Birthdates Which Occur on January 11:
1403 Jan IV Duke of Brabant/Limburg
1503 Francesco Parmigianino Italian artist (Madonna with the Long Neck)
1703 Columban Praelisauer composer
1720 Gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck Utrechts regent
1727 Franz Sebastian Haindl composer
1732 Pehr Forsk†hl Finish botanist
1746 Frantisek Adam Mica composer
and William Curtis English botanist/publisher (Botanical Magazine)
1750 Johann Jakob Walder composer
1757 Alexander Hamilton West Indies, 1st US Sec of Treasury ($10 face)
1801 John Lodge Ellerton composer
1807 Alfred Eugene "Mudwall" Jackson Brig General (Confederate Army)
and Ezra Cornell founder (Western Union Telegraph, Cornell University)
1808 Antoine GB Schayes Belgian historian/archaeologist
1814 James Paget English surgeon (disease of Paget)
and Richard Griffith Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862
1815 John A MacDonald (C) 1st PM of Canada (1867-73)
1816 Fitz-Henry Warren Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1878
1818 John Reese Kenly Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1891
1831 James Ronald Chalmers Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898
1839 Eugenio Maria de Hostos Puerto Rico, patriot/scholar
1842 William James US, psychologist/philosopher
1849 Oskar Lassar German dermatologist (bath house)
1850 J C Arthur Lowville NY, botanist (studied rusts)
and Philipp la Renotiere von Ferrary famous philatelist
1852 Konstantin Fehrenbach German chancellor (1920-21)
1856 Christian August Sinding Kongsberg Norway, composer
1857 Frederick J "Fred" Archer English jockey (won 5 Derbys)
1859 [Gerard] Jan Ligthart Dutch educator (Nog b˜ mother, Ot & Sien)
1872 Paul Graener composer
1873 Joaqu¡n Alvarez Quint‚ro Spanish dramatist/playwright (Los Galeotes)
1878 Theodorus Pangalos Greek general/dictator (1926)
1880 Rudolf T Palm Cura‡ao, pianist/composer
1885 Alice Paul ERA advocate/founder (National Woman's Party)
1886 George Zucco England, actor (Adv of Sherlock Holmes, Capt Fury)
1887 Aldo Leopold founder (Wilderness Society)
1888 Chester Conklin Oskaloosa IA, actor (Every Day's a Holiday, Greed)
1890 Monte Blue Indianapolis IN, silent film actor (Montana, Oh Boy)
1894 Jaroslav Vogel composer
1896 Eva Le Gallienne London England, actress/director (Resurrection)
and Paddy Driscoll NFL QB/coach (Chic Cardinals, Bears)
1898 Hans Rudolf Krik Danish writer/critic (Fiskerne, Slaven)
19-- Caskey Swaim Lexington NC, actor (Sgt Fitz-Project UFO)
and Christian Jacobs Rexburg Idaho, actor (Maggie, Gloria)
and Eileen Dietz actress (Sarah-General Hospital)
and Kimberly Chambers XXX actress
and Stan Ivar Bkln NY, actor (John-Little House on the Prairie)
1901 Andries D Copier Dutch glass manufacturer (Gildeglass)
1902 Maurice Durufle composer
1903 Alan Paton South Africa, writer (Cry, the Beloved Country)
1904 Frederick Boland Irish diplomat/president (UN General Assembly)
1905 Manfred Bonnington Lee detective writer (« of Ellery Queen)
and Pierre Mendes-France French Premier (1954-55)
1906 Albert Hofmann Switzerland, chemist (discovered LSD)
and Johannes Paul Thilman composer
1908 Lionel Stander NYC, actor (Max-Hart to Hart, Unfaithfully Yours)
1909 Gunnar Johnsen Berg composer
and Marguerite Kelsey English house painter (Haunting)
1910 Izler Solomon St Paul, Minn, conductor
and Trygve Martin Bratteli Norwegian PM (Labour) (1971-72, 1973-76)
1912 Donald Barry Houston Tx, actor (Mr Gallo-Mr Novak)
and Roger Lewis aviation exec (Lockheed, Curtiss Wright, Pan Am)
