What Happened on Jan 11

Sicily Earthquake of 1693

On the 11th of January 1693 a huge earthquake destroyed at least 45 cities, affecting an area of 5600 square kilometres and causing the death of... Read more

Elizabeth Blackwell becomes first women to earn medical degree in US

When they discovered that she was serious, both students and townspeople were horrified. She had few allies and was an outcast in Geneva. At first,... Read more

Alice Paul Is Born

Alice Paul, chief strategist for the militant wing of the suffrage movement and author of the Equal Rights Amendment, was born on January... Read more

The First Insulin Injection was given to Leonard Thompson

Researcher John Macleod and chemist James Collip then began to help prepare insulin for human use. On January 11, 1922, Leonard Thompson, a... Read more

Amelia Earhart becomes first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California

On January 11, 1935, Earhart became the first person to fly solo from Honolulu, Hawaii to Oakland, California. Although this transoceanic flight... Read more

"The Lives Of A Bengal Lancer" Is Released

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer is a 1935 adventure film loosely adapted from the 1930 book of the same name by Francis Yeats-Brown. The plot of the... Read more

"His Girl Friday" Is Released

His Girl Friday is a 1940 screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks, an adaptation by Charles Lederer, Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur of the... Read more

Battle of Manado

The unit of Compagnie Menado, which numbered only 188 men under Captain W.F.J. Kroon and Landstorm Compagnie with its 200 troops under 1st... Read more

Battle of Tarakan (1942)

The Battle of Tarakan took place on January 11–12, 1942. Even though Tarakan was only a small marshy island at northeastern Borneo in the... Read more

Super Bowl IV - Chiefs 23, Vikings 7

Super Bowl IV was the fourth AFL-NFL World Championship Game in American Professional Football, and the second one (after Super Bowl III) to... Read more

"Get Out Your Handkerchiefs" Is Released

Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (French: Préparez vos mouchoirs) is a 1978 romantic comedy directed by Bertrand Blier. Solange (Laure) is depressed... Read more

MST3K Ep. 322 - "Master Ninja I"

TV show The Master cut together into a series of movies. An American ninja (Lee Van Cleef) searches for his long-lost daughter with the help of a... Read more

FDA Approves Bayer's Aleve

Aleve (naproxen) is in a group of drugs called nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Naproxen works by reducing hormones that cause... Read more

Muse Releases "Muscle Museum EP"

Muscle Museum is the second extended play (EP) by English alternative rock band Muse. Limited to 999 hand-numbered copies, was released on 11... Read more

President René Préval Dissolves Haitian Parliament

On January 11th, I said that we recognized that the term of some of the Parliamentarians was finished. Some of you were in shock. Many citizens of... Read more

AOL Acquires Time Warner

On January 11, 2000, America Online, a favorite of dot-com investors and pioneer of dial-up Internet access, acquired Time Warner, the world's... Read more

"Bad Guy" is Released

Bad Guy (2001) is a South Korean film by director Kim Ki-duk about a man who traps a woman into prostitution, then becomes protective of her. The... Read more

First group of detainees arrives at Guantanamo Bay's Camp X-Ray

In 2001, President George W. Bush signed an executive order that stipulated that US military could indefinitely detain any non-citizen who he... Read more

Orange County is released

Orange County is a 2002 American comedy film starring Colin Hanks and Jack Black. It was released on January 11, 2002. The movie was distributed by... Read more

UFC 35: Throwdown

UFC 35: Throwdown was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut on... Read more

Resident Evil 4 released

Resident Evil 4, known in Japan as Biohazard 4 is a survival horror third-person shooter video game developed by Production Studio 4 and published... Read more

Timelines, Inc. Founded (originally called LifeSnapz)

I have a lousy memory when it comes to things that happened in my life. Sure, I remember all the big events with clarity. Unfortunately, there are... Read more

Hannah Montana Season 3 Episode 6

Lilly holds a yard sale to raise money for a class trip to Washington, D.C., and Miley pays customers to buy items at the sale; Rico hires an... Read more

Sinking of the MV Teratai Prima

The MV Teratai Prima was an Indonesian ferry that sank on January 11, 2009, around 04:00 local time (January 10, 21:00 UTC) in the Makassar Strait... Read more

Atlanta Hawks defeat Boston Celtics, 102-96

You could zero in on the 6:16 mark in the third quarter - an implosive sequence in which three technical fouls were called, one coach was ejected,... Read more