FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 2013

Today is Friday, January 11, the 11th day of 2013. There are 354 days left in the year.

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

1879 ― Zulu war against British colonial rule in South Africa begins

1892 ― Paul Gauguin marries a 13-year-old Tahitian girl

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

1942 ― Japan conquers Kuala Lumpur, Malaya

1949 ― Snowfall first recorded in Los Angeles

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

1964 ― U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous

1972 ― East Pakistan becomes independent state of Bangladesh

1973 ― Trial of the Watergate burglars begins in Washington, D.C.