and Thomas "Schoolboy" Rowe Waco Texas, pitcher (Detroit Tigers)
1916 Bernard Blier Buenos Aires Argentina, actor (Les Miserables)
and James H [Jimmy] Quillen (Rep-R-TN, 1963- )
1918 Albert Weisser composer
1919 Veda Ann Borg Boston MA, actress (Avalanche, Accomplice)
1922 Kathleen Byron London England, actress (Abdication, Profile, 4 Days)
and Neville Duke English test pilot
and Tony Charmoli Minn, choreographer (Cher, Julie Andrew)
1924 Don Cherry Wichita Texas, singer (Dean Martin Summer Show)
and Slim Harpo musician
1926 Elisabeth M J "Elly" Bakker Dutch actress (The Miser)
and Grant Tinker broadcasting executive (NBC-TV)
and Lev S Dyomin USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 15)
1928 David L Wolper producer (Devil's Brigade)
and Mitchell Ryan Cincinnati Oh, actor (Chase, Executive Suite)
1929 Nicoletta Orsomando
and Rod Taylor Sydney Australia, actor (Bearcats, Time Machine)
and Wanda Wilkomirska Warsaw, Poland, violinist
1931 Ed Hall Roxbury Mass, actor (Dr Bicker-Medical Center)
1933 Goldie Hill Karnes County Tx, country singer (Grand Ole Opry)
1934 Jean Chr‚tien Canada PM (Lib, 1993- )
1935 Chuck Barksdale US singer (Dells-I Can Sing a Rainbow)
1936 Linda Lawson Ann Arbor Mich, actress (Don't Call Me Charlie)
and Meindert Leerling Dutch TV director/2nd Chamber member (RPF)
1939 Anne Heggtveigt Canada, slalom (Olympic-gold-1960)
1940 Mark DeVoto composer
1942 Clarence Clemons rock saxophonist (Bruce Springsteen's E St Band)
1943 William Albert Penn composer
1944 York Georg Holler composer
1945 Christine Kaufmann Austria, actress (Town Without Pity, Red Lips)
1946 Ludmila Poradnik USSR, team handball (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)
and Naomi Judd [Diana Ellen], Ashland Ky, singer (Judds-Why Not Me)
1947 Anna Calder-Marshall Kensington England
1948 Madeline Manning-Jackson-Mimms US 800m runner (Oly-gold-1968)
1949 Dennis Greene rocker (Sha Na Na-Shannon)
and Frederick Greene rocker (Karl)
and Tom Netherton Munich Germany, singer (Lawrence Welk Show)
1952 Ben Crenshaw Austin Tx, PGA golfer (1974 Rookie of Year)
and Lee Ritenour LA Calif, jazz musician
and Massimo Lopez
1953 Anna Marchesini
1954 Saskia Batenburg actress (Factory, Hunk)
1956 Kuniaki Kobayashi wrestler (WAR/NJPW)
1957 Darryl Dawkins NBA center (Philadelphia 76ers, NJ Nets)
1958 Lourdes Ann Kananimanu Estores Honolulu Hawaii, playmate (Jun, 1982)
and Vicki Peterson LA Calif, rock guitarist/vocalist (Bangles)
1961 Paul Skansi NFL wide receiver (Seattle Seahawk)
1963 Jason Connery London England, actor (Robin Hood)
and Petra Schneider E German swimming star (world record 400m)
and Tracy Caulkins Winona Minn, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold-1984)
1965 Joely Richardson London England, actress (Body Contact, Wetherby)
and Loredana Romito Benevento Italy, model/actress (Fatal Temptation)
and Olivia Barash Miami Fla, actress (Laura-Out of the Blue)
1967 Jeff Bankett Pittsburgh Pa, actor (Tyler-1 Life to Live)
1968 Sharon Brown NYC, actress (Chantal-Generations)
1969 Dave Cruikshank Northbrook Ill, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
1972 Huub Loeffen soccer player (Vitesse)
and Yang Wenyi Chinese swim star (WR/OR 50m freestyle)
1974 Echo Leta Johnson Austin TX, playmate (Jan, 1993)
and Rosenkowitz sextuplets Cape Town, (1st known to survive infancy)
1975 Jacky Verbeek soccer player (RKC)
Deaths Which Occured January 11:
705 John VI Greek pope (701-05), dies
1055 Constantine IX Monomachos emperor of Byzantium, dies
