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This is a list of selected January 11 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

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French troops in the Ruhr
Carlo Tresca
Sir Leo Hielscher (Gateway) Bridges
Computer-generated image of insulin hexamers
Dr. Luther Terry
Byzantine coin showing Empress Theodora
William Herschel

Ineligible

Blurb	Reason
1922 – Insulin was first administered to a human patient with diabetes at the Toronto General Hospital in Toronto, Canada.	appears on July 27
1942 – Second World War: Japanese forces attacked Manado on present-day Sulawesi Island as an attempt to open up a passage to attack Australia through the eastern part of Dutch East Indies.	needs more footnotes
1960 – Henry Lee Lucas, once listed as America's most prolific serial killer, committed his only confirmed murder, although he confessed to killing about 600 and was convicted of eleven homicides.	refimprove section
1964 – In a landmark report, US Surgeon General Luther Terry issued the warning that smoking may be hazardous for one's health, concluding that it has a causative role in lung cancer, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and other illnesses.	expansion

Eligible

1923 – Troops from France and Belgium invaded the Ruhr Area to force the German Weimar Republic to pay its reparations in the aftermath of World War I.
1943 – Italian American journalist and union activist Carlo Tresca, a leading public opponent of Mafia infiltration of unions, was assassinated by a Mafia gunman.
2003 – After Chicago police detective Jon Burge was discovered to have forced confessions from more than 200 suspects, Governor of Illinois George Ryan commuted the death sentences of 167 prisoners and pardoned four more.
2013 – French special forces failed in an attempted rescue of a DGSE agent who had been taken hostage in July 2009 by Al-Shabaab in Bulo Marer, Somalia.

January 11: Coming of Age Day in Japan (2016); Proclamation of Independence in Morocco (1944); Eugenio María de Hostos Day in Puerto Rico (1839)

Enver Hoxha

1055 – Theodora, the daughter of Constantine VIII and Helena, daughter of Alypius, became Byzantine Empress.
1693 – An intensity XI earthquake, the most powerful in Italian history, struck the island of Sicily.
1787 – German-born British astronomer William Herschel discovered two Uranian moons, later named, by his son, Oberon and Titania.
1879 – British forces under Lord Chelmsford invaded Zululand without authorisation from the British Government, beginning the Anglo-Zulu War.
1946 – Enver Hoxha (pictured), First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania, declared the People's Republic of Albania with himself as head of state.
1986 – The Gateway Bridge in Brisbane, Australia, at the time the longest prestressed concrete free-cantilever bridge in the world, opened.

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 * [[1055]] – '''[[Theodora (11th century)|Theodora]]''', the daughter of {{nowrap|[[Constantine VIII]]}} and [[Helena, daughter of Alypius]], became [[List of Byzantine emperors|Byzantine Empress]].
 * [[1693]] – An [[Mercalli intensity scale|intensity XI]] earthquake, the most powerful in Italian history, '''[[1693 Sicily earthquake|struck]]''' the island of [[Sicily]].
-* [[1787]] – German-born British composer and astronomer [[William Herschel]] discovered two [[Moons of Uranus|Uranian moons]], later named, by [[John Herschel|his son]], after characters from the [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]] play ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'', '''[[Oberon (moon)|Oberon]]''' and '''[[Titania (moon)|Titania]]'''.
+* [[1787]] – German-born British astronomer [[William Herschel]] discovered two [[Moons of Uranus|Uranian moons]], later named, by [[John Herschel|his son]], '''[[Oberon (moon)|Oberon]]''' and '''[[Titania (moon)|Titania]]'''.
 * [[1879]] – British forces under [[Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford|Lord Chelmsford]] invaded [[Zulu Kingdom|Zululand]] without authorisation from the British Government, beginning the '''[[Anglo-Zulu War]]'''.
 * [[1946]] – '''[[Enver Hoxha]]''' ''(pictured)'', First Secretary of the [[Party of Labour of Albania]], declared the [[People's Socialist Republic of Albania|People's Republic of Albania]]<!--not bold, refimprove+weasel words--> with himself as head of state.