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This day in history: 11 January

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Key facts

411 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 11 January.
Entries come from Wikipedia’s day pages and are ordered by page views.
2020: COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei: Municipal health officials in Wuhan announce the first recorded death from COVID-19.

Holidays and observances

Carmentalia (January 11th and January 15th) (Rome)

Children's Day (Tunisia)

Christian feast day: Anastasius of Suppentonia (Roman Catholic)

Christian feast day: January 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: Leucius of Brindisi (Roman Catholic)

Christian feast day: Paulinus II of Aquileia

Christian feast day: Pope Hyginus

Christian feast day: Theodosius the Cenobiarch

Christian feast day: Thomas of Cori

Christian feast day: Vitalis of Gaza (Roman Catholic)

Eugenio María de Hostos Day (Puerto Rico)

Independence Resistance Day (Morocco)

Events

2020COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei: Municipal health officials in Wuhan announce the first recorded death from COVID-19.

2013One French soldier and 17 militants are killed in a failed attempt to free a French hostage in Bulo Marer, Somalia.

2003Illinois Governor George Ryan commutes the death sentences of 167 prisoners on Illinois's death row based on the Jon Burge scandal.

1998Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria.

1996Space Shuttle program: STS-72 launches from the Kennedy Space Center marking the start of the 74th Space Shuttle mission and the 10th flight of Endeavour.

199551 people are killed in a plane crash in María La Baja, Colombia.

1994The Irish Government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the IRA and its political arm Sinn Féin.

1986The Gateway Bridge, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia is officially opened.

1983United Airlines Flight 2885 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, killing three.

1977The first episode of Finnish children's TV show Pikku Kakkonen ("Little Number Two") is aired on Yle TV2.

1973Major League Baseball owners vote in approval of the American League adopting the designated hitter position.

1972East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh.

1966The Tbilisi Metro is opened.

1964Surgeon General of the United States Dr. Luther Terry, M.D., publishes the landmark report Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service saying that smoking may be hazardous to heal

1962An avalanche on Huascarán in Peru causes around 4,000 deaths.

1962Cold War: While tied to its pier in Polyarny, the Soviet submarine B-37 is destroyed when fire breaks out in its torpedo compartment.

1961Throgs Neck Bridge over the East River, linking New York City's boroughs of The Bronx and Queens, opens to road traffic.

195936 people are killed when Lufthansa Flight 502 crashes on approach to Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport in Brazil.

1957The African Convention is founded in Dakar, Senegal.

1949The first "networked" television broadcasts took place as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air connecting the east coast and mid-west programming.

1946Enver Hoxha, Secretary General of the Communist Party of Albania, declares the People's Republic of Albania with himself as head of state.

1943Italian-American anarchist Carlo Tresca is assassinated in New York City.

1943The Republic of China agrees to the Sino-British New Equal Treaty and the Sino-American New Equal Treaty.

1942World War II: Japanese forces attack Tarakan in Borneo, Netherlands Indies (Battle of Tarakan)

1942World War II: Japanese forces capture Kuala Lumpur, the capital of the Federated Malay States.

1935Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.

1927Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet in Los Angeles, California.

1923Occupation of the Ruhr: Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to make its World War I reparation payments.

1922Leonard Thompson becomes the first person to be injected with insulin.

1917The Kingsland munitions factory explosion occurs, possibly as a result of German sabotage.

1914The Karluk, flagship of the Canadian Arctic Expedition, sinks after being crushed by ice.

1912Immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.

1908Grand Canyon National Monument is created.

1879The Anglo-Zulu War begins.

1863American Civil War: CSS Alabama encounters and sinks the USS Hatteras off Galveston Lighthouse in Texas.

1863American Civil War: The three-day Battle of Arkansas Post concludes as General John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture Fort Hindman and secure control over the Arkansas River for the Union.

1861American Civil War: Alabama secedes from the United States.

1851Taiping Rebellion: Hong Xiuquan proclaims the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, starting the Jintian Uprising.

1820The Great Savannah Fire of 1820 destroys over 400 buildings in Savannah, Georgia.

1805The Michigan Territory is created.

Born on this day

2002Elly De La Cruz, Dominican baseball player

2000Lee Chae-yeon, South Korean singer-songwriter

1999Brandon Wakeham, Australian-Fijian rugby league player

1999Jeanette Hegg Duestad, Norwegian sport shooter

1999Lim Sung-jin, South Korean volleyball player

1998Thomas Mikaele, New Zealand rugby league player

1997Cody Simpson, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

1996Leroy Sané, German footballer

1995Nick Solak, American baseball player

1993Chris Boucher, Saint Lucian-Canadian basketball player

1993Michael Keane, English footballer

1993Park Junghwan, South Korean Go player

1993Will Keane, Irish footballer

1992Dani Carvajal, Spanish footballer

1992Lee Seung-hoon, South Korean rapper and dancer

1991Andrea Bertolacci, Italian footballer

1990Malik Jackson, American football player

1989Demario Davis, American football player

1988Epiphanny Prince, American-Russian basketball player

1987Daniel Semenzato, Italian footballer

1987Danuta Kozák, Hungarian sprint canoer

1987Jamie Vardy, English footballer

1987Kim Young-kwang, South Korean actor and model

1987Scotty Cranmer, American BMX rider

1985Aja Naomi King, American actress

1985Dennis Dixon, American football player

1985Newton Faulkner, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

1984Dario Krešić, Croatian footballer

1984Glenn Stewart, Australian rugby league player

1984Kevin Boss, American football player

1984Matt Mullenweg, American web developer and businessman, co-created WordPress

1984Stijn Schaars, Dutch footballer

1983Adrian Sutil, German racing driver

1983André Myhrer, Swedish skier

1983Ted Richards, Australian rules footballer

1982Clint Greenshields, Australian-French rugby league player

1982Son Ye-jin, South Korean actress

1982Tony Allen, American basketball player

1980Damien Wilkins, American basketball player

1980Josh Hannay, Australian rugby league player and coach

Died on this day

2026Richard Codey, American politician, 53rd Governor of New Jersey (born 1946)

2023Carole Cook, American actress and singer (born 1924)

2019Michael Atiyah, British-Lebanese mathematician (born 1929)

2018Edgar Ray Killen, American murderer (born 1925)

2017Adenan Satem, Malaysian politician and Chief Minister of Sarawak, Malaysia (born 1944)

2016David Margulies, American actor (born 1937)

2016Monte Irvin, American baseball player (born 1919)

2015Anita Ekberg, Swedish-Italian model and actress (born 1931)

2015Chashi Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi director and producer (born 1941)

2015Jenő Buzánszky, