Once again, it should be reiterated, that this does not pretend to be a very extensive history of what happened on this day (nor is it the most original - the links can be found down below). If you know something that I am missing, by all means, shoot me an email or leave a comment, and let me know!
Nika revolted against Justianus & Theodora in the Hippodrome in Constantinople (present day Istanbul) on this day in 532. Voltaire's "Traité sur la tolérance" was banned by Frisia on this day in 1765. On this day in 1815, General Andrew Jackson led Americans to a victory at the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812. It was the final battle of the war, which had officially ended on December 24, 1814, with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. However, the news of the signing had not reached British troops in time to prevent their attack on New Orleans. On this day in 1867, Benito Juárez returned to the Mexican presidency, following the withdrawal of French troops and the execution of Emperor Maximilian. The Anglo-Zulu war started on this day in 1879 after the Zulu Kingdom ignored a British ultimatum to fully disarm within 30 days. American President Theodore Roosevelt dedicated the Grand Canyon as a national monument on this day in 1908. On this day in 1992, musician Paul Simon returned to Johannesburg, South Africa, where he had years earlier courted controversy by going to the country during a United Nations cultural boycott due to the apartheid racial policies of the white minority government there. This time, Simon came back to South Africa and worked with musicians with the blessing of the U.N. after it had lifted it's cultural boycott, becoming the first major musician to do so.
Here's a more detailed look at events that transpired on this date throughout history:
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• 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire.
• 1158 - Vladislav II of Bohemia becomes king
• 1558 - Westmunster Church in Middelburg destroyed by heavy storm
• 1569 - 1st recorded lottery in England is drawn in St Paul's Cathedral
• 1571 - Emperor Maximilian II grants Austrian adel freedom of religion
• 1599 - Jacob van Necks fleet leaves Bantam Java with pepper, clove & muskaat
• 1693 - Mt Etna erupts, Sicily
• 1709 - Colley Cibber's "Rival Fools," premieres in London
• 1753 - Ferdinand VI of Spain & Pope Benedictus XIV sign concord
• 1758 - Russian troops occupy Königsberg, East-Prussia [NS=Jan 22]
• 1759 - 1st American life insurance company incorporated, Philadelphia
Voltaire
• Voltaire's "Traité sur la tolérance" was banned by Frisia on this day in 1765.
• 1774 - Messier adds M51 (spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici) to his catalog
• 1775 - Francis Salvador becomes 1st Jew elected to office in America (SC)
• 1779 - Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur.
• 1785 - Continental Congress convenes in NYC
• 1787 - Titania & Oberon, moons of Uranus, discovered by William Herschel
• 1790 - Statisten & Vonckisten unite as Belgium
French Enlightenment Philosopher VoltaireFrench Enlightenment Philosopher Voltaire
• 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.
• 1803 - Monroe & Livingston sail for Paris to buy New Orleans; they buy La
• 1805 - Michigan Territory organizes
• 1813 - 1st pineapples planted in Hawaii (or 1/21)
• On this day in 1815, General Andrew Jackson led Americans to a victory at the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812. It was the final battle of the war, which had officially ended on December 24, 1814, with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. However, the news of the signing had not reached British troops in time to prevent their attack on New Orleans.
• 1839 - Earthquake at Martinique destroys half of Port Royal - 700 die
• 1849 - Elizabeth Blackwell becomes 1st woman in US to earn medical degree
• 1861 - Alabama becomes 4th state to secede from the Union
• 1861 - Mexico City captured by Juarez (Lib) in War of Reform
• 1863 - Naval engagement near Galveston between CSS Alabama & USS Hatteras
A statue in Flemington, New Jersey, honoring veterans of the American Civil War.
• 1863 - Union forces capture Arkansas Post, or Ft Hindman, Arkansas
• 1864 - Charing Cross Station opens in London
• 1865 - Battle of Beverly, WV
• 1866 - Steamship London sinks in storm off Land's End, England and kills 220
Flag of Mexico
• On this day in 1867, Benito Juárez returned to the Mexican presidency, following the withdrawal of French troops and the execution of Emperor Maximilian.
