This Day In History: 01/11/1908 - Grand Canyon Made Monument
The Grand Canyon is named a national park, the Surgeon General named cigarette smoking as a hazard, Amelia Earhart completed her first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean and more in This Day in History video. The date is January 11. Michael Jackson gets a record number of Grammy nominations.
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