Right now is Saturday, Jan. 11, the eleventh day of 2025. There are 354 days left within the yr.
Right now in historical past:
On Jan. 11, 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt leveraged the Antiquities Act of 1906 to proclaim the Grand Canyon as a nationwide monument; it might turn out to be a nationwide park in 1919.
Additionally on this date:
In 1861, Alabama grew to become the fourth state to declare its secession from the Union.
In 2002, the primary al-Qaida prisoners from Afghanistan arrived on the U.S. army’s Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba.
In 2010, Mark McGwire admitted to The Related Press that he’d used steroids and human development hormone when he broke baseball’s house run document in 1998.
In 2021, Home Democrats launched an article of impeachment in opposition to then-President Donald Trump, charging him with “incitement of insurrection” within the wake of the assault on the U.S. Capitol constructing 5 days prior.
Right now’s birthdays:
Filmmaker Alfonso Arau is 93.
Golf Corridor of Famer Ben Crenshaw is 73.
Jazz guitarist Lee Ritenour is 73.
Olympic swimming gold medalist Tracy Caulkins is 62.
Filmmaker Malcolm D. Lee is 55.
Singer Mary J. Blige is 54.
Actor Amanda Peet is 53.
