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==Events== *532 – Nika riots in Constantinople: A quarrel between supporters of different chariot teams—the Blues and the Greens—in the Hippodrome escalates into violence. *1055 – Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. *1158 – Vladislav II becomes King of Bohemia. *1569 – First recorded lottery in England. *1571 – Austrian nobility is granted freedom of religion. *1693 – A powerful earthquake destroys parts of Sicily and Malta. *1759 – In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first American life insurance company is incorporated. *1779 – Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur. *1782 – American Revolutionary War: French troops begin a siege of a British garrison on Brimstone Hill in Saint Kitts. *1787 – William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus. *1805 – The Michigan Territory is created. *1861 – Alabama secedes from the United States. *1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post – General John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture the Arkansas River for the Union. * 1863 – American Civil War: encounters and sinks the off Galveston Lighthouse in Texas. *1866 – SS London, an English steamship which sank in the Bay of Biscay *1879 – The Anglo-Zulu War begins. *1908 – Grand Canyon National Monument is created. *1912 – Immigrant textile works in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week. *1917 – The Kingsland munitions factory explosion occurs as a result of sabotage. *1919 – Romania reincorporates Transylvania. *1922 – First use of insulin to treat diabetes in a human patient. *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. *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. *1935 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California. *1942 – World War II: The Japanese capture Kuala Lumpur. *1943 – World War II: The United States and United Kingdom give up territorial rights in China. * 1943 – Italian-American anarchist Carlo Tresca is assassinated in New York City. *1945 – Greek Civil War: Last day of the Dekemvriana clashes in Athens, Greece. *1946 – Enver Hoxha, Secretary General of the Communist Party of Albania, declares the People's Republic of Albania with himself as head of state. *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. * 1949 – A record-setting snowstorm hits Los Angeles, California. *1957 – The African Convention is founded in Dakar, Senegal. *1960 – Henry Lee Lucas, once listed as America's most prolific serial killer, commits his first known murder. *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. * 1962 – An avalanche on Huascarán in Peru causes 4,000 deaths. *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. *1972 – East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh. *1973 – Major League Baseball owners vote in approval of the American League adopting the designated hitter position. *1986 – The Gateway Bridge, Brisbane in Queensland, Australia is officially opened. *1994 – The Irish Government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the IRA and its political arm Sinn Féin. *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''. *1998 – Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria. *2003 – Illinois Governor George Ryan commutes the death sentences of 167 prisoners on Illinois' death row based on the Jon Burge scandal. *2013 – One French soldier and 17 militants are killed in a failed attempt to free a French hostage in Bulo Marer, Somalia. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「January 11」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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