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Friday, January 11, 2013

This will be 11th day of the year and 354 days will remain in the year.

Hebrew calendar — 29 Tevet 5773
Chinese calendar — the 30th day of the 11th month of 4710 (Ren Chen)
Islamic calendar — (note)

January 11 Birthdays

William James
1842–1910 psychologist

Alexander Hamilton
statesman (1755)

Ezra Cornell
financier (1807)

Sir John Macdonald
statesman (1815)

Alice Paul
activist (1885)

Alan Paton
novelist (1903)

Jean Chrétien
politician (1934)

Mary J. Blige
singer, songwriter (1971)

January 2013

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
		1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16	17	18	19
20	21	22	23	24	25	26
27	28	29	30	31

January 11 in History

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.

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Note: Dates in the Islamic calendar are provided for planning purposes only, and calculated with the hdate Islamic calendar program for moonrise in Boston, Masschusetts. Depending on your location and other factors, this result may differ from actual religious observances by one day. Please consult your local religious authority for any religious determinations of hejiric date.