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.