Home/Lifestyle/Entertainment/On this day in history: 11 January EntertainmentLifestyle On this day in history: 11 January Way back Friday January 11, 2019 Laurie Smith Less than a minute Facebook X LinkedIn Tumblr Pinterest WhatsApp Telegram Share via Email Print 1974 Birth date of the Rosenkowitz sextuplet in Cape Town - the first in the world where all six babies survive 1903 Alan Paton, celebrated South African author of ‘Cry the Beloved Country’, is born in Pietermaritzburg 1922 Insulin is first used on humans to treat diabetes. The patient was Leonard Thompson (14) of Toronto, Canada 1859 John Tengo Jabavu – the second Black matriculant in South Africa and well-known journalist – is born near Healdtown January 11, 2019 Laurie Smith Less than a minute Facebook X LinkedIn Tumblr Pinterest WhatsApp Telegram Share via Email Print