Ingenpedia:OnThisDay/January 11, 2021

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 * 1787 – German-born British astronomer William Herschel discovered two Uranian moons, later named by his son as Oberon and Titania.
 * 1912 – Immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, U.S., went on strike in response to a pay cut corresponding to a new law shortening the working week.
 * 1923 – Troops from France and Belgium invaded the Ruhr to force the German Weimar Republic to pay its reparations in the aftermath of World War I.
 * 1927 – Louis B. Mayer, head of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, hosted 36 people involved in the film industry at a banquet, where he announced the creation of what would become the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
 * 1946 – Albania was proclaimed the People's Republic of Albania, with Enver Hoxha as the de facto head of state.
 * 1964 – In a landmark report, U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry issued the warning that smoking may be hazardous to people's health, concluding that it has a causative role in lung cancer, chronic bronchitis, and other illnesses.
 * 2003 – After Chicago police detective Jon Burge was discovered to have forced confessions from more than 200 suspects, Governor of Illinois George Ryan commuted the death sentences of 167 prisoners and pardoned 4 more.
 * Born/died: Min Bin (d. 1554)· Nicolas Steno (b. 1638)· John Molson (d. 1836)· Alice Paul (b. 1885)· Eva Tanguay (d. 1947)· Roberta Fulbright (d. 1953)· Emile Heskey (b. 1978)