January 11
1757 - American founding father Alexander Hamilton was born in the West Indies.
1805 - The Michigan Territory was created.
1861 - Alabama became the fourth state to secede from the Union.
1908 - President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed the Grand Canyon National Monument (it became a national park in 1919).
1913 - The first enclosed sedan-type automobile, a Hudson, went on display at the 13th National Automobile Show in New York.
1927 - The creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was proposed during a dinner of Hollywood luminaries at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.
1935 - Amelia Earhart became the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
1943 - The United States and Britain signed treaties relinquishing extraterritorial rights in China.
1964 - The first government report regarding the dangers of cigarette smoking and a possible link to lung cancer was issued by U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry.
1977 - France set off an international uproar by releasing Abu Daoud, a Palestinian suspected of involvement in the massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
1978 - Two Soviet cosmonauts aboard the Soyuz 27 capsule linked up with the Salyut 6 orbiting space station, where the Soyuz 26 capsule was already docked.
1989 - Nine days before leaving the White House, President Ronald Reagan bade the nation farewell in a prime-time address, saying of his eight years in office: "We meant to change a nation and instead we changed a world."
2001 - The Army acknowledged that U.S. soldiers killed an “unknown number” of South Korean refugees early in the Korean War at No Gun Ri, but said there was no evidence they were ordered to do so.
2002 - The first al-Qaeda prisoners arrived at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
2003 - Calling the death penalty process "arbitrary and capricious, and therefore immoral," Illinois Gov. George Ryan commuted the sentences of 167 condemned inmates, clearing his state's death row two days before leaving office.
2008 - Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to summit Mount Everest, died at age 88.
2011 - The Arab Spring movement begins in Tunisia when demonstrators took to the streets to protest chronic unemployment and police brutality.
2020 - Health authorities in the central Chinese city of Wuhan reported the first death from what had been identified as a new type of coronavirus; the patient was a 61-year-old man who had been a frequent customer at a food market linked to the majority of cases there.
2020 - Iran admitted that its military had “unintentionally” shot down a Ukrainian jetliner three days earlier, killing all 176 people aboard; the statement blamed “human error” for the shootdown, which took place just hours after Iran launched a barrage of missiles at U.S. forces.
Birthdays
23 - Louisa Johnson (singer)
24 - Cody Simpson (singer)
27 - Lindsay Arnold (dancer)
34 - Jason Wahler (reality star)
35 - Rachel Riley (TV host)
36 - Kristolyn Lloyd (actress)
36 - Aja Naomi King (actress)
39 - Son Ye-jin (actress)
48 - Rockmond Dunbar (actor)
49 - Amanda Peet (actress)
49 - Marc Blucas (actor)
50 - Mary J. Blige (singer)
52 - Kyle Richards (reality star)
58 - Jason Connery (actor)
59 - Kim Coles (actress)
65 - Phyllis Logan (actress)
69 - Ben Crenshaw (golfer)
75 - Naomi Judd (country singer)
84 - Felix Silla (actor)
87 - Mitchell Ryan (actor)
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Today in Sports History - January 11
1946 - Bert Bell becomes second NFL commissioner, moves Chicago headquarters to Philadelphia.
1953 - J. Edgar Hoover declined a six-figure offer to be the president of the International Boxing Club.
1967 - San Diego is awarded an NBA franchise, to be called the "Rockets". (The franchise would move to Houston in the 1971-72 season.)
1970 - The Kansas City Chiefs defeat the Minnesota Vikings 23-7 to win Super Bowl IV in New Orleans. Chiefs quarterback Len Dawson is named MVP.
1973 - The American League adopted the "designated hitter" rule.
1976 - Dorothy Hamill won her third consecutive national figure skating championship.
1976 - The Soviet Olympic team walked off the ice in protest to the rough tactics of the Philadelphia Flyers.
1984 - The Denver Nuggets defeat the San Antonio Spurs 163-155 in the highest-scoring NBA game to date.
1995 - NHL owners and Players ended a 103 day lockout. It was announced that the regular season would be reduced to 48 games and would start January 20.
2001 - The New York Knicks hold an opponent under 100 points for an NBA-record 29th consecutive game in a 76-75 loss to the Houston Rockets; the streak breaks a 46-year-old NBA record of 28 set by the Fort Wayne Pistons in 1954-55.
2007 - English soccer star David Beckham announced a five-year, $250 million deal to play for the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer.
2010 - Mark McGwire admitted to The Associated Press that he had used steroids and human growth hormone when he broke baseball's home run record in 1998.
2014 - Arbitrator Fredric Horowitz reduced Alex Rodriguez's (New York Yankees) drug suspension from 211 to 162 games.
2016 - #2 Alabama defeated #1 Clemson 45-40 to win the College Football Playoff National Championship Game.