1552 Johannes Cochlaeus [Dobeneck], German humanist/theologist, dies
1641 Franciscus Gomarus [Fran‡ois Gomaer], opera star, dies
1650 Paul Hallman composer, dies at 49
1674 Jan Zoet actor/playwright/poet (Brutal-Roffel), dies at 58
1753 Hans Sloane English physician, dies
1775 Yemelyan Pugachov Don Cossack rebel, executed by tsarist Russia
1784 Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz composer, dies at 59
1797 Francis Lightfoot Lee US farmer (singer Decl of Independ), dies at 62
1801 Domenico Cimarosa Italian composer (Matrimonio segreto), dies at 51
1837 Fran‡ois G‚rard French baron/painter, dies at 66
John Field Irish pianist/composer (Nocturnes), dies at 54
1843 Francis Scott Key composer (Star Spangled Banner), dies at 63
1847 Caroline von Wolzogen [von Lengefeld] German author, dies at 83
1870 Adolf Ganz composer, dies at 73
1877 Pietro Romani composer, dies at 85
1893 Benjamin F Butler US gen/pres candidate (anti-monopoly), dies at 74
1898 Gaetano Capocci composer, dies at 86
1901 Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov composer, dies at 34
1923 Constantine I king of Greece, dies
1928 Thomas Hardy novelist (Maddening Crowd), dies near Dorchester at 87
1929 Julio Antonio Mella Cuban revolutionary, murdered at about 28
1931 Oscar Fetras composer, dies at 76
1943 Carlo Tresca NY's Italian newspaper editor/anti-fascist, murdered
1944 Galeazzo graaf van Cortellazzo Ciano Italian politician, dies
1945 Ada Negri Italian poet/author (Fatalit…), dies at 74
1952 Jean JM de Lattre de Tassigny French gen (N-Africa/Indo-China), dies
1953 Earnest H Ridder Rappard founder (NSNAP), dies
Marcel Canneel Flemish painter, dies at 58
Noach Zjordanija Georgian Premier (1918-21), dies at 84
1954 Edgar Tytgat Flemish painter/etcher/drawer, dies at 77
Emmy Arbous actress/cabaret performer, dies at 56
Oscar Straus Austrian composer (Tapfere Soldier), dies at 83
1955 Rodolfo Graziani Italian East-Africa minister of Defense, dies at 72
1958 Alec Rowley composer, dies at 65
1959 Mohammed Zakaria Ghonein discoverer of 6,000 yr old pyramid, dies
1960 Johan E Elias historian (Sex Elias), dies at 84
1963 Arthur D Nock English/Americans historian (St Paul), dies at 60
1966 Albert Giacometti Swiss/French painter/sculptor, dies at 64
Lal Bahadur Shastri Indian premier (1964-66), dies at 61
1973 Isabel Randolph actress (Missing Corpse), dies at 83
Rudolf Kubin composer, dies a day before 64th brithday
1978 Michael Bates actor (Clockwork Orange, Salt & Pepper), dies at 57
1979 Jack Soo actor (Nick Yemana-Barney Miller, Green Berets), dies at 63
1981 Beulah Bondi actress (It's a Wonderful Life), dies at 88
1983 Nikolaj V Podgorny president USSR, dies
1984 Fritz Geissler composer, dies at 62
Jack La Rue TV narrator (Lights Out), dies at 84
1988 Gregory (Pappy) Boyington ace WW II pilot, dies at 75 of cancer
Isidor Isaac Rabi physicist (Nobel Prize-1944), dies at 89
1990 Mary Jane Carr actress (Forbidden Trail, Second Wife), dies
1991 Jason Christmas dies of gunshot wound during robbery in NY at 49
1993 Lacey Fosburgh author (Closing Time), dies of breast cancer at 50
1995 Adrian J "Ad" Kaland viceroy of Zealand, dies
John AG Gere English art historian (Raphael & his circle), dies at 73
Onat Kutlar Turkish screenplay/producer (Hazal), murdered at 59
Willem N "Pim" Koot pianist (Concert Building), dies at 76
Holidays Which Occur January 11:
Albania Republic Day (1946)
Chad Independence Day (1960)
Puerto Rico De Hostos' Birthday (1839)
Religious Observances on January 11:
Ancient Rome Carmentalia (a d iij Id Jan)
RC Feast of St Theodosius the Cenobite/founder (D“si convent)
RC Tillo, hermit in Brajac/apostle of Izegem
140 RC Commemoration of St Hyginus, 9th pope (c 136-c 140), martyr
Things to Remember for January 11:
Flowers-carnation & snowdrop Gem-garnet
National Soup-National Egg Month-National Hobby Month
9 Days Astrological sign: Capricorn
Highlights in History Which Occur January 11:
314 St Militiades ends his reign as Catholic Pope
532 Nika-revolt against Justianus & Theodora in Hippodrome Constantinople
705 John VI ends his reign as Catholic Pope (701-05)
1158 Vladislav II of Bohemia becomes king
1558 Westmunster Church in Middelburg destroyed by heavy storm
1569 1st recorded lottery in England, at 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
1642 Isaac Newton is elected a member of Royal Society
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 K”nigsberg, East-Prussia
1759 1st American life insurance company incorporated, Philadelphia
1765 Friesland bans Voltaires "Trait‚ sur la tol‚rance"
1774 Messier adds M51 (spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici) to his catalog
1775 Francis Salvador becomes 1st Jew elected to office in America (SC)
1785 Continental Congress convenes in NYC
1787 Titania & Oberon, moons of Uranus, discovered by William Herschel
1790 Statisten & Vonckisten unite as Belgium
1803 Monroe & Livingston sail for Paris to buy New Orleans; they buy La
1805 Michigan Territory organized
1813 1st pineapples planted in Hawaii (or 1/21)
1839 Earthquake at Martinique destroys half of Port Royal-700 die
1861 Alabama becomes 4th state to secede
and Mexico City captured by Ju rez (Lib) in War of Reform
1863 Naval engagement near Galveston between CSS Alabama & USS Hatteras
and Union forces capture Arkansas Post, or Ft Hindman, Arkansas
1864 London Station Charing Cross opens
1865 Battle of Beverly, WV
1873 1st livestock market newspaper published, Drover's Journal, Chicago
1879 Zulu war against British colonial rule in South Africa begins
1885 Henrik Ibsen's "Vildauden," premieres in Oslo
1892 Hawaiian Historical Society founded
and William D McCoy of Indiana appointed US minister to Liberia
1893 Cut Eden skates world record 1500m (2:35)
1897 M H Cannon becomes 1st woman state senator in US (Utah)
1913 1st sedan-type car (Hudson) goes on display at 13th Auto Show (NYC)
1915 Jacob Ruppert & Huston purchase Yankees for $460,000
1916 French troops captured; Serbian Army flees to Korfoe
1917 Guy Bolton & PG Wodehouse's "Have a Heart," premieres in NYC
1919 3 year old German communist party (Spartacus) crushed
and Romania annexes Transylvania
1920 French passenger ship Africa sinks near La Rochelle; 553 die
1923 1st Dutch Dada-evening (Theo Van Doesburg & Kurt Schwitters)
and French & Belgian troops occupy Ruhr to collect reparations
1925 Franc B Kellogg replaces Charles Hughes on as US Sect of State
1929 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1126 Otero
1935 Amelia Earhart flies from Honolulu to Oakland Ca (non-stop, of course)
1936 Charles Anderson enters Kentucky House of Representatives
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 -23øF (-31øC), Kingston, Rhode Island (state record)
and Japan conquers Kuala Lumpur, Malaya
1943 US & Britain relinquish extraterritorial rights in China
1944 Crakow-Plaszow Concentration Camp established
1946 Bert Bell becomes 2nd NFL commissioner, moves Chicago HQ to Phila
and Enver Hoxha declares People's Rep of Albania with himself dictator
