On This Day for January 11 - Amelia Earhart's Hawaii-to-California flight, Jean Chrétien is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, click here to view. January 11 FEATURED BIOGRAPHY Jean Chrétien READ MORE   FEATURED EVENT 1935 Amelia Earhart's Hawaii-to-California flight READ MORE   Advertisement Advertisement   MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY 2008: New Zealand mountain climber and explorer Sir Edmund Hillary—who, with the Tibetan mountaineer Tenzing Norgay, was the first to summit Mount Everest—died at age 88. [How much do you know about Mount Everest?] 2001: The U.S. Federal Communications Commission approved the merger of America Online and Time Warner, and AOL Time Warner (since shortened to Time Warner) stock began trading the next morning. 1964: U.S. Surgeon General Luther L. Terry announced that cigarette smoking is linked to lung cancer. [Take our quiz about human health.] 1911: Japanese politician Suzuki Zenkō, who served as prime minister (1980–82), was born in Yamada, Iwate prefecture, Japan. [Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about Japanese history.] 1878: Milk was delivered for the first time in glass bottles in New York City. [Test your knowledge of global cuisine.] 1861: Alabama seceded from the Union, the fourth state to do so in the run-up to the American Civil War. [ Take our quiz about the American Civil War.] SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1755 Alexander Hamilton United States statesman 1885 Alice Paul American suffragist 1971 Mary J. Blige American singer-songwriter and actress 1858 Harry Gordon Selfridge British merchant 1842 William James American psychologist and philosopher 347 Theodosius I Roman emperor SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY   Advertisement   FOLLOW: To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, click here. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2021 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Privacy Policy • Help