Notable Birthdays for January 11
Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804) - Founding Father and first to serve as Secretary of the Treasury.
Alfred E. Jackson "Mudwall" (1807-1889) - Brigadier General for the Confederate Army.
Ezra Cornell (1807-1874) - Founder of Western Union and Cornell University.
John Reese Kenly (1818-1891) - Brevet Major General for the Union Army.
Bayard Taylor (1825-1878) - Poet and translator.
William James (1842-1910) - The first psychologist to offer psychology as a course.
G. W. Pierce (1872-1956) - Physicist who helped invent electronic telecommunications.
Thomas Hicks (1876-1952) - Runner who won the gold medal at the 1904 Summer Olympics.
Aldo Leopold (1887-1949) - Co-founder of the Wilderness Society.
Laurens Hammond (1895-1973) - Founder of the Hammond Clock Company.
Clyde Kluckhohn (1905-1960) - Anthropologist best known for his works with theory of culture within American anthropology.
Carroll Shelby (1923-2012) - Race car driver and founder of Carroll Shelby International.
Grant Tinker (1925-2016) - Co-founded MTM (Mary Tyler Moore) Enterprises
Mary Rodgers (1931-2014) - Author of Freaky Friday, which was later made into a movie.
Clarence Clemons (1942-2011) - Saxophonist for the Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band.
Naomi Judd (1946-2022) - Half of the country duo The Judd's.
Brett Bodine (1959-Still Living) - NASCAR driver.
Memorable Events for January 11
1759 - The first American life insurance company opens in PA.
1908 - The Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
1912 - Immigrant textile workers strike when wages are reduced.
1927 - Louis B. Mayer announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
1935 - Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from HI to CA.
1964 - U.S. Surgeon General warns smoking may be hazardous to your health.