• 1873 - 1st livestock market newspaper published, Drover's Journal, Chicago
Physician Elizabeth BlackwellPhysician Elizabeth Blackwell
Zulu shields
• The Anglo-Zulu war started on this day in 1879 after the Zulu Kingdom ignored a British ultimatum to fully disarm within 30 days. The Zulus were fighting against British colonial rule in what is now modern-day South Africa. After the Zulus had refused to disarm, British troops invaded Zululand in three columns from the southern African republic of Natal, under the leadership of Lord Chelmsford, which effectively started the Anglo-Zulu War.
• 1885 - Henrik Ibsen's "Vildauden," premieres in Oslo
• 1892 - Hawaiian Historical Society founded
• 1892 - William D McCoy of Indiana appointed US minister to Liberia
• 1893 - Jaap Eden skates world record 1500m (2:35)
• 1897 - M H Cannon becomes 1st woman state senator in US (Utah)
• 1904 - Herero people of South West Africa, now Namibia, begin uprising
Picture of "Roosevelt Point at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon
• On this day in 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt placed the Grand Canyon under public protection, dedicating it as a national monument. In a statement made during a visit to the Grand Canyon in 1903, Roosevelt indicated his intention to preserve one of America's most unique natural sites. He urged Americans to "let this great wonder of nature remain as it now is. Do nothing to mar its grandeur, sublimity and loveliness. You cannot improve on it. But what you can do is to keep it for your children, your children's children, and all who come after you, as the one great sight which every American should see."
1912 - Bread & Roses Strike begins in Lawrence, Massachusetts
1913 - 1st sedan-type car (Hudson) goes on display at 13th Auto Show (NYC)
1915 - Col Jacob Ruppert & Col Tillinghast Huston purchase Yanks for $460,000
• 1916 - French troops capture/Serbian army flees to Corfu
1917 - Guy Bolton & PG Wodehouse's "Have a Heart," premieres in NYC
1919 - 3 year old German communist party (Spartacus) crushed
• 1919 - Romania annexes Transylvania
• 1920 - French passenger ship Afrique sinks near La Rochelle; 553 die
• 1922 - Insulin 1st used to treat diabetes (Leonard Thompson, 14, of Canada)
• 1923 - 1st Dutch Dada-evening (Theo Van Doesburg & Kurt Schwitters)
• 1923 - French & Belgian troops occupy Ruhr to collect reparations
US Secretary of State Frank KelloggUS Secretary of State Frank Kellogg
1925 - Frank Kellogg replaces Charles Hughes on as US Sect of State
1927 - Royale Theater (Golden, CBS Radio Playhouse) opens at 242 W 45th NYC
• 1935 - Amelia Earhart flies from Honolulu to Oakland Ca (non-stop, of course)
1936 - Charles Anderson enters Kentucky House of Representatives
1938 - Bradman scores a second innings 113 v Qld after a ton in the 1st
1938 - Frances Moulton elected 1st woman president of a US national bank
1940 - Sergei Prokofiev's ballet Romeo & Juliet premieres in Leningrad
1941 - Princess Irene Brigade established in Congleton
1942 - -23°F (-31°C), Kingston, Rhode Island (state record)
• 1942 - Japan conquers Kuala Lumpur, Malaya
• 1943 - US & Britain relinquish extraterritorial rights in China
• 1944 - Crakow-Plaszow Concentration Camp established
• 1946 - Enver Hoxha declares People's Rep of Albania with himself dictator
• 1949 - Snowfall 1st recorded in Los Angeles
1952 - Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Marianne Moore
First Director of the FBI J. Edgar HooverFirst Director of the FBI J. Edgar Hoover 1953 - J. Edgar Hoover declines 6 figure offer to become president of International Boxing Club
1954 - 2 ton locomotive swept into ravine by avalanche 10 die (Austria)
• 1957 - The African Convention is founded in Dakar.
1957 - Mass-murderer Jack Gilbert Graham is executed via the Gas Chamber.
1959 - Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Theodore Roethke
1959 - Hanif Mohammad completes 499 for Karachi, then 1st class world record
1959 - Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Mayfair Golf Open
1959 - NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 28-21
• 1960 - Chad declares independence from France
1960 - Lamar Clark sets pro boxing record of 44 consecutive knockouts
1961 - Racial riot at University of Georgia
1962 - Volcano Huascaran in Peru, erupts; 4,000 die
1963 - 1st discotheque opens, Whiskey-a-go-go in LA
• 1963 - Beatles release "Please Please Me" & "Ask Me Why"
1964 - "She Loves Me" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 302 perfs
1964 - 1st government report warning smoking may be hazardous to one's health
• 1964 - Beatles "I Want to Hold Your Hand" is #80 in US (Cashbox)
• 1964 - Panama ends diplomatic relations with US
1964 - US Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous
1966 - "Daktari" African adventure series premieres on CBS TV
1966 - 550 die in landslides in mountains behind Rio de Janeiro after rain
1967 - Romeinse Curie installs Council for Pontifical Study commission
1968 - Explorer 36 (GEOS-B) launched into earth orbit (1080/1570 km)
1969 - "Hooked on a Feeling" by BJ Thomas peaks at #5
1969 - Jethro Tull's This Was Jethro Tull album debuts
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• On this day in 1970, Superbowl IV took place in New Orleans. The Kansas City Chiefs won their first Super Bowl title by beating the heavily favored Minnesota Vikings of the NFL, 23-7. Chiefs quarterback Lenny Dawson was named the Superbowl MVP.
1971 - 1st "Quickie" Divorce granted in UK
1971 - Tigers ace reliever John Hiller, 27, sufferes a heart attack, but later makes a remarkable comeback to record 38 saves
1972 - East-Pakistan becomes independent state of Bangladesh
1972 - Abu Sayeed Chudhury becomes president & sheik Mujib ur-Rahman premier
1973 - American League adopts designated hitter rule
1973 - Famous victory at the SCG Pakistan chasing 158 all out 106
• 1973 - Trial of Watergate burglars begins in Wash DC
1974 - ABC airs final episode of "Love, American Style"
1975 - Soyuz 17 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 4
1976 - "Pacific Overtures" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 193 perfs
1976 - Dorothy Hamill wins her 3rd consec natl figure skating champions
• 1976 - Military coup in Ecuador, Pres Guillermo Lara leaves
1976 - Stephen Sondheim's musical "Pacific Overtures," premieres in NYC
1976 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Dorothy Hamill
1976 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Terry Kubicka
1977 - Bollingen Prize awarded to David Ignatow
1977 - Cubs trade outfielder Rick Monday to Dodgers for Bill Buckner
1977 - France releases Abu Daoud, a Palestinian suspected of involvement in massacre of Israeli athletes at 1972 Munich Olympics
1978 - Gov Askew dedicates RCUC solar office building
The flag of the USSR (Soviet Union)
1978 - Soyuz 27 links with Salyut 6 & Soyuz 26 (1st time 3 spacecraft link)
1979 - "Grand Tour" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 61 performances
1980 - Debut of Pretenders
1981 - "Tintypes" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 93 performances
• 1981 - Palau adopts constitution
1981 - Brit team led by Ranulph Fiennes completes longest & fastest crossing of Antarctica, reaching Scott base after 75 days (2,500 miles)
1982 - Atlanta Ga's temperature goes below zero F
• 1982 - Honduras adopts constitution
• 1984 - STS 41-B vehicle moves to launch pad
1984 - Supreme Court reinstated $10M award to Karen Silkwood's family
1986 - 1st black lt gov since reconstruction sworn in (Douglas Wilder of Va)
1987 - Largest crowd (76,633) at NFL NY Giant Stadium (beat Wash 17-0)
1988 - Test debut of Phil Simmons, WI v India, Madras
• 1988 - USSR announces it will participate in Seoul Summer Olympics
1989 - 140 nations agree to ban chemical weapons (poison gas, etc)
1989 - Denver Nuggets' rookie Jerome Lane misses 7 free throws in a game against Milwaukee, one missed by 2 feet
1989 - Kindergarten student caught with loaded handgun at Bronx school
1990 - 200,000 demand return of Lithuania's independence
1990 - Actor Joseph Cotton undergoes vocal cancer operation at 84
1990 - Bobby Knight becomes basketball's Big 10 winningest coach (229)
1990 - Pat Lafontaine sets NY Islander record of scoring goals in 11 straight
1991 - Congress empowers Bush to order attack on Iraq
1991 - Ric Flair wins NWA/WCW wrestling title
• 1991 - Soviets storm buildings in Vilnius to block Lithuania independence
1991 - Ben Johnson 1st race after being stripped of his 1988 Olympic Gold medal for steroid use, he finished 2nd
Flag of Algeria
• In 1992 on this day, Algeria's President Chadli announced his resignation.
