TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2022

1693-Mt. Etna erupts, Sicily

1709 Colley Cibber's "Rival Fools" premieres in London

1922-Insulin 1st used to treat diabetes (Leonard Thompson, 14, of Canada)

1940-Sergei Prokofiev's ballet Romeo & Juliet premieres in Leningrad

1942- Japan conquers Kuala Lumpur, Malaya

1943-US & Britain relinquish extraterritorial rights in China

1944-Crakow-Plaszow Concentration Camp established

1949-Snowfall first recorded in Los Angeles

1962-Mandela leaves South Africa, travels to Ethiopia, Algeria & England

1963-First discotheque opens, The Whiskey-a-go-go in Los Angeles CA

1964-Panama ends diplomatic relations with U.S.

1977-France releases Abu Daoud, a Palestinian suspected of involvement in the massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics

1980-Debut of the Pretenders

1981-Palau adopts constitution

1988-USSR announces it will participate in the Seoul Summer Olympics

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

1991-Congress empowers Bush to order attack on Iraq

1991-Soviets storm buildings in Vilnius to block Lithuania independence

1992-US female Figure Skating championship won by Kristi Yamaguchi

1994-Irish government announces end of a 20-year broadcasting ban on IRA

1995-DC-9 crashes near Maria La Baya, Colombia 51 die, 9 yr old girl lives

1997-Telstar 401 Satellite Fails