Today in History - History - January 11th

1925Frank Kellogg replaces Charles Hughes on as US Sect of State

1938Bradman scores a second innings 113 v Qld after a ton in the 1st

1849Elizabeth Blackwell becomes 1st woman in US to earn medical degree

18381st public demonstration of telegraph message sent using dots & dashes at Speedwell Ironworks, Morristown, New Jersey by Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail

199926th American Music Award: Celine Dion & Eric Clapton win

1935Amelia Earhart flies from Honolulu to Oakland Ca (non-stop, of course)

1953J. Edgar Hoover declines 6 figure offer to become president of International Boxing Club

1990Pat LaFontaine sets NY Islander record of scoring goals in 11 straight

199824th People's Choice Awards: Harrison Ford & Julia Roberts win (Dramatic Motion Picture) and Tim Allen & Oprah Winfrey win (TV)

201238th People's Choice Awards: Johnny Depp & Emma Stone win (Movie Star) and Nathan Fillion & Nina Dobrev win (TV Drama)

1815John A. Macdonald, Glasgow Scotland, First Prime Minister of Canada (1867-1873 and 1878-1891)

1971Mary Jane Blige, New York, American R&B singer-songwriter

1934Jean Chretien, Shawinigan Quebec, 20th Prime Minister of Canada (1993-2003)

1842William James, New York City New York, American psychologist/philosopher (Pragmatism)

1930Rod Taylor, Sydney, New South Wales, Australian actor (The Birds, Time Machine)

1755Alexander Hamilton, Charlestown, Nevis, West Indies, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury, (d. 1804)

1924Novelist Hermann Hesse (36) weds singer Ruth Wenger

2003"How Stella Got Her Groove Back" actor Taye Diggs (32) weds broadway actress Idina Menzel (31) at Round Hill Hotel and Villas in Montego Bay, Jamaica

1914Ambrose Bierce, American writer and satirist, dies at 71

2008Sir Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer/1st to climb Mt Everest in 1953, dies from a heart attack at 88