On This Day in History

January 11

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​Historical Events​

​1599 Jacob van Neck's fleet leaves Bantam, Java in modern day Indonesia with 1 million pounds of pepper and cloves and a further half a ship full of nutmeg, mace and cinnamon.

​1838 First public demonstration of telegraph messages sent using dots and dashes at Speedwell Ironworks in Morristown, New Jersey by Samuel Morseand Alfred Vail.

Napoleon, Prince Imperial, head of the House of Bonaparte, is killed during the Anglo-Zulu War

​1879 Anglo-Zulu War begins as British Lieutenant-General Lord Chelmsford invades Zululand in South Africa.

​1922 Insulin is first used on humans when Frederick Banting injects 14-year-old Canadian Leonard Thompson to treat his diabetes.

​1964 First government report by US Surgeon General Luther Terry warning that smoking may be hazardous.

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​Famous Birthdays​

​Alexander Hamilton​ ​1755 - 1804

​John A. Macdonald​ 1815 - 1891

​Alice Paul​ ​1885 - 1977

​Albert Hofmann​ ​1906 - 2008

Also Mary J. Blige (54) and Amanda Peet (53)

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​Famous Deaths​

​Benjamin Butler​ ​1818 - 1893

​Edmund Hillary​ ​1919 - 2008

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​World’s First National State Lottery​

Lotteries have been around for centuries but on this day the world’s first national state lottery was played out – with fabulous and surprising prizes.

First National State Lottery