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Jan. 11 (UPI)– On this date in history:
In 1785, the Continental Congress assembled in New York City.
In 1861, Alabama withdrawed from the United States.
In 1922, at Toronto General Hospital, 14-year-old Canadian Leonard Thompson ended up being the very first individual to get an insulin injection as treatment for diabetes.
In 1935, pilot Amelia Earhart finished the very first solo flight made in between the Hawaiian Islands and the American mainland.
In 1949, Los Angeles kept in mind a record-setting snowfall, an uncommon occasion for the city's semitropical environment. A three-day storm in early 1949 discarded more than a foot of snow through much of the San Fernando and distant valleys.
In 1964, U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry launched a report stating cigarette smoking is a guaranteed “health threat.”
In 1984, the U.S. Supreme Court restored a $10 million award to the household of Oklahoma nuclear employee Karen Silkwood, who passed away in 1974.
In 1990, martial law, enforced throughout the June 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy motion, was raised in Beijing.
In 1996, the Japanese Diet chose Ryutaro Hashimoto, head of the Liberal Democratic Party, as prime minister.
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In 2002, Ford revealed it prepared to lay off 35,000 staff members, drop 4 cars and truck designs and close 4 plants.
In 2011, heavy rain in Brazil activated floods and mudslides that eliminated more than 900 individuals and left an approximated 25,000 homeless.
In 2014, previous Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon passed away at age 85. He had actually remained in a coma for 8 years following a huge stroke.
In 2018, President Donald Trump stirred debate when he utilized a repulsive term to explain Haiti, El Salvador and African countries throughout a bipartisan conference on a migration offer. He questioned why individuals from the locations immigrate to the United States.
In 2020, China reported its very first recognized death from what was then thought about a strange break out of viral pneumonia. The illness would become determined as an unique coronavirus– COVID-19– that, after one year, eliminated almost 2 million individuals worldwide.
In 2024, the Biden administration revealed $623 million in grants to establish a network of electrical lorry charging stations throughout the country.
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