On this day
Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England), Jan 11, 2008
January 11, 1956
THE new Colne Valley High School, the first comprehensive in Huddersfield, opened its doors for the time to 850 pupils.
1569 The first state lottery was held in England - 40,000 lots at 10 shillings each were available from St Paul's Cathedral.
1922 Insulin was first used successfully in the treatment of diabetes.
1973 The Open University awarded its first degrees.
1974 The first surviving sextuplets were born in South Africa.
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