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.