January 11 in History
1878
January 11, 1878:Milk is delivered in New York City in glass bottles for the first time.
1927
January 11, 1927:Court receivers freeze Charlie Chaplin’s estate worth $16 million after his second wife, Lita Grey Chaplin files for a divorce.
1935
January 11, 1935:Amelia Earhart successfully flies solo from Hawaii to California.
1963
January 11, 1963:“Please Please Me” by the Beatles is released.
1964
January 11, 1964:Luther L. Terry, a Surgeon General of the United States, reveals the finding that there is a link between lung cancer and smoking.
1973
January 11, 1973:The designated hitter rule in baseball is adopted by the American League.
1976
January 11, 1976:Dorothy Hamill wins the US figure skating championship for the ladies’ division for the third consecutive year.
1978
January 11, 1978:Author Toni Morrison receives the National Book Critics Circle Award for her book, “Songs of Solomon”.
2009
January 11, 2009:Indian film, “Slumdog Millionaire” wins big at the Golden Globe Awards.
2018
January 11, 2018:YouTube star Logan Paul is sanctioned by YouTube for uploading a video containing the body of a suicide victim in Japan’s Suicide Forest.