On this day: January 11

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.
• 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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