Yellapragada Subba Rao,
born on 12 January 1895, was a pioneering Indian biochemist who discovered the
function of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) as an energy source in the cell,
developed methotrexate for the treatment of cancer and led the department at
Lederle laboratories in which Benjamin Minge Duggar discovered
chlortetracycline (Aureomycin) in 1945.
Nellie Sengupta, born on
12 January 1884, was an Englishwoman who fought for Indian Independence. She
was elected president of the Indian National Congress at its 48th annual
session at Calcutta in 1933.
Surya Sen, who passed away
on 12 January 1934, was an Indian revolutionary who was influential in the
Indian independence movement against British rule in India and is best known
for leading the Chittagong armoury raid.
Marguerite Bourgeoys, who passed
away on 12 January 1700, was a French nun and founder of the Congregation of
Notre Dame of Montreal in the colony of New France, now part of Québec, Canada.
She travelled to Fort Ville-Marie (now Montreal) by 1653. There she developed
the convent and educated young girls, the poor, and children of First Nations
until shortly before her death at the turn of the 18th century. She is also
significant for developing one of the first uncloistered religious communities
in the Catholic Church. Declared "venerable" by the pope in 1878, she
was canonized in 1982 and declared a saint by the Catholic Church.
On 11 January 1922, First use of insulin to treat diabetes in a human patient.
On 11 January 1922, Leonard Thompson, a 14-year-old boy with diabetes, who lay dying at the Toronto General Hospital, was given the first injection of insulin. However, the extract was so impure that Thompson suffered a severe allergic reaction, and further injections were cancelled.
Over the next 12 days, James Collip worked day and night to
improve the ox-pancreas extract, and a second dose was injected on the 23
January. This was completely successful, not only in having no obvious
side-effects, but in completely eliminating the glycosuria sign of diabetes.
On 11 January 630, Conquest of Mecca, The prophet Muhammad and his followers conquered the city, Quraysh surrendered.
The Conquest of Mecca, was the capture of the town of
Mecca by Muslims led by the Islamic prophet Muhammad in December 629 or January
630 AD. The conquest marked the end of the wars between the followers of
prophet Muhammad and the Quraysh tribe.
Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar, born on 11 January 1898, was a Marathi
writer from Maharashtra, India. He was the first Marathi author to win
the prestigious Jnanpith Award.
Sir Garfield St Auburn Sobers, born on 28 July 1936, in Bridgetown, Barbados, was widely considered the greatest all-rounder in cricket ...
