Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
Today in History
January 11
| 49 BC | Julius Caesar leads his army across the Rubicon River, plunging Rome into civil war. | |
| 1843 | Francis Scott Key, author of "The Star-Spangled Banner," dies in Baltimore. | |
| 1861 | Alabama secedes from the Union. | |
| 1862 | Lincoln accepts Simon Cameron's resignation as Secretary of War. | |
| 1887 | At Fort Smith, Arkansas, hangman George Maledon dispatches four victims in a multiple hanging. | |
| 1904 | British troops massacre 1,000 dervishes in Somaliland. | |
| 1916 | Russian General Yudenich launches a WWI winter offensive and advances west. | |
| 1923 | The French enter the town of Essen in the Ruhr valley, to extract Germany's resources as war payment. | |
| 1934 | The German police raid the homes of dissident clergy in Berlin. | |
| 1941 | Adolf Hitler orders forces to be prepared to enter North Africa to assist the Italian effort, marking the establishment of the Afrika Korps. | |
| 1940 | Benjamin O. Davis, Sr., becomes the U.S. Army's first black general, his son would later become a general as well. | |
| 1942 | Japan invades the Dutch East Indies at Borneo. | |
| 1943 | The Soviet Red Army encircles Stalingrad. | |
| 1948 | President Harry S. Truman proposes free, two-year community colleges for all who want an education. | |
| 1949 | Negotiations in China between the Nationalists and Communists open as Tientsin is virtually lost to the Communists. | |
| 1964 | A collection of previously unexhibited paintings by Pablo Picasso are displayed for the first time in Toronto. | |
| 1980 | Honda announces it will build the first Japanese-owned passenger-car assembly plant in the United States–in Ohio. | |
| Born on January 11 | ||
| 1757 | Alexander Hamilton, first U.S. Secretary of Treasury, killed in a duel with Aaron Burr. | |
| 1864 | H. George Selfridge, founder of Selfridge and Co., Ltd., coined the phrase "the customer is always right." | |
| 1903 | Alan Patton, South African novelist (Cry, the Beloved Country). | |
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