1952 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Marianne Moore
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)
1959 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Theodore Roethke
1960 Chad declares independence from France
and 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
and Beatles release "Please Please Me" & "Ask Me Why"
1964 1st govt report warning smoking may be hazardous to one's health
and Beatles "I Want to Hold Your Hand" is #80 in US (Cashbox)
and Panama ends diplomatic relations with US
and US Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous
1966 "Daktari" African adventure series premieres on CBS TV
and 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 Jethro Tull's This Was Jethro Tull album debuts
1970 Super Bowl IV: KC Chiefs-23, Minnesota Vikings-7 in New Orleans
1971 Tigers ace reliever John Hiller, 22, sufferes a heart attack, but
later makes a remarkable comeback to record 38 saves
1972 East-Pakistan becomes independent state of Bangladesh
Abu Sayeed Chudhury becomes president & sheik Mujib ur-Rahman premier
1973 American League adopts designated hitter rule
and Trial of Watergate burglars begins in Wash DC
1975 Soyuz 17 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 4
1976 Dorothy Hamill wins her 3rd consec natl figure skating champions
and Military coup in Ecuador, Pres Lara leaves
and Stephen Sondheim's musical "Pacific Overtures," premieres in NYC
1977 Bollingen Prize awarded to David Ignatow
and 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
and Soyuz 27 links with Salyut 6 & Soyuz 26 (1st time 3 spacecraft link)
1980 Debut of Pretenders
1981 Palau adopts constitution
1982 Atlanta Ga's temperature goes below zero F
and Honduras adopts constitution
1983 Billy Martin named Yankee manager for 3rd time
1984 Denver Nuggets 163, San Antonio Spurs 155-highest-scoring NBA game
and STS 41-B vehicle moves to launch pad
and Supreme Court reinstated $10M award to Karen Silkwood's family
1986 1st black lt gov since reconstruction sworn in (Douglas Wilder of Va)
and E Bowell discovers asteroid #3647 Dermott
1987 Largest crowd (76,633) at NFL NY Giant Stadium (beat Wash 17-0)
1988 USSR announces it will participate in Seoul Summer Olympics
1989 140 nations agree to ban chemical weapons (poison gas, etc)
and Denver Nuggets' rookie Jerome Lane misses 7 free throws
and Kindergarten student caught with loaded handgun at Bronx school
in a game against Milwaukee, one missed by 2'
1990 Actor Joseph Cotton undergoes vocal cancer operation at 84
and Bobby Knight becomes basketball's Big 10 winningest coach (229)
and Pat Lafontaine sets NY Islander record of scoring goals in 11 straight
1991 Congress empowers Bush to order attack on Iraq
and Ric Flair wins NWA/WCW wrestling title
1992 Paul Simon opens a tour in South Africa
1993 Howard Stern's radio show begins transmitting to Buffalo NY (WKBW)
1995 5th TV network (WB) Warner Brothers begins (WPIX-TV in NYC)
and Birmingham Barracudas granted CFL franchise
and DC-9 crashes on Maria La Baya, Colombia (51 die, 1 lives)
1954 Two-ton locomotive swept into ravine by avalanche. 10 die at
Dalaas, Austria.
1966 550 people die in landslides in the mountains behind Rio de Janeiro
and Brazil after heavy rains.
Your Special Reminders for January 11:
11th day of year with 354 remaining (Numerology = 3)
and 1968 3øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1975 63øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
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