Today is Wednesday, Jan. 11, the 11th day of 2023. Today's highlightOn Jan. 11, 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed the Grand Canyon National Monument (it became a national park in 1919). In 1963, the Beatles' single "Please Please Me" (B side "Ask Me Why") was released in Britain by Parlophone. George Ryan commuted the sentences of 167 condemned inmates, clearing his state's death row two days before leaving office. Ten years ago: President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai met at the White House, where they agreed to speed up slightly the schedule for moving Afghanistan's security forces into the lead across the country.
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