11th JANUARY
1). 1571 – Austrian nobility is granted freedom of religion.
2). 532 Nika-revolt against Justianus & Theodora in Hippodrome Constantinople
3). 1813 1st pineapples planted in Hawaii (or 1/21)
4). 1838 1st public demonstration of telegraph message sent using dots & dashes at Speedwell Ironworks, Morristown, New Jersey by Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail
5). 1879 Zulu war against British colonial rule in South Africa begins
6). 1964 1st government report warning by US Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous
7). 1759 1st American life insurance company incorporated, Philadelphia
8). 1787 Titania & Oberon, moons of Uranus, discovered by William Herschel
9). 1849 Elizabeth Blackwell becomes 1st woman in US to earn medical degree
10). 1982 Atlanta Ga's temperature goes below zero F
11). 1999 26th American Music Awards: Celine Dion & Eric Clapton win
12). 1755 Alexander Hamilton, US Founding Father and 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (1789-95), born in Charlestown, Nevis, West Indies (d. 1804)
13). 1569 – First recorded lottery in England