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1654 – Arauco War: A Spanish army is defeated by local Mapuche-Huilliches as it tries to cross Bueno River in Southern Chile. [7]1759 – The first American life insurance company, the Corporation for Relief of Poor and Distressed Presbyterian Ministers and of the Poor and Distressed Widows and Children of the Presbyterian Ministers (now part of Unum Group), is incorporated in Philadelphia ...
Local date: 11 January 1693 (): Local time: 21:00 [1] [2]: Duration: 4 minutes: Magnitude: 7.4 M w: Epicenter: 3] The exact location of the epicentre remains uncertain: Areas affected: Southern Italy (notably Sicily) and Malta [4]: Max. intensity: MMI XI (Extreme) [5]: Tsunami: 5–10-metre high waves devastated the coastal villages on the Ionian Sea and in the Straits of Messina. (Ambraseys ...
January 11. Lev Dyomin, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1998) ... American who was the heaviest human being recorded in the history of the world during his lifetime (d.
Armed conflicts and attacks. Gaza war. Israel–United States relations, Calls for a ceasefire during the Gaza war. Incoming U.S. Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an effort to secure a ceasefire deal in Gaza before President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on January 20.
World Introvert Day. January 3. Drinking Straw Day. Festival of Sleep Day. Fruitcake Toss Day. ... January 11. Heritage Treasures Day. International Parity at Work Day. International Thank-You Day.
1923 – Troops from France and Belgium invaded the Ruhr to force the Weimar Republic to pay reparations in the aftermath of World War I. 1927 – Louis 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 ...
Get ready to make all your dreams come true as Jan. 11 is a prime time to manifest. The date, which translates to the Angel number 111, means prosperous new beginnings. In numerology, the number 1 ...
The Correlates of War project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 3.49 million. However, the Uppsala Conflict Data Program estimates that the subsequent year, 1942, was the deadliest such year.