January 11
What happened on January 11 in history
3 events fall on January 11, from 1922 to 1964. Read them below, then try to place a historical scene yourself — guess where in the world it happened and in what year.
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Events on January 11
1922
Insulin is first used to treat a patient
Fourteen-year-old Leonard Thompson is injected in Toronto and diabetes stops being a death sentence.
1935
Amelia Earhart flies Hawaii to California
The first solo flight across that stretch of Pacific takes eighteen hours.
1964
The US Surgeon General links smoking to cancer
A landmark report puts the warning on the record and eventually on the packet.