January 11
Today in America's Present Past
1630 | Cleric John Rogers was born.
1755 | Founder Alexander Hamilton was born.
1759 | America’s first chartered life insurance company was incorporated.
1805 | Statehood: Michigan and Indiana Territory was created.
1825 | Poet Bayard Taylor was born.
1830 | SCOTUS: Justice John McLean was sworn in.
1842 | Philosopher William James was born.
1843 | Lawyer Francis Scott Key died.
1858 | Entrepreneur Harry Gordon Selfridge, Sr. was born.
1861 | Civil War: Alabama became the fourth state to secede.
1870 | Artist Alexander Stirling Calder was born.
1908 | POTUS: Republican President Roosevelt declared the Grand Canyon a National Park.
1912 | “Bread & Roses Strike” starts in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
1917 | Kingsland explosion at Lyndhurst, New Jersey.
1927 | Academy of Motion Pictures Association was formed.
1935 | Aviator Amelia Earhart was the first to fly from Hawaii to California.
1946 | Musician Naomi Judd was born.
1952 | Golfer Ben Crenshaw was born.
1964 | The U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry released the first report linking smoking to lung cancer.
1971 | Musician Mary J. Blige was born.
1973 | Major League Baseball approved the American League and the Designated Hitter Rule.
1988 | WWII: Ace Pappy Boyington died.
2011 | Actor David Nelson died.