Wednesday, January 11, 2012

This Day in History: January 11

-Muhammad leads an army of 10,000 to conquer Mecca, 630

-Alexander Hamilton, first United States Secretary of Treasury, is born, 1755

-The Michigan Territory is created, 1805

-Insulin is first used to treat diabetes in a human patient, 1922

-Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California, 1935

-East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh, 1972

-Holiday: Independence Resistance Day (Morocco)

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