WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2012

Today is Wednesday, January 11, the 11th day of 2012. There are 355 days left in the year.

1569 ― First recorded lottery in England is drawn at St. Paul's Cathedral

1672 ― Isaac Newton is elected a member of Royal Society

1919 ― Three-year-old German communist party (Spartacus) crushed

1922 ― Insulin first used to treat diabetes (Leonard Thompson, 14, of Canada)

1942 ― Japan conquers Kuala Lumpur, Malaya

1963 ― First discotheque opens, The Whiskey-a-go-go in Los Angeles, Calif.

1964 ― Beatles ``I Want to Hold Your Hand" is No. 1 in U.S. (Cashbox)

1972 ― East-Pakistan becomes independent state of Bangladesh

1989 ― A total of 140 nations agree to ban chemical weapons (poison gas, etc)

1991 ― Ben Johnson’s first race after being stripped of his 1988 Olympic Gold medal for steroid use, he finished second