January 11 - January 11 January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 354 days remaining (355 in leap years). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople. 1158 - Vladislav II becomes King of Bohemia. 1569 - First recorded lottery in England. 1571 - Austrian nobility is granted Freedom of religion. 1693 - Eruption of Mt. Etna. 1759 - In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first American life insurance company is incorporated. 1787 - William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moonss of Uranus. 1805 - Michigan Territory is created. 1861 - Alabama secedes from the United States. 1863 - American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post - General John McClernand.
June 11 - June 11 June 11 is the 162nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (163rd in leap years), with 203 days remaining. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy falls to the Achaeans 1509 - Marriage of King Henry VIII of England and Katherine of Aragon 1534 - Jacques Cartier and crew celebrate the first recorded Catholic mass in North America 1770 - Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef 1788 - Russian explorer Gerrasim Izmailov reaches Alaska 1901 - New Zealand annexes the Cook Islands 1940 - World War II: British forces bomb Genoa and Turin, Italy 1963 - The University of Alabama is desegregated 1977 - Seattle.
July 11 - July 11 July 11 is the 192nd day (193th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 173 days remaining. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1302 - Battle of the Golden Spurs (Guldensporenslag in Dutch) - the Flemish cities beat the king of France. 1346 - Charles IV of Luxembourg elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. 1576 - Martin Frobisher sights Greenland. 1616 - Samuel de Champlain returns to Quebec. 1533 - King Henry VIII of England is excommunicated. 1740 - Jews expelled from Little Russia. 1750 - Halifax,_Nova Scotia almost completely destroyed by fire. 1776 - Captain James Cook begins third voyage. 1798 - The United States Marine Corps is established. 1804.
Vespasian - Vespasian Caesar Vespasianus Augustus (November 18, 9 AD - June 23, 79), original name Titus Flavius Vespasianus and best known as Vespasian, was the emperor of Rome from 69 to 79. He was founder of the Flavian dynasty and acceded the throne in the end of the Year of the four emperors. He was born in the Sabine country near Reate. His father Flavius Sabinus was a tax collector and money-lender on a small scale; his mother Vespasia Polla was the sister of a senator. After having served with the army in Thrace and been quaestor in Crete and Cyrene, Vespasian rose to be aedile and praetor, having meanwhile married Flavia Domitilla, the daughter of an equestrian, by whom he had two sons, Titus and Domitian, afterwards emperors, and one.
Kaprun disaster - fire that broke out in the tunnel of the funicular train in Kaprun, Austria on November 11, 2000. In this disaster 155 passengers lost their lives. Nearly one year after the fire the official inquiry determined the cause of the disaster - it was a faulty heater in the train and highly flammable hydraulic brake oil. The train (white) can be seen waiting at the valley station. It enters the tunnel where the fire occurred (entrance just visible as a black dot) after a short open-air section on trestles. The victims were skiers who wanted to reach the Kitzsteinhorn Glacier : 92 Austrians 37 Germans 10 Japanese 8 Americans 4 Slovenians 2 Dutch 1 Briton 1 Czech.
Karl of Austria - and the last King of Hungary (as Charles IV of Hungary) and of the Habsburg Dynasty. He reigned from 1916 until his abdication on November 11, 1918. He sought to reclaim the throne of Hungary in the early 1920s. Karl has generally been seen by historians as an honourable figure who tried as emperor-king to halt World War I. On 14 April 2003 the Vatican's Congregation for the Causes of Saints, in the presence of Pope John Paul II, promulgated Karl of Austria's "heroic virtues", a step on the road to sainthood in Roman Catholicism. Karl was the son of Archduke Otto Franz Joseph, younger brother of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand (whose assassination triggered off World War I), and of Princess Josepha of Saxony. In 1911 he was married to Princess.
KANU - death in August 1978, Vice President Daniel arap Moi became interim President. On October 14, Moi became President formally after he was elected head of KANU and designated its sole nominee. In June 1982, the National Assembly amended the constitution, making Kenya officially a one-party state, and parliamentary elections were held in September 1983. The 1988 elections reinforced the one-party system. However, in December 1991, parliament repealed the one-party section of the constitution. By early 1992, several new parties had formed, and multiparty elections were held in December 1992. President Moi was reelected for another 5-year term. Opposition parties won about 45% of the parliamentary seats, but President Moi's KANU Party obtained the majority of seats. Parliamentary reforms in November 1997 enlarged the democratic space in Kenya, including the expansion of.
Kahoolawe - volcanic islands in the Hawaiian Islands. It is located west of Maui and south of Lana'i and is 11 miles long by 6 miles across (45 sq. miles area). The highest point, Lua Makika, is 1,477 feet above sea level. The island is rather dry because its low elevation fails to generate much orographic precipitation from the northeastern Trade Winds. Kaho'olawe was used as a gunfire and aerial bombardment target, and a defense training area by the United States Navy from around 1941 until May 1994. Popular sentiment in Hawai'i against this practice eventually prevailed, and the Navy has been attempting to complete a cleanup of unexploded ordnance from the island. Ordnance remains buried or resting on the island surface. Other items have washed down gullies and still other unexploded ordnance.
Karelia (republic) - then lost again during the first half of the 18th century. In 1923 the province became the Karelian ASSR. From 1940 it was made into the Karelo-Finnish SSR but was changed back to a ASSR in 1956. During the Continuation War in 1941 Finland occupied parts of the area but was forced to withdraw in 1944. The Republic of Karelia was formed on November 13, 1991. Geography Present-day Karelia is situated between Lake Ladoga in the southwest and the White Sea in the northeast. Culture See also: Saami music. The Karelian language is close to Finnish, and has in recent years become considered a dialect of Finnish. Finnish and Russian are the official languages of the republic. Demography Karelia is populated by Karelians (karjalaiset) and Russians. There are about 780,000 inhabitants.
Karl Scheurer - Karl Scheurer (September 27, 1872 - November 14, 1929), Swiss politician. He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on December 11, 1919 and died in office on November 14, 1929. He was affiliated to the Free Democratic Party of Switzerland. During his office time he held the Department of Defence; Military Department. He was president of Switzerland in 1923. Predecessor: Eduard Müller Successor: Rudolf Minger.
Kalle Päätalo - Päätalo Kaarlo (Kalle) Alvar Päätalo (November 11, 1919 - November 20, 2000) was a Finnish novelist, the most popular Finnish writer in the 20th century. Päätalo was born in Taivalkoski, Province of Oulu, into poor circumstances. His father, a lumberjack, suffered from periodical mental disorders, and Kalle had to maintain his family from the age of 14 in his father's profession. At the same time, he dreamed about becoming a writer and read avidly, being much influenced by Jack London's Martin Eden and Mika Waltari's guidebook for aspiring writers. His war service in Winter War and Continuation War was cut short by being wounded. After the wars, he moved to Tampere where he studied at technical school, becoming a building contractor, and wrote short stories that were published in various magazines..
Karl Eberhard Schongarth - to 4,000 Jewish citizens between July and September of 1941. He was an Attendee to the Wannsee Conference on January 20, 1942, along with Dr Rudolf Lange (Einsatzgruppen A) who also had participated in genocide. Schongarth was captured at the end of the war. He was found guilty of executing a downed Allied pilot (which occurred on November 21, 1944) by a British Court in Burgsteinfurt on February 11, 1946. He was executed on May 16, 1946..
Kathleen Blanco - in Iberia Parish, Louisiana) is an American politician. On November 15, 2003, she was elected Governor of Louisiana, defeating Republican opponent Bobby Jindal in a run-off election and becoming the first woman to gain that office. Kathleen Blanco is a conservative member of the Democratic Party. She was formerly Louisiana's lieutenant governor, having served two terms in that office, starting 1996. She graduated from University of Louisiana at Lafayette in 1964. On 11 January of 2004 she took the oath of office in both English and French, succeeding Murphy J. Foster as Governor of Louisiana..
Katherine Heigl - Katherine Heigl Katherine Marie Heigl (b. November 24 1978) was born in Washington D.C, USA on the 24th of November 1978 to parents Nancy and Paul. A short time afterwards, the Heigl family moved to New Canaan, Connecticut, where Katherine was to spend the majority of her childhood. The youngest member of her family, Katherine, or “Katie” as she is known affectionately, has two elder siblings, John and Meg. Tragically, her older brother Jason died in 1986 of brain injuries suffered in a car accident, after being thrown from the back of a pickup truck. When doctors determined Jason was brain-dead, the family made the difficult decision to donate his organs. Not only did this painful chapter give Katherine a greater perspective and appreciation for life, but it has motivated her.
Kamen - Lycoming T-53 turbine engine HH-43B Rotor diameter: 14.33 m each Length: 7.62 m Height: 4.74 m Weight: 2000 kg - Max: 4150 Engine: 1 Avco Lycoming T53-L-1B of 825 hp Speed: Max: 190 km/h Range: 450 km Service Ceiling: 7600 m July 1957 : QH-43 Another modified HTK-1 becomes the world's first remotely piloted vehicle 1958 : K-17 A cold-tipped jet powered helicopter Rotor diameter: 11.3 m Weight: 430 kg - Max: 900 Engine: 1 Turbomeca Turmo of 600 hp Speed: Max: 120 km/h Endurance: 2 hours Service Ceiling: 1500 m July 2, 1959 : HU2K-1 Later known as UH-2A SeaSprite March 1960 : Kaman develops and flies the first all composite main rotor blade. October 1961 : The H-43 Huskie sets an altitude record of 10.000 m and numerous rate.
KCTU - Confederation of Trade Unions) was officially established on November 11, 1995. As of 1999 its membership was 573,490 in 1,226 trade unions..
Ken Livingstone - relatively slim twenty-three vote margin. The GLC was formally abolished at midnight on March 31 1986. Livingstone in Parliament Livingstone again stood for Parliament in the 1987 general election, winning a seat in the Northwest London constituency of Brent East. As a mere Labour backbencher, Livingstone lost the public platform he possessed as head of the GLC; furthermore, his brand of radical socialism was increasingly out of step with the Labour leadership, which had moved sharply towards the centre under the chairmanship of Neil Kinnock and now blamed leftists like Livingstone for Labour's "unelectability." Nevertheless, he was elected to the party's National Executive Committee in September 1987, although he lost this position two years later (he regained it in 1997 in what some interpreted as a stinging rebuke to Tony Blair)..
Venera - of the pair. 1VA (proto-Venera) - Flyby - launched February 4, 1961 : Failed to leave earth orbit Venera 1 - Flyby - launched February 12, 1961 : Communications lost enroute to Venus Venera 2 - Flyby - launched November 12, 1965 : Communications lost just before arival Venera 3 - Atmospheric Probe - launched November 16, 1965 : Communications lost just before atmospheric entry Venera 4 - Atmospheric Probe - launched June 12, 1967 : Arrived October 18, 1967 and was the first probe to enter another planet's atmosphere and return data Venera 5 - Atmospheric Probe - launched January 5, 1969 : Arrived May 16, 1969 and successfully returned atmoshperic data before being crushed by pressure within 26km of the surface Venera 6 - Atmospheric Probe - launched January.
Kfar Kassem massacre - Police and resulted in 49 dead, including 15 women and 11 children aged 8 to 15. On that day, the 1956 Suez War had just begun. Though Jordan was not involved in the war, a 5 p.m. to dawn curfew was declared on all the Arab villages in the area close to the Jordanian border. However, many of the Arabs of Kfar Kassem were away from the village when the curfew was declared and were not informed about it. As they returned to the village after 5 p.m., they were lined up and shot dead by Israeli Border Police. According to the Border Police battalion commander Shmuel Melniki, he was given the order to kill the villagers by brigade commander Issachar Shadmi, but Shadmi denied it. Melniki claimed that "the order.
Kim Hunter - Kim Hunter Kim Hunter (November 12, 1922 - September 11, 2002) was an American actress, winner of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951). She also appeared in the classic Micheal Powell/Emeric Pressburger film A Matter of Life and Death (1945), playing the role of David Niven's fiance, and some of the "Planet of the Apes" movies and in television soap operas..
