FRIIDAY, JANUARY 11, 2008

Today is Friday, January 11, the 11th day of 2008. There are 355 days left in the year.

314 _ St. Militiades ends his reign as Catholic pope

1569 _ The first recorded lottery in England is drawn at St. Paul's Cathedral

1672 _ Isaac Newton is elected a member of Royal Society

1693 _ Mt. Etna erupts, Sicily

1790 _ Statisten and Vonckisten unite as Belgium

1942 _ Japan conquers Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

1949 _ Snowfall first recorded in Los Angeles

1960 _ Chad declares independence from France

1961 _ Racial riot at the University of Georgia

1981 _ Palau adopts constitution

1990 _ 200,000 demand return of Lithuania's independence

1991 _ Congress empowers Bush to order attack on Iraq