This Day in History
11 Jan 1055
Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire.
11 Jan 1558
Westmunster Church in Middelburg destroyed by heavy storm
11 Jan 1569
1st recorded lottery in England is drawn in St Pauls Cathedral
11 Jan 1571
Emperor Maximilian II grants Austrian adel freedom of religion
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Miep Gies, who hid Anne Frank, dies at 100
On this day in 2010 Miep Gies the last survivor of a small group of people who helped hide a Jewish girl Anne Frank and her family from the Nazis during Wor...
Stalin banishes Trotsky
Leon Trotsky a leader of the Bolshevik revolution and early architect of the Soviet state is deported by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin to Alma-Ata in remote Sov...
Amelia Earhart flies from Hawaii to California
In the first flight of its kind American aviatrix Amelia Earhart departs Wheeler Field in Honolulu Hawaii on a solo flight to North America. Hawaiian commerc...
Cornerstone laid at Washington’s Islamic Center
On Connecticut Avenue in Washington D.C. the cornerstone is laid at the first mosque of note in the United States. Intended to serve as a national mosque for ...
Theodore Roosevelt makes Grand Canyon a national monument
On January 11 1908 U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt declares the massive Grand Canyon in northwestern Arizona a national monument.Though Native Americans liv...
French forces occupy Corfu
To provide a safe and stable haven for the growing number of refugees pouring out of the devastated Balkan state of Serbia French forces take formal military c...
Diem issues Ordinance No. 6
South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem issues Ordinance No. 6 allowing the internment of former Viet Minh members and others considered as dangerous t...
Demonstrations erupt in Saigon and Hue
Major citiesespecially Saigon and Hueand much of central Vietnam are disrupted by demonstrations and strikes led by Buddhists.Refusing to accept...
American League adopts designated hitter rule
On January 11 1973the owners of Americas 24 major league baseball teams vote to allow teams in theAmerican League (AL) to use a designated pinc...
Roosevelt dedicates the Grand Canyon as a national monument
On this day in 1908 President Theodore Roosevelt places the Grand Canyon under public protection declaring it a national monument. In a statement made during ...
Grand Canyon National Monument is created
Declaring that The ages had been at work on it and man can only mar it President Theodore Roosevelt designates the mighty Grand Canyon a nationa...
Song of Solomon wins National Book Critics Circle Award
On this day in 1978 Toni Morrison wins the National Book Critics Circle Award for Song of Solomon. The award brought the writer national attention for the firs...
Paul Simon returns to Johannesburg, South Africa, with the blessing of the U.N.
In 1985 singer-songwriter Paul Simon made a controversial nine-day visit to South Africaa visit that some felt was in violation of a United Nations cul...
Charlie Chaplin’s assets frozen
On January 11 1927 Charlie Chaplins 16 million estate is frozen by court receivers after his second wife Lita Grey Chaplin sues for divorce. Lita w...
Flash flood in Rio
In Rio de Janeiro Brazil more than 10 inches of rain falls in 12 hours on this day in 1966 causing a flash flood. Four hundred people were killed and 50000 ...
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