Flag of South Africa during the apartheid era
• In 1992 on this day, musician Paul Simon opened a tour in South Africa, becoming the first major artist to do so after the United Nations lifted it's cultural boycott on the country due to the apartheid racial policies practiced by the white minority government. Simon had caused some controversy years earlier in traveling to South Africa and working with musicians for his "Graceland" album, while the UN cultural boycott had still been in place.
Jan 11, 1992: 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 Africa—a visit that some felt was in violation of a United Nations cultural boycott, but a visit that dramatically increased worldwide awareness of black South Africa's rich musical traditions. Seven years later, with the U.N. boycott lifted, Simon returned to South Africa to play a historic concert in Johannesburg on January 11, 1992. The cultural boycott of South Africa was put in place during the late-60s and early-70s in response to the racist policies of South Africa under apartheid. With the vocal support of South Africa's banned opposition party, the African National Congress, the United Nations barred South Africa from participating in international sporting events and cultural affairs. Because black South Africans were already barred from such activities under apartheid, it was hoped that an international cultural boycott would selectively punish white South Africans, breeding resentment and undermining support for the ruling National Party. While U.N. restrictions on trade and military support were only selectively respected by some of the most powerful nations of the world, the cultural boycott against South Africa held firm. Paul Simon entered this picture after being turned on to mbaqanga and mbube—the music of South Africa's black townships—and conceiving the Graceland album, which would go on to be his most successful and important work as a solo artist. In the face of public criticism of his plans, Simon traveled to Johannesburg in February 1985, for recording sessions with South African artists like Ladysmith Black Mambazo, a vocal group largely unknown both to the outside world and to white South Africans, who had little opportunity under apartheid to hear the music of their black countrymen. The result of these sessions was a landmark album that sold millions of copies, won multiple Grammys and earned a place in the United States National Recording Registry in 2006. It was only appropriate, then, that Paul Simon should be the first major international star to perform in South Africa after the lifting of the U.N. boycott. With the full support of the ANC and its recently freed leader Nelson Mandela, Simon performed before 40,000 cheering fans in Johannesburg's Ellis Park Stadium on this day in 1992. It was a powerfully symbolic event that also underscored the limits of symbolism in addressing entrenched inequality; as the New York Times noted, "Most black South Africans could not afford to pay up to $30 for a ticket, or, lacking cars, to travel to Johannesburg from the outlying black townships." As a result, the audience for Simon's historic South African concert was overwhelmingly young and white.
1993 - Independent pres candidate Ross Perot publicly returns to politics
1994 - Hyderabad score 6 for 944 against Andhra Pradesh in Ranji Trophy
1994 - Irish government announces end of a 20-year broadcasting ban on IRA
1995 - Birmingham Barracudas granted CFL franchise
1995 - DC-9 crashes near Maria La Baya, Colombia: 51 die, 9 yr old girl lives
1995 - NHLPA & owners agree to end NHL strike
• 1996 - Space Shuttle STS 72 (Endeavour 10), launches into space
• 1996 - Haiti becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
1997 - Telstar 401 Satellite Fails
1998 - "Proposals," closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 76 performances
1998 - 24th Annual People's Choice Awards - Seinfeld, Tim Allen win
1998 - AFC Championship: Denver Broncos beat Pitt Steelers 24-21
1998 - NFC Championship: Green Bay Packers beat SF 49'ers 23-10
1998 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Michelle Kwan
1998 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge
1998 - Sidi-Hamed massacre takes place in Algeria, over 100 people are killed.
