On This Day In History– 11 January 2020
532 Nika riots begin in Constantinople, revolt against Emperor Justinian I, prompted by chariot racing
1099 Crusaders set fire to Mara, Syria
1610 Galileo Galilei discovers Callisto, 4th satellite of Jupiter
1630 Letters Patent issued to Plymouth Colony
1630 Chinese Emperor Chongzhen orders the arrest of military general Yuan Chonghuan
1695 Jonathan Swift ordained an Anglican priest in Ireland
1785 John Walter publishes 1st issue of "The Times" of London
1830 Great fire in New Orleans thought to be set by rebel slaves
1842 Dr William Brydon, a surgeon in the British Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, becomes famous for (reputedly) being the sole survivor of an army of 16,500 when he reaches the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad.
1849 Vancouver Island granted to Hudson's Bay Company
1882 Richard Wagner completes his opera "Parsifal"
1883 Fire in Circus Ferroni in Berditschoft, Poland, kills 430
1894 Revolution in Sicily crushed by government troops
1895 Oscar Wilde's "Ideal Husband" premieres in London
1903 Rhodes Opera House burns in Boyertown, Pennsylvania killing 170
1908 Henri Farman becomes the first person to fly an observed circuit of more than 1km, winning the Grand Prix d'Aviation
1923 Taking advantage of the chaotic condition of Germany, Hitler stages a demonstration of 5000 stormtroopers and denounces the 'November crime'
1939 Belgian premier signs Burgos Treaty for trade relations with Franco's Spain
1942 Henry Ford patents a method of constructing plastic auto bodies
1942 World War II: First use of aircraft ejection seat by a German test pilot in a Heinkel He 280 jet fighter
1943 Adolf Hitler declares "Total War" against the Allies
1953 Gas explosion in Belgium coal mine kills 14
1957 "All that Fall", a first radio play by Samuel Beckett, aired on BBC Third Programme
1966 1st black selected for presidential cabinet (LBJ selects Robert C Weaver-HUD)
1967 Rolling Stones appear again on The Ed Sullivan Show
1972 An army commander stages a bloodless coup in Ghan, while the prime minister is in London
1978 NASA selects its first American women astronauts
1989 Computers across Britain hit by "Friday the 13th"/Jerusalem virus
1989 Subway vigilante Bernhard Goetz begins 1-year jail sentence
2000 Microsoft chairman Bill Gates steps aside as chief executive and promotes company president Steve Ballmer to the position
2003 30th American Music Awards: Sheryl Crow & Eminem win
2016 Record Powerball lottery held in America - $1.6 billion, (3 winning tickets)
2019 Houston guard James Harden scores 38 points in Rockets' 116-108 loss to Orlando; 16th straight game with 30+ points matching Kobe Bryant's NBA record streak; also goes 1 for 17 from the 3-point arc, tying the record for most misses
532 Nika riots begin in Constantinople, revolt against Emperor Justinian I, prompted by chariot racing
1099 Crusaders set fire to Mara, Syria
1610 Galileo Galilei discovers Callisto, 4th satellite of Jupiter
1630 Letters Patent issued to Plymouth Colony
1630 Chinese Emperor Chongzhen orders the arrest of military general Yuan Chonghuan
1695 Jonathan Swift ordained an Anglican priest in Ireland
1785 John Walter publishes 1st issue of "The Times" of London
1830 Great fire in New Orleans thought to be set by rebel slaves
1842 Dr William Brydon, a surgeon in the British Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, becomes famous for (reputedly) being the sole survivor of an army of 16,500 when he reaches the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad.
1849 Vancouver Island granted to Hudson's Bay Company
1882 Richard Wagner completes his opera "Parsifal"
1883 Fire in Circus Ferroni in Berditschoft, Poland, kills 430
1894 Revolution in Sicily crushed by government troops
1895 Oscar Wilde's "Ideal Husband" premieres in London
1903 Rhodes Opera House burns in Boyertown, Pennsylvania killing 170
1908 Henri Farman becomes the first person to fly an observed circuit of more than 1km, winning the Grand Prix d'Aviation
1923 Taking advantage of the chaotic condition of Germany, Hitler stages a demonstration of 5000 stormtroopers and denounces the 'November crime'
1939 Belgian premier signs Burgos Treaty for trade relations with Franco's Spain
1942 Henry Ford patents a method of constructing plastic auto bodies
1942 World War II: First use of aircraft ejection seat by a German test pilot in a Heinkel He 280 jet fighter
1943 Adolf Hitler declares "Total War" against the Allies
1953 Gas explosion in Belgium coal mine kills 14
1957 "All that Fall", a first radio play by Samuel Beckett, aired on BBC Third Programme
1966 1st black selected for presidential cabinet (LBJ selects Robert C Weaver-HUD)
1967 Rolling Stones appear again on The Ed Sullivan Show
1972 An army commander stages a bloodless coup in Ghan, while the prime minister is in London
1978 NASA selects its first American women astronauts
1989 Computers across Britain hit by "Friday the 13th"/Jerusalem virus
1989 Subway vigilante Bernhard Goetz begins 1-year jail sentence
2000 Microsoft chairman Bill Gates steps aside as chief executive and promotes company president Steve Ballmer to the position
2003 30th American Music Awards: Sheryl Crow & Eminem win
2016 Record Powerball lottery held in America - $1.6 billion, (3 winning tickets)
2019 Houston guard James Harden scores 38 points in Rockets' 116-108 loss to Orlando; 16th straight game with 30+ points matching Kobe Bryant's NBA record streak; also goes 1 for 17 from the 3-point arc, tying the record for most misses
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