It is the 11th day of the year, with only 354 years days remaining until the new year.
630 - Muhammad, leads an army of 10,000 to conquer Mecca.
1569 - This marks the first recorded lottery in England.
1759 - In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first American life insurance company is incorporated.
1794 - Robert Forsythe, a U.S Marshal is killed in Augusta, Georgia when trying to serve court papers. He is the first Marshal to die while carrying out his duties.
1805 - Michigan Territory is created.
1861 - Alabama secedes from the United States.
1863 - General John McClernand and Admiral David DixonPorter capture the Arkansas River for the Union.
1908 - Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
1922 - The first use of insulin to treat diabetes in a human patient.
1927 - Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at a banquet in Los Angeles.
1935 - Amelia Earhart is the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
1949 - The first recorded case of snowfall in Los Angeles, California.
1962 - An avalanche on Huascaran in Peru causes 4,000 deaths.
1964 - United States Surgeon General, Dr. Luther Leonidas Terry, publishes a landmark report saying that smoking may be hazardous to health, sparking national and worldwide anti-smoking efforts.
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