Births on January 11

Andrew Sockalexis, American runner (d. 1919)

Andrew Sockalexis (January 11, 1892 – August 26, 1919) was an American track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

10 Mar

Strowger switch
Almon Strowger, an undertaker in Topeka, Kansas, patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
15 May

Rerum novarum
Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching.
20 May

Kinetoscope
History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.