Famous Birthdays
- 1972: Amanda Peet - The Whole Nine Yards
- 1971: Mary J. Blige - Musician
- 1946: Naomi Judd - Musician
- 1934: Jean Chretien - 20th Canadian PM
- 1757: Alexander Hamilton - Founding Father
Famous Deaths
- 2008: Sir Edmund Hillary - Explorer
Music Chart Toppers
Top Box Office Movies
- 2008: The Bucket List - Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman
- 2007: Night at the Museum - Ben Stiller
- 2006: Hostel - Jay Hernandez
- 2005: Meet The Fockers - Ben Stiller
- 2004: The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King - Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin
- 1998: Titanic - Leonardo DiCaprio The Numbers: Historical Box Office Charts
2009 NHL Art Ross Race
- Evgeni Malkin, PIT - 65 PTS
- Sidney Crosby, PIT - 55 PTS
- Alexander Ovechkin, WSH - 54 PTS
- Marc Savard, Boston Bruins - 52 PTS
- Ryan Getzlaf, Anaheim Ducks - 49 PTS
NHL Leaders on this Day
- 2009: NHL - San Jose Sharks: (31 - 5 - 5)
- 2009: Jeff Carter, PHI - 29 Goals
- 2009: Miikka Kiprusoff, Calgary Flames - 25 WinsNHL.com: NHL Stat Leaders
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January 11 Historical Events
The 2000s
- 2008 Former Olympic Gold Medalist Marion Jones was sentenced to six months in prison for her role in check-fraud scheme that allowed her to get away with using performance enhancing drugs during the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
- 2007: David Beckham announces that he signed a 5-year deal to play Soccer in the United States with the Los Angeles Galaxy.
The 1960s
- 1964: Surgeon General Luther Terry is the first to announce that smoking cigarettes is dangerous for your health.
- 1962: Over 2,000 perish after a landslide buries villages in south Peru
The 1930s
- 1935: Amelia Earhart became the first female aviator to fly solo from across the Pacific Ocean, as she flew from Honolulu, Hawaii to Oakland, California.
The 1920s
- 1928: Early Soviet architect Leon Trotsky is banished from the USSR on the orders of Joseph Stalin.
The 1900s
- 1908 Theodore Roosevelt dedicates the great Grand Canyon of Arizona a national monument.
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