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11 January, 2001
The Federal Trade Commission approves the merger of AOL and Time Warner to form AOL Time Warner.
11 January, 1998
Sidi-Hamed massacre takes place in Algeria, over 100 people are killed.
11 January, 1996
Haiti becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
11 January, 1994
The Irish Government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the IRA and its political arm Sinn Féin.
11 January, 1990
300,000 march in favor of Lithuanian independence.
11 January, 1986
The Gateway Bridge, Brisbane in Queensland, Australia is officially opened.
11 January, 1974
The worlds first surviving set of sextuplets are born to Susan Rosenkowitz in Cape Town, South Africa.
11 January, 1973
The Open University, Britains distance-learning university, awards its first degrees.
11 January, 1972
East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh.
11 January, 1970
The Kansas City Chiefs defeat the Minnesota Vikings 23-7 to win Super Bowl IV. Quarterback Len Dawson is named MVP.
11 January, 1964
United States Surgeon General Dr. Luther Leonidas Terry, M.D., publishes a report saying that smoking may be hazardous to health. It is the first such statement ever made by the U.S. government.
11 January, 1964
The Whisky a Go Go night club in Los Angeles, the first disco in the United States, is opened.
11 January, 1962
An avalanche on Huascaran in Peru causes 4,000 deaths.
11 January, 1957
The African Convention is founded in Dakar.
11 January, 1957
Mass-murderer Jack Gilbert Graham is executed via the Gas Chamber.
11 January, 1949
First recorded case of snowfall in Los Angeles, California.
11 January, 1946
Enver Hoxha declares the Peoples Republic of Albania with himself as dictator.
11 January, 1943
The United States and United Kingdom give up territorial rights in China.
11 January, 1942
Japan declares war on the Netherlands and invades the Netherlands East Indies.
11 January, 1942
The Japanese capture Kuala Lumpur.
11 January, 1935
Amelia Earhart is the first woman to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
11 January, 1923
Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to make its reparation payments.
11 January, 1922
First use of insulin to treat diabetes in a human patient.
11 January, 1919
Romania annexes Transylvania.
11 January, 1917
The Kingsland munitions factory explosion occurs as a result of sabotage.
11 January, 1912
The Lawrence textile strike begins in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
11 January, 1908
Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
11 January, 1902
Popular Mechanics magazine is published for the first time.
11 January, 1880
A total solar eclipse blackens the sky of San Francisco one day after the funeral of Emperor Norton.
11 January, 1879
The Anglo-Zulu War begins.
11 January, 1867
Benito Juárez becomes the Mexican president again.
11 January, 1863
American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post - General John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture the Arkansas River for the Union.
11 January, 1861
Alabama secedes from the United States.
11 January, 1805
The Michigan Territory is created.
11 January, 1794
Robert Forsythe, a U.S. Marshal is killed in Augusta, Georgia when trying to serve court papers, the first US Marshal to die while carrying out his duties.
11 January, 1787
William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.
11 January, 1779
Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur.
11 January, 1759
In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first American life insurance company is incorporated.
11 January, 1693
Mt. Etna erupts in Sicily, Italy. A powerful earthquake destroys parts of Sicily and Malta.
11 January, 1571
Austrian nobility is granted freedom of religion.
11 January, 1569
First recorded lottery in England.
11 January, 1158
Vladislav II becomes King of Bohemia.
11 January, 1055
Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire.

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