1757 - American founding father Alexander Hamilton was born in the West Indies.
1805 - The Michigan Territory was created.
1861 - Alabama became the fourth state to secede from the Union.
1908 - President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed the Grand Canyon National Monument (it became a national park in 1919).
1913 - The first enclosed sedan-type automobile, a Hudson, went on display at the 13th National Automobile Show in New York.
1927 - The creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was proposed during a dinner of Hollywood luminaries at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.
1935 - Amelia Earhart became the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
1943 - The United States and Britain signed treaties relinquishing extraterritorial rights in China.
1964 - The first government report regarding the dangers of cigarette smoking and a possible link to lung cancer was issued by U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry.
1977 - France set off an international uproar by releasing Abu Daoud, a Palestinian suspected of involvement in the massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
1978 - Two Soviet cosmonauts aboard the Soyuz 27 capsule linked up with the Salyut 6 orbiting space station, where the Soyuz 26 capsule was already docked.
1989 - Nine days before leaving the White House, President Ronald Reagan bade the nation farewell in a prime-time address, saying of his eight years in office: "We meant to change a nation and instead we changed a world."
2001 - The Army acknowledged that U.S. soldiers killed an “unknown number” of South Korean refugees early in the Korean War at No Gun Ri, but said there was no evidence they were ordered to do so.
2002 - The first al-Qaeda prisoners arrived at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
2003 - Calling the death penalty process "arbitrary and capricious, and therefore immoral," Illinois Gov. George Ryan commuted the sentences of 167 condemned inmates, clearing his state's death row two days before leaving office.
2008 - Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to summit Mount Everest, died at age 88.
2011 - The Arab Spring movement begins in Tunisia when demonstrators took to the streets to protest chronic unemployment and police brutality.
2020 - Health authorities in the central Chinese city of Wuhan reported the first death from what had been identified as a new type of coronavirus; the patient was a 61-year-old man who had been a frequent customer at a food market linked to the majority of cases there.
2020 - Iran admitted that its military had “unintentionally” shot down a Ukrainian jetliner three days earlier, killing all 176 people aboard; the statement blamed “human error” for the shootdown, which took place just hours after Iran launched a barrage of missiles at U.S. forces.
Birthdays
23 - Louisa Johnson (singer)
24 - Cody Simpson (singer)
27 - Lindsay Arnold (dancer)
34 - Jason Wahler (reality star)
35 - Rachel Riley (TV host)
36 - Kristolyn Lloyd (actress)
36 - Aja Naomi King (actress)
39 - Son Ye-jin (actress)
48 - Rockmond Dunbar (actor)
49 - Amanda Peet (actress)
49 - Marc Blucas (actor)
50 - Mary J. Blige (singer)
52 - Kyle Richards (reality star)
58 - Jason Connery (actor)
59 - Kim Coles (actress)
65 - Phyllis Logan (actress)
69 - Ben Crenshaw (golfer)
75 - Naomi Judd (country singer)
84 - Felix Silla (actor)
87 - Mitchell Ryan (actor)
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Today in Sports History - January 11
1946 - Bert Bell becomes second NFL commissioner, moves Chicago headquarters to Philadelphia.
1953 - J. Edgar Hoover declined a six-figure offer to be the president of the International Boxing Club.
1967 - San Diego is awarded an NBA franchise, to be called the "Rockets". (The franchise would move to Houston in the 1971-72 season.)
1970 - The Kansas City Chiefs defeat the Minnesota Vikings 23-7 to win Super Bowl IV in New Orleans. Chiefs quarterback Len Dawson is named MVP.
1973 - The American League adopted the "designated hitter" rule.
1976 - Dorothy Hamill won her third consecutive national figure skating championship.
1976 - The Soviet Olympic team walked off the ice in protest to the rough tactics of the Philadelphia Flyers.
1984 - The Denver Nuggets defeat the San Antonio Spurs 163-155 in the highest-scoring NBA game to date.
1995 - NHL owners and Players ended a 103 day lockout. It was announced that the regular season would be reduced to 48 games and would start January 20.
2001 - The New York Knicks hold an opponent under 100 points for an NBA-record 29th consecutive game in a 76-75 loss to the Houston Rockets; the streak breaks a 46-year-old NBA record of 28 set by the Fort Wayne Pistons in 1954-55.
2007 - English soccer star David Beckham announced a five-year, $250 million deal to play for the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer.
2010 - Mark McGwire admitted to The Associated Press that he had used steroids and human growth hormone when he broke baseball's home run record in 1998.
2014 - Arbitrator Fredric Horowitz reduced Alex Rodriguez's (New York Yankees) drug suspension from 211 to 162 games.
2016 - #2 Alabama defeated #1 Clemson 45-40 to win the College Football Playoff National Championship Game.
