Born on January 11
January 11 birthdays & history
If you were born on January 11, you share a birthday with William James, Alexander Hamilton and Kailash Satyarthi. January 11 babies are Capricorn, with garnet as their birthstone and the carnation as their birth flower. January 11 is the 11th day of the year in leap years.
Famous people born on January 11
- 1842William James, American psychologist and philosopher
- 1755Alexander Hamilton, Nevisian-American general, economist and politician, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury
- 1954Kailash Satyarthi, Indian engineer, academic, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1906Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist and academic, discoverer of LSD
- 1979Siti Nurhaliza, Malaysian singer-songwriter and businesswoman
- 1992Dani Carvajal, Spanish footballer
- 1987Jamie Vardy, English footballer
- 1996Leroy Sané, German footballer
- 1924Roger Guillemin, French-American physician and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1971Mary J. Blige, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
What happened on January 11
- 1787German-born British astronomer William Herschel discovered two Uranian moons, later named Oberon and Titania by his son John.
- 1805The Michigan Territory is created.
- 1908Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
- 1922Leonard Thompson becomes the first person to be injected with insulin.
- 1927Louis B. Mayer, head of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, hosted 36 people involved in the film industry at a banquet, where he announced the creation of what would become the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
- 1935Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
- 1943The Republic of China agrees to the Sino-British New Equal Treaty and the Sino-American New Equal Treaty.
- 1946The People's Republic of Albania was proclaimed, with Enver Hoxha as the country's de facto head of state.
- 1949The first "networked" television broadcasts took place as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air connecting the east coast and mid-west programming.
- 1957The African Convention is founded in Dakar, Senegal.
- 1961Throgs Neck Bridge over the East River, linking New York City's boroughs of The Bronx and Queens, opens to road traffic.
- 1986The Gateway Bridge in Brisbane, Australia, opened as the largest prestressed-concrete, single-box bridge in the world.
Also observed on January 11
- Children's Day (Tunisia)
- Eugenio María de Hostos Day (Puerto Rico)
- Independence Resistance Day (Morocco)
- Kagami biraki (Japan)
- National Human Trafficking Awareness Day (United States)
- Republic Day (Albania)
Questions, answered
What star sign is January 11?
People born on January 11 are Capricorn. Their birthstone is garnet and their birth flower is the carnation.
Which famous people were born on January 11?
William James (1842), Alexander Hamilton (1755), Kailash Satyarthi (1954), Albert Hofmann (1906), Siti Nurhaliza (1979), Dani Carvajal (1992) were all born on January 11.
What happened on January 11 in history?
Among other things: in 1957, The African Convention is founded in Dakar, Senegal; in 1961, Throgs Neck Bridge over the East River, linking New York City's boroughs of The Bronx and Queens, opens to road traffic; in 1986, The Gateway Bridge in Brisbane, Australia, opened as the largest prestressed-concrete, single-box bridge in the world.
Can I get a newspaper front page from January 11?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any January 11 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “January 11”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.