January 11
Today is the 11th day of 2017, there are 354 days left in the year.
1757 - American founding father Alexander Hamilton was born in the West Indies.
1805 - The Michigan Territory was created.
1861 - Alabama seceded from the Union.
1927 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was created.
1935 - Amelia Earhart became the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California. The trip from Honolulu to Oakland took her 18 hours to complete.
1964 - The United States Surgeon General reported that cigarettes cause lung cancer.
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 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany.
1989 - Nine days before leaving the White House, President Ronald Reagan bade the nation farewell in a prime-time address from the Oval Office, saying of his eight years in office: "We meant to change a nation and instead we changed a world."
2002 - The first planeload of al-Qaeda prisoners from Afghanistan arrived at a U.S. military detention camp in Guantanamo, 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 conquer Mount Everest, died at age 88.
2011 - The Arab Spring movement begins in Tunisia when demonstrators take to the streets to protest chronic unemployment and police brutality.
Birthdays
20 - Cody Simpson (singer)
23 - Lindsay Arnold (dancer)
25 - Brianna Perry (rapper)
29 - Amiyah Scott (model)
31 - Rachel Riley (TV host)
32 - Aja Naomi King (actress)
36 - Jamelia (R&B singer)
38 - Siti Nurhaliza (singer)
40 - Nadia Turner (singer)
45 - Amanda Peet (actress)
46 - Mary J. Blige (R&B singer)
48 - Kyle Richards (reality star)
53 - Yolanda Foster (reality star)
55 - Kim Coles (actress)
59 - Alyson Reed (actress)
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Today in Sports History - January 11
1953 - FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover declines a six-figure offer to become president of the International Boxing Club.
1959 - East beats West 28-21 in the NFL Pro Bowl.
1960 - Lamar Clark sets a professional boxing record with 44 consecutive knock outs.
1970 - The Kansas City Chiefs defeat the Minnesota Vikings 23-7 in New Orleans to win Super Bowl IV. Chiefs quarterback Len Dawson is named the game's MVP.
1970 - Billy Casper became the second golfer in history to top the $1-million mark in career earnings when he won the Los Angeles Open golf tournament.
1973 - Owners of American League baseball teams voted to adopt the designated-hitter rule.
1976 - Dorothy Hamill wins the U.S. ladies figure skating championship.
1976 - The Soviet Olympic team walked off the ice in protest to the rough tactics of the Philadelphia Flyers.
1990 - Indiana basketball coach Bobby Knight becomes the Big Ten's winningest men's basketball coach with 229 victories.
1992 - Kristi Yamaguchi wins the U.S. ladies figure skating championship.
1995 - NHL owners and players come to terms and end their 103-day-old lockout. It was announced that the regular season would be reduced to 48 games and would begin on January 20.
1998 - The Denver Broncos defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers 24-21 in the AFC championship game while the Green Bay Packers defeat the San Francisco 49ers 23-10 in the NFC title game.
1998 - Michelle Kwan wins the U.S. ladies figure skating championship.
2000 - Carlton Fisk and Tony Perez are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
2007 - English soccer player David Beckham announced a five-year, $250 million deal to play with 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 - An arbitrator reduced New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez's drug suspension from 211 games to 162 games.
2016 - Alabama defeated Clemson 45-40 in Glendale, Arizona to win the College Football Playoff National Championship Game, giving the Crimson Tide their fourth national championship in the past seven seasons.
Today is the 11th day of 2017, there are 354 days left in the year.
1757 - American founding father Alexander Hamilton was born in the West Indies.
1805 - The Michigan Territory was created.
1861 - Alabama seceded from the Union.
1927 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was created.
1935 - Amelia Earhart became the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California. The trip from Honolulu to Oakland took her 18 hours to complete.
1964 - The United States Surgeon General reported that cigarettes cause lung cancer.
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 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany.
1989 - Nine days before leaving the White House, President Ronald Reagan bade the nation farewell in a prime-time address from the Oval Office, saying of his eight years in office: "We meant to change a nation and instead we changed a world."
2002 - The first planeload of al-Qaeda prisoners from Afghanistan arrived at a U.S. military detention camp in Guantanamo, 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 conquer Mount Everest, died at age 88.
2011 - The Arab Spring movement begins in Tunisia when demonstrators take to the streets to protest chronic unemployment and police brutality.
Birthdays
20 - Cody Simpson (singer)
23 - Lindsay Arnold (dancer)
25 - Brianna Perry (rapper)
29 - Amiyah Scott (model)
31 - Rachel Riley (TV host)
32 - Aja Naomi King (actress)
36 - Jamelia (R&B singer)
38 - Siti Nurhaliza (singer)
40 - Nadia Turner (singer)
45 - Amanda Peet (actress)
46 - Mary J. Blige (R&B singer)
48 - Kyle Richards (reality star)
53 - Yolanda Foster (reality star)
55 - Kim Coles (actress)
59 - Alyson Reed (actress)
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Today in Sports History - January 11
1953 - FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover declines a six-figure offer to become president of the International Boxing Club.
1959 - East beats West 28-21 in the NFL Pro Bowl.
1960 - Lamar Clark sets a professional boxing record with 44 consecutive knock outs.
1970 - The Kansas City Chiefs defeat the Minnesota Vikings 23-7 in New Orleans to win Super Bowl IV. Chiefs quarterback Len Dawson is named the game's MVP.
1970 - Billy Casper became the second golfer in history to top the $1-million mark in career earnings when he won the Los Angeles Open golf tournament.
1973 - Owners of American League baseball teams voted to adopt the designated-hitter rule.
1976 - Dorothy Hamill wins the U.S. ladies figure skating championship.
1976 - The Soviet Olympic team walked off the ice in protest to the rough tactics of the Philadelphia Flyers.
1990 - Indiana basketball coach Bobby Knight becomes the Big Ten's winningest men's basketball coach with 229 victories.
1992 - Kristi Yamaguchi wins the U.S. ladies figure skating championship.
1995 - NHL owners and players come to terms and end their 103-day-old lockout. It was announced that the regular season would be reduced to 48 games and would begin on January 20.
1998 - The Denver Broncos defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers 24-21 in the AFC championship game while the Green Bay Packers defeat the San Francisco 49ers 23-10 in the NFC title game.
1998 - Michelle Kwan wins the U.S. ladies figure skating championship.
2000 - Carlton Fisk and Tony Perez are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
2007 - English soccer player David Beckham announced a five-year, $250 million deal to play with 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 - An arbitrator reduced New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez's drug suspension from 211 games to 162 games.
2016 - Alabama defeated Clemson 45-40 in Glendale, Arizona to win the College Football Playoff National Championship Game, giving the Crimson Tide their fourth national championship in the past seven seasons.
