408 Historic Events for January 11
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| 1910 |
Birth |
Trygve Martin Bratteli, Norwegian PM (Labour) (1971-72, 1973-76)
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| 1912 |
Birth |
Thomas "Schoolboy" Rowe, Waco Texas, pitcher (Detroit Tigers)
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| 1912 |
Birth |
Donald Barry, Houston Tx, actor (Mr Gallo-Mr Novak)
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| 1912 |
Birth |
Roger Lewis, aviation exec (Lockheed, Curtiss Wright, Pan Am)
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| 1913 |
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1st sedan-type car (Hudson) goes on display at 13th Auto Show (NYC)
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| 1913 |
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Bread and Roses Strike begins
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| 1914 |
Death |
Ambrose Bierce, writer, dies at 71
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| 1914 |
Birth |
Dorothy Jeakins, costume designer
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| 1915 |
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Col Jacob Ruppert and Col Tillinghast Huston purchase Yanks for $460,000
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| 1916 |
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French troops capture/Serbian army flees to Corfu
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| 1916 |
Birth |
James H [Jimmy] Quillen, (Rep-R-TN, 1963- )
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| 1916 |
Birth |
Bernard Blier, Buenos Aires Argentina, actor (Les Miserables)
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| 1917 |
Event |
Guy Bolton and PG Wodehouse's "Have a Heart," premieres in NYC
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| 1918 |
Birth |
Albert Weisser, composer
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| 1919 |
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Romania annexes Transylvania
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| 1919 |
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3 year old German communist party (Spartacus) crushed
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| 1919 |
Birth |
Veda Ann Borg, Boston MA, actress (Avalanche, Accomplice)
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| 1920 |
Birth |
John Powell, campaigner
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| 1920 |
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French passenger ship Afrique sinks near La Rochelle; 553 die
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| 1922 |
Event |
Insulin 1st used to treat diabetes (Leonard Thompson, 14, of Canada)
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| 1922 |
Birth |
Tony Charmoli, Minn, choreographer (Cher, Julie Andrew)
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| 1922 |
Birth |
Neville Duke, English test pilot
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| 1922 |
Birth |
Kathleen Byron, London England, actress (Abdication, Profile, 4 Days)
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| 1923 |
Death |
Constantine I, king of Greece (1913-17, 20-22), dies at 54
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| 1923 |
Event |
French and Belgian troops occupy Ruhr to collect reparations
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