The Report That Took on Big Tobacco
On January 11, 1964, Surgeon General Luther Terry released the first official report linking cigarette smoking to lung cancer — a bombshell that began America's long retreat from tobacco.
On January 11
Amelia Earhart's Lone Flight Across the Pacific
On January 11, 1935, Amelia Earhart became the first person to fly solo from Honolulu, Hawaii, to Oakland, California — a daring 2,408-mile journey across the Pacific.
Roosevelt's Gamble to Save the Grand Canyon
On January 11, 1908, Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed the Grand Canyon a national monument, shielding more than 800,000 acres that Congress had refused to protect.