1999 - 26th American Music Award: Celine Dion & Eric Clapton win
• 2013 - 46 people are killed and 12 are missing after a landslide buries a village in the Yunnan province, China
• 2013 - 29 people are killed and 12 are injured after a bus veers off a mountain road in Doti, Nepal
1569 - England's first state lottery was held. 1770 - The first shipment of rhubarb was sent to the United States from London. 1805 - The Michigan Territory was created. 1861 - Alabama seceded from the United States. 1878 - In New York, milk was delivered in glass bottles for the first time by Alexander Campbell. 1902 - "Popular Mechanics" magazine was published for the first time. 1913 - The first sedan-type car was unveiled at the National Automobile Show in New York City. The car was manufactured by the Hudson Motor Company. 1922 - At Toronto General Hospital, Leonard Thompson became the first person to be successfully treated with insulin. 1935 - Amelia Earhart Putnam became the first woman to fly solo from Hawaii to California. 1938 - In Limerick, ME, Frances Moulton assumed her duties as the first woman bank president. 1942 - Japan declared war against the Netherlands. The same day, Japanese forces invaded the Dutch East Indies. 1943 - The United States and Britain signed treaties relinquishing extraterritorial rights in China. 1947 - "Murder and Mrs. Malone" debuted on ABC radio. 1958 - "Seahunt" debuted on CBS-TV. The show was aired on the network for four years. 1964 - U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry released a report that said that smoking cigarettes was a definite health hazard. 1973 - The Open University awarded its first degrees. 1973 - Owners of American League baseball teams voted to adopt the designated-hitter rule on a trial basis. 1977 - France released Abu Daoud, a Palestinian suspected of involvement in the massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics. 1980 - Nigel Short, age 14, from Bolton in Britain, became the youngest International Master in the history of chess. 1986 - Author James Clavell signed a 5$ million deal with Morrow/Avon Publishing for the book "Whirlwind". The book is a 2,000 page novel. 1988 - U.S. Vice President George Bush met with representatives of independent counsel Lawrence E. Walsh to answer questions about the Iran-Contra affair. 1991 - An auction of silver and paintings that had been acquired by the late Ferdinand Marcos and his wife, Imelda, brought in a total of $20.29 million at Christie's in New York. 1996 - Ryutaro Hashimoto become Japan's prime minister. He replaced Tomiichi Murayama who had resigned on January 5, 1996. 2000 - The merger between AOL and Time Warner was approved by the U.S. government with restrictions. 2000 - The U.S. Postal Service unveiled the second Vietnam Veterans Memorial commemorative stamp in a ceremony at The Wall. 2001 - The Texas Board of Criminal Justice released a review of the escape of the "Texas 7." It stated that prison staff missed critical opportunities to prevent the escape by ignoring a fire alarm, not reporting unsupervised inmates and not demanding proper identification from inmates. 2002 - Thomas Junta, 44, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for beating another man to death at their son's hockey practice. The incident occurred on July 5, 2000.
1935 Amelia Earhart became the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California. 1964 The first government report regarding the dangers of cigarette smoking was issued by the U.S. Surgeon General, Luther Terry. 1973 Baseball's American League adopted the "designated hitter" rule which allowed another player to bat for the pitcher. 2002 The first al-Qaeda prisoners arrive at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 2003 Outgoing Illinois governor George Ryan cleared the state's death row by commuting the sentences of 167 inmates. 2011 The Arab Spring movement begins in Tunisia when demonstrators take to the streets to protest chronic unemployment and police brutality.
The following links are to web sites that were used to complete this blog entry:
http://www.historyorb.com/today/events.php
http://on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/alldays/jan11.htm
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history
http://www.infoplease.com/dayinhistory
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