot publicly returns to politics
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11 Jan 1993 Howard Stern's radio show begins transmitting to Buffalo NY (WKBW)
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11 Jan 1994 The Irish Government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the IRA and its political arm Sinn Féin.
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11 Jan 1994 Irish government announces end of a 20-year broadcasting ban on IRA
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11 Jan 1994 Hyderabad score 6 for 944 against Andhra Pradesh in Ranji Trophy
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11 Jan 1995 NHLPA & owners agree to end NHL strike
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11 Jan 1995 DC-9 crashes near Maria La Baya, Colombia 51 die, 9 yr old girl lives
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11 Jan 1995 Birmingham Barracudas granted CFL franchise
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11 Jan 1995 5th TV network (WB) Warner Brothers begins (WPIX-TV in New York City NY)
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11 Jan 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.
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11 Jan 1996 Space Shuttle STS 72 (Endeavour 10), launches into space
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11 Jan 1997 Telstar 401 Satellite Fails
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11 Jan 1997 Martina Hingis beats Jennifer Capriati at Sydney Tennis International
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11 Jan 1997 23rd People's Choice Awards Bill Cosby wins
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11 Jan 1998 "Proposals, " closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 76 performances
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11 Jan 1998 Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria.
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11 Jan 1998 US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge
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11 Jan 1998 US female Figure Skating championship won by Michelle Kwan
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11 Jan 1998 NFC Championship Green Bay Packers beat San Francisco 49'ers 23-10
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11 Jan 1998 AFC Championship Denver Broncos beat Pitt Steelers 24-21
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11 Jan 1998 24th Annual People's Choice Awards - Seinfeld, Tim Allen win
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11 Jan 1998 "Proposals" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City NY after 76 performances
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11 Jan 2003 Illinois Governor George Ryan commutes the death sentences of 167 prisoners on Illinois' death row based on the Jon Burge scandal.
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11 Jan 2013 One French soldier and 17 militants are killed in a failed attempt to free a French hostage in Bulo Marer, Somalia.
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