Today in History.....January 11

On this day in …

* 1913, the first sedan-type automobile, a Hudson, went on display at the 13th Automobile Show in New York

* 1935, aviator Amelia Earhart began a trip from Honolulu to Oakland, Calif., that made her the first woman to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean

* 1942, Japan declared war against the Netherlands, the same day that Japanese forces invaded the Dutch East Indies

* 1943, the United States and Britain signed treaties relinquishing extraterritorial rights in China

* 1964, U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry issued the first government report saying smoking may be hazardous to one's health

* 1977, France set off an international uproar by releasing Abu Daoud, a PLO official behind the massacre of Israeli athletes at the
1972 Munich Olympics

* 1995, addressing pointed questions about the first lady, President Clinton offered a rousing defense of his wife, Hillary, during a news conference. ALSO: The space shuttle Endeavour blasted off on a nine-day mission