What happened on January 11 ?

1322 - Emperor Komyo of Japan (d. 1380)

1359 - Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (d. 1393)

1503 - Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian artist (d. 1540)

1591 - Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English Civil War general (d. 1646)

1630 - John Rogers, American President of Harvard (d. 1684)

1671 - François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French military leader (d. 1745)

1723 - Prithvi Narayan Shah, began the unification of modern Nepal (d. 1774)

1755 - Alexander Hamilton, first United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1804)

1757 - Samuel Bentham, English mechanical engineer (d. 1831)

1800 - Anyos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist (d. 1895)

1807 - Ezra Cornell, American businessman and university founder (d. 1874)

1815 - John A. Macdonald, first Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1891)

1845 - Albert Victor Bäcklund, Swedish physicist (d. 1912)

1852 - Konstantin Fehrenbach, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1926)

1856 - Christian Sinding, Norwegian composer (d. 1941)

1858 - Harry Gordon Selfridge, American retailer (d. 1947)

1859 - Lord George Nathaniel Curzon, British statesman, Viceroy of India (d. 1925)

1868 - Cai Yuanpei, Chinese educator (d. 1940)

1875 - Reinhold Glière, Russian composer (d. 1956)

1876 - Elmer Flick, American baseball player (d. 1971)

1885 - Jack Hoxie, American actor, rodeo performer (d. 1965)

1885 - Alice Paul, American women's rights activist (d. 1977)

1887 - Aldo Leopold, American ecologist (d. 1948)

1890 - Oswald de Andrade, Brazilian author (d.1954)

1897 - August Heissmeyer, German SS officer (d. 1979)

1902 - Maurice Duruflé, French composer (d. 1986)

1903 - Alan Paton, South African writer (d. 1988)

1906 - Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist

1908 - Lionel Stander, American actor (d. 1994)

1911 - Zenko Suzuki, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2004)

1921 - Juanita M. Kreps, former U.S. Secretary of Commerce

1923 - Carroll Shelby, American automobile designer

1924 - Roger Guillemin, French neuroendocrinologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

1924 - Sam B. Hall, American politician (d. 1994)

1924 - Slim Harpo, American musician (d. 1970)

1925 - Grant Tinker, American television executive

1926 - Lev Demin, cosmonaut (d. 1998)

1930 - Rod Taylor, Australian actor

1934 - Jean Chrétien, twentieth Prime Minister of Canada

1938 - Arthur Scargill, British labor leader

1941 - Gérson, Brazilian football player

1942 - Clarence Clemons, American musician (E Street Band)

1943 - Jim Hightower, American radio host and author

1944 - John Piper, American theologian

1944 - Shibu Soren, Indian politician

1946 - Naomi Judd, American singer

1946 - Tony Kaye, British keyboard player (Yes)

1952 - Ben Crenshaw, American golfer

1952 - Lee Ritenour, musician and composer

1956 - Robert Earl Keen, American singer

1957 - Bryan Robson, English footballer and manager

1958 - Vicki Peterson, American musician

1960 - Stanley Tucci, American actor

1961 - Jasper Fforde, British author

1962 - Susan Lindauer, American peace activist and accused spy

1963 - Dean Reynolds, English snooker player

1966 - Marc Acito, American novelist and humorist

1966 - Kelley Law, Canadian curler

1968 - Tom Dumont, American musician

1971 - Mary J. Blige, American singer

1972 - Marc Blucas, American actor

1972 - Amanda Peet, American actress

1973 - Rahul Dravid, Indian cricketer

1977 - Shomari Buchanan, American football player

1978 - Emile Heskey, English footballer

1979 - Siti Nurhaliza, Malaysian singer

1980 - Mike Williams, American football player