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Today in History: Monday, January\u00a0 11, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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AP Highlight in History:<\/span>
\nOn Jan. 11, 1964, U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry issued the first government report saying smoking may be hazardous to one’s health.
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1757<\/td>\nAmerican founding father Alexander Hamilton was born in the West Indies.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1805<\/td>\nThe Michigan Territory was created.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1861<\/td>\nAlabama seceded from the Union.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1973<\/td>\nOwners of American League baseball teams voted to adopt the designated-hitter rule.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1977<\/td>\nFrance set off an international uproar by releasing Abu Daoud, a Palestinian suspected of involvement in the massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/td>\nThe first planeload of al-Qaida prisoners from Afghanistan arrived at a U.S. military detention camp in Guantanamo, Cuba.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2003<\/td>\nCalling the death penalty process “arbitrary and capricious, and therefore immoral,” Illinois Gov. George Ryan commuted the sentences of 167 condemned inmates, clearing his state’s death row two days before leaving office.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>\nEnglish soccer player David Beckham announced a five-year deal to play for the Los Angeles Galaxy.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>\nSir Edmund Hillary, the first person to conquer Mount Everest, died at age 88.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>\nMark McGwire admitted to The Associated Press that he’d used steroids and human growth hormone when he broke baseball’s home run record in 1998.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Today’s Birthdays:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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R&B singer Mary J. Blige turns 45 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Jean Chretien<\/td>\nFormer Canadian prime minister<\/td>\n82<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Naomi Judd<\/td>\nCountry singer<\/td>\n70<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ben Crenshaw<\/td>\nGolfer<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Robert Earl Keen<\/td>\nRock singer<\/td>\n60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Phyllis Logan<\/td>\nActress (“Downton Abbey”)<\/td>\n60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vicki Peterson<\/td>\nRock musician (The Bangles)<\/td>\n58<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kim Coles<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n54<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tom Dumont<\/td>\nRock musician (No Doubt)<\/td>\n48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tom Rowlands<\/td>\nRock musician (The Chemical Brothers)<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actress Amanda Peet turns 44 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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