TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT Jan. 11, 1964

U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry issued “Smoking and Health,” a report which concluded that “cigarette smoking contributes substantially to mortality from certain specific diseases and to the overall death rate.” ALSO ON THIS DATE

1861

Alabama became the fourth state to withdraw from the Union.

1908

President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed the Grand Canyon National Monument.

1913

The first enclosed sedantype automobile, a Hudson, went on display at the 13th National Automobile Show in New York.

1927

The creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was proposed during a dinner of Hollywood luminaries at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.

1935

Aviator Amelia Earhart began an 18-hour trip from Honolulu to Oakland, California, that made her the first person to fly solo across any part of the Pacific Ocean.

1942

Japan declared war against the Netherlands, the same day that Imperial Japanese forces invaded the Dutch East Indies.

1977

France set off an international uproar by releasing Abu Daoud, a PLO official behind the massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics.