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January 11

3 sourced moments from January 11 in history: Leonard Thompson, 14, was the first person given insulin (1922); Earhart Solos the Pacific, Hawaii to California (1935); and The 1964 Surgeon General's report linked smoking to cancer.

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3 things happened on January 11

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1964 Human Body & Mind · Medicine & Disease

The 1964 Surgeon General's report linked smoking to cancer

A 1964 federal report weighing 7,000+ studies named smoking a cause of lung cancer. US adult smoking has since fallen from 42% to 11.6%.

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1935 Technology · Transportation

Earhart Solos the Pacific, Hawaii to California

In 1935, Amelia Earhart became the first person to fly alone across the Pacific, a route that had already killed several aviators.

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1922 Human Body & Mind · Medicine & Disease

Leonard Thompson, 14, was the first person given insulin

Toronto doctors injected a dying boy on 11 January 1922. The first dose barely worked; a purer one twelve days later saved him.

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