On This Day | 11 January

Today in History:

1922: Insulin is first used on humans to treat diabetes
1935: Amelia Earhart flies solo from Hawaii to the U.S. mainland (First person to achieve this feat)

Born on this Day:

1973: Rahul Dravid: Indian cricketer

Gone on this Day:

2008: Edmund Hillary: New Zealand mountaineer, First person to climb Mount Everest along with Tenzing Norgay
2013: Aaron Swartz: American computer programmer, activist

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