January 11

Abraham Joshua Heschel, the theologian and philosopher known for works such as 'The Sabbath,' was born in Warsaw.

Bernard Grenfell and Arthur Hunt began digging the rubbish mounds of Oxyrhynchus in Egypt, recovering a vast trove of Greek literary and documentary papyri.

William James, often called the father of American psychology and a leading voice of pragmatism, was born in New York City.

Fourteen-year-old Leonard Thompson, gravely ill with diabetes, received the first insulin injection at Toronto General Hospital, the treatment developed by Frederick Banting and Charles Best.