11th January anniversaries

• Birth
  • 1858
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of Harry Gordon Selfridge, American retailer, founder of Selfridges department store in London."
  • 1859
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of George Curzon, British statesman, Viceroy of India"
• event
  • 1879
  • Start of Anglo-Zulu war
  • 1908
  • United States
  • The Grand Canyon National Monument was created .
  • 1994
  • Ireland
  • The Irish Government lifted the 15-year broadcasting ban on the IRA and Sinn Féin. (The ban was also lifted in the UK in September of that year)
• Death
  • 1928
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Thomas Hardy, British writer ."
  • 1958
  • United States
  • "Death of Edna Purviance, American actress ."
  • 1969
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Richmal Crompton, British writer (Just William)"
  • 1998
  • Germany
  • "Death of Klaus Tennstedt, German conductor ."
  • 2008
  • New Zealand
  • "Death of Sir Edmund Hillary, conqueror of Everest" more