Today in History: January 11, 2018

• Lead Story

• 1908 Theodore Roosevelt makes Grand Canyon a national monument

• American Revolution

• 1775 Jewish Patriot joins Provincial Congress of South Carolina

• Automotive

• 1937 Violence erupts at GM plant strike

• Civil War

• 1863 Battle of Arkansas Post

• Cold War

• 1989 Reagan gives his farewell address

• Crime

• 2012 Van der Sloot admits to Peru murder

• Disaster

• 1966 Flash flood in Rio

• General Interest

• 1928 Stalin banishes Trotsky
• 1935 Amelia Earhart flies from Hawaii to California
• 1949 Cornerstone laid at Washington’s Islamic Center

• Hollywood

• 1927 Charlie Chaplin’s assets frozen

• Literary

• 1978 Song of Solomon wins National Book Critics Circle Award

• Music

• 1992 Paul Simon returns to Johannesburg, South Africa, with the blessing of the U.N.

• Old West

• 1908 Grand Canyon National Monument is created

• Presidential

• 1908 Roosevelt dedicates the Grand Canyon as a national monument

• Sports

• 1973 American League adopts designated hitter rule

• Vietnam War

• 1956 Diem issues Ordinance No. 6
• 1965 Demonstrations erupt in Saigon and Hue

• World War I

• 1916 French forces occupy Corfu

• World War II

• 1945 Truce signed in Greek Civil War
• 2010 Miep Gies, who hid Anne Frank, dies at 100

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