This Day in History: January 11th

Here are 10 historical events that took place on January 11th, listed in chronological order:

1. 1759: The first American life insurance company was incorporated in Philadelphia.
2. 1805: The Michigan Territory was created.
3. 1861: Alabama seceded from the United States during the American Civil War.
4. 1922: Insulin was first used to treat diabetes in a human patient.
5. 1935: Amelia Earhart became the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
6. 1943: The United States and the United Kingdom signed the Washington Declaration, regarding atomic weapons.
7. 1964: U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry released a report that linked smoking to lung cancer.
8. 1996: STS-72, the Space Shuttle Endeavour launched on a mission to capture and repair the Space Flyer Unit (SFU).
9. 2007: The first iPhone was announced by Apple’s co-founder Steve Jobs.
10. 2013: The first part of the human brain map, the Allen Human Brain Atlas, was published.

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