Canadian scientists Frederick Banting (right) and Charles
Best.

On January 11, 1922, 14-year-old Leonard Thompson becomes
the first person to receive an injection of the hormone insulin
for Type-1 diabetes—a disease that for millennia had been
considered a death sentence for anyone who developed it. 
Thompson’s blood sugar levels stabilized and he suffered
no ill side effects. He became the face of a new wonder drug.

Laboratory on the University of Toronto campus where
Banting and Best carried out some of their research on
insulin.

Robert Hall Weir  (October 16, 1947 – January 10, 2026)
was a  musician and songwriter best known as a founding       
member of the Grateful Dead..

An announcement said he died after a “courageous” battle
with cancer and an underlying lung issue.

             
SANDY KOZEL

The first General Assembly of the United Nations, comprising
51 nations, convened at Westminster Central Hall in London,
England. This historic gathering marked the UN’s formal
beginning after World War II,

One week later, the U.N. Security Council met for the first time
and established its rules of procedure. Then, on January 24,
the General Assembly adopted its first resolution, a measure
calling for the peaceful uses of atomic energy, the elimination
of atomic and other weapons of mass destruction.

On January 9, 2007, Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the
iPhone—a touchscreen mobile phone with an iPod, camera
and Web-browsing capabilities, among other features—at
the Macworld convention in San Francisco.

The iPhone helped turned Apple, which Jobs (1955-2011) co-
founded with his friend Stephen Wozniak in California in 1976,
into one of the planet’s most valuable corporations.