Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/January 11
This is a list of selected January 11 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
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| 1879 – British forces under Lord Chelmsford invaded Zululand without authorisation from the British Government, beginning the Anglo-Zulu War. | needs more footnotes |
| 1914 – The largest volcano explosion in 20th-century Japan began amidst a series of earthquakes, causing the volcanic island of Sakurajima to join to the mainland at Kagoshima and 58 deaths. | Uncited section |
| 1922 – Insulin was first administered to a human patient with diabetes at the Toronto General Hospital in Toronto, Canada. | appears on July 27 |
| 1942 – World War II: Japanese forces attacked Manado on present-day Sulawesi Island as an attempt to open up a passage to attack Australia through the eastern part of Dutch East Indies. | needs more footnotes |
| 1960 – Henry Lee Lucas, once listed as America's most prolific serial killer, committed his only confirmed murder, although he confessed to killing about 600 and was convicted of eleven homicides. | refimprove section |
Eligible
- 1055 – Theodora Porphyrogenita (pictured) became the sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire after the death of her brother-in-law Constantine IX Monomachos.
- 1787 – German-born British astronomer William Herschel discovered two Uranian moons, later named Oberon and Titania by his son John.
- 1863 – American Civil War: The Battle of Arkansas Post concluded with the Union Army capturing a fort from Confederate forces near the mouth of the Arkansas River.
- 1912 – Immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, went on strike in response to a pay cut corresponding to a new state law shortening the working week.
- 1923 – Troops from France and Belgium invaded the Ruhr to force the Weimar Republic to pay reparations in the aftermath of World War I.
- 1927 – Louis B. Mayer, head of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, hosted 36 people involved in the film industry at a banquet, where he announced the creation of what would become the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
- 1943 – Italian-American journalist and trade-union activist Carlo Tresca, a leading public opponent of the Mafia infiltration of unions, was assassinated in New York City.
- 1946 – The People's Republic of Albania was proclaimed, with Enver Hoxha as the country's de facto head of state.
- 1961 – Students at the University of Georgia rioted in an attempt to prevent two African American students from attending the school.
- 1986 – The Gateway Bridge in Brisbane, Australia, opened as the largest prestressed-concrete, single-box bridge in the world.
- 2013 – French special forces failed in an attempted rescue of a DGSE agent, who had been taken hostage in 2009 by al-Shabaab, in Bulo Marer, Somalia.
- Born/died: |Domenico Ghirlandaio |d|1494| Nicolas Steno |b|1638| Vincenzo Borg |b|1777| Bayard Taylor |b|1825| John Molson |d|1836| Alice Paul |b|1885| Peter Badcoe |b|1934 | Roberta Fulbright |d|1953| Emile Heskey |b|1978| Tom Parry Jones |d|2013
Notes
- Galilean moons appears on January 7, so Uranian moons should not appear in the same year
January 11: Prithvi Jayanti in Nepal
- 1654 – Arauco War: The Mapuche-Huilliche of southern Chile defeated a slave-hunting Spanish army at the Battle of Río Bueno.
- 1693 – The most powerful earthquake recorded in Italy, registering 7.4 Mw, struck the island of Sicily.
- 1914 – The Karluk, the flagship of the Canadian Arctic Expedition, sank after being crushed by ice.
- 1964 – In a landmark report (cover pictured), U.S. surgeon general Luther Terry issued a warning that tobacco smoking may be hazardous to health, concluding that it has a causative role in lung cancer, chronic bronchitis, and other illnesses.
- 2003 – After Chicago police detective Jon Burge was discovered to have forced confessions from more than 200 suspects, the governor of Illinois commuted the death sentences of 167 prisoners and pardoned four others.
- Min Bin (d. 1554)
- Socrates Nelson (b. 1814)
- Eva Le Gallienne (b. 1899)
- Eva Tanguay (d. 1947)