Today in History, English
Today in History, English


IDTimeCategoryEvent
5041January 11Death2013 – Nguyễn Khánh, Vietnamese general and politician 3rd President of South Vietnam (b. 1927)
5042January 11Death2013 – Mariangela Melato, Italian actress and singer (b. 1941)
5043January 11Death2013 – Alemayehu Shumye, Ethiopian runner (b. 1988)
5044January 11Death2013 – Aaron Swartz, American computer programmer and activist (b. 1986)
5045January 11Death2014 – Keiko Awaji, Japanese actress (b. 1933)
5046January 11Death2014 – Arnoldo Foà, Italian actor and director (b. 1916)
5047January 11Death2014 – Vugar Gashimov, Azerbaijani chess player (b. 1986)
5048January 11Death2014 – Muhammad Habibur Rahman, Indian-Bangladeshi jurist and politician Prime Minister of Bangladesh (b. 1928)
5049January 11Death2014 – Chai Trong-rong, Taiwanese educator and politician (b. 1935)
5050January 11Death2014 – Ariel Sharon, Israeli general and politician 11th Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1928)
5051January 11Death2015 – Doriemus, New Zealand race horse (b. 1990)
5052January 11Death2015 – Jenő Buzánszky, Hungarian footballer and coach (b. 1925)
5053January 11Death2015 – Anita Ekberg, Swedish-Italian model and actress (b. 1931)
5054January 11Death2015 – Chashi Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi director and producer (b. 1941)
5055January 11Death2015 – Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle, American neuroscientist and academic (b. 1918)
5056January 11Holiday and observanceChristian feast day:Leucius of Brindisi (Roman Catholic)Mary Slessor (Church of England)Paulinus II of AquileiaTheodosius the CenobiarchThomas of CoriVitalis of Gaza (Roman Catholic)January 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
5057January 11Holiday and observanceEarliest day on which Triodion can fall, while February 14 is the latest celebrated 70 days before Easter. (Eastern Orthodox)
5058January 11Holiday and observanceEugenio María de Hostos Day (Puerto Rico)
5059January 11Holiday and observanceFirst day of Carmentalia, in honor of Carmenta. (Roman Empire)
5060January 11Holiday and observanceIndependence Resistance Day (Morocco)
5061January 11Holiday and observanceKagami Biraki (Japan)
5062January 11Holiday and observanceRepublic Day (Albania)
5063January 11Holiday and observanceInternational Thank You Day, launched in 1994
5064January 12Event1528 – Gustav I of Sweden is crowned king.
5065January 12Event1554 – Bayinnaung, who would go on to assemble the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia, is crowned King of Burma.
5066January 12Event1616 – The city of Belém is founded in Pará, Brazil by Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco.
5067January 12Event1777 – Mission Santa Clara de Asís is founded in what is now Santa Clara, California.
5068January 12Event1808 – The organizational meeting that led to the creation of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh, Scotland.
5069January 12Event1808 – John Rennie's scheme to defend St Mary's Church, Reculver, founded in 669, from coastal erosion was abandoned in favour of demolition, despite the church being an exemplar of Anglo-Saxon architecture and sculpture.
5070January 12Event1848 – The Palermo rising takes place in Sicily against the Bourbon Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

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