{"id":17533,"date":"2024-01-11T00:00:11","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T18:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/?p=17533"},"modified":"2024-01-16T18:12:14","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T12:42:14","slug":"history-of-11-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/history-of-11-january\/","title":{"rendered":"History of 11 January"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>History of 11 January\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1980<\/strong> &#8211; Nigel Short, age 14, from Bolton in Britain, became the youngest International Master in the history of chess.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1986<\/strong> &#8211; Author James Clavell signed a 5$ million deal with Morrow\/Avon Publishing for the book &#8220;Whirlwind&#8221;. The book is a 2,000 page novel.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1988<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0S.Vice President George Bush met with representatives of independent counsel Lawrence E. Walsh to answer questions about the Iran-Contra affair.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1991<\/strong> &#8211; An auction of silver and paintings that had been acquired by the late Ferdinand Marcos and his wife, Imelda, brought in a total of $20.29 million at Christie&#8217;s in New York.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1996<\/strong> &#8211; Ryutaro Hashimoto become Japan&#8217;s prime minister. He replaced Tomiichi Murayama who had resigned on January 5, 1996.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2000<\/strong> &#8211; The merger between AOL and Time Warner was approved by the\u00a0U.S.\u00a0government with restrictions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2000<\/strong> &#8211; The\u00a0U.S.\u00a0Postal Service unveiled the second Vietnam Veterans Memorial commemorative stamp in a ceremony at The Wall.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2001<\/strong> &#8211; The Texas Board of Criminal Justice released a review of the escape of the &#8220;Texas 7.&#8221; It stated that prison staff missed critical opportunities to prevent the escape by ignoring a fire alarm, not reporting unsupervised inmates and not demanding proper identification from inmates.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2001<\/strong> &#8211; The U.S. Federal Trade Commission approved the merger of America Online and Time Warner to form AOL Time Warner.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2003<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Illinois Governor\u00a0George Ryan\u00a0commutes the death sentences of 167 prisoners on\u00a0Illinois&#8217;s death row based on the\u00a0Jon Burge\u00a0scandal.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2013<\/strong>\u2013 One French soldier and 17 militants are killed in a\u00a0failed attempt\u00a0to free a French hostage in\u00a0Bulo Marer,\u00a0Somalia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Celebrating Birthday Today<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1980<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Josh Hannay, Australian rugby league player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1980<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Mike Williams, American football player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Tony Allen, American basketball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Blake Heron, American actor (d. 2017)<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Son Ye-jin, South Korean actress<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Turner Battle, American basketball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Andr\u00e9 Myhrer, Swedish skier<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Matthew Palleschi, Canadian soccer player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Ted Richards, Australian rules footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Adrian Sutil, German race car driver<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Kevin Boss, American football player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Dario Kre\u0161i\u0107, Croatian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Matt Mullenweg, American web developer and businessman, co-created\u00a0WordPress<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Stijn Schaars, Dutch footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1985<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Newton Faulkner, English singer-songwriter and guitarist<\/li>\n<li><strong>1985<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Lucy Knisley, American author and illustrator<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Scotty Cranmer, American Professional BMX rider<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Danuta Koz\u00e1k, Hungarian sprint canoer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Daniel Semenzato, Italian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Jamie Vardy, English footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Kim Young-kwang, South Korean actor and model<\/li>\n<li><strong>1988<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Rodrigo Jos\u00e9 Pereira, Brazilian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1989<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Kane Linnett, Australian rugby league player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Ryan Griffin, American football player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1991<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Andrea Bertolacci, Italian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1992<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Dani Carvajal, Spanish footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1992<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Lee Seung-hoon, South Korean rapper and dancer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1993<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Michael Keane, English footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1993<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Will Keane, English footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1995<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Klaartje Liebens, Belgian tennis player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1996<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Leroy San\u00e9, German footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1997<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Cody Simpson, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History of 11 January\u00a0 1980 &#8211; Nigel Short, age 14, from Bolton in Britain, became the youngest International Master in the history of chess. 1986 &#8211; Author James Clavell signed a 5$ million deal with Morrow\/Avon Publishing for the book &#8220;Whirlwind&#8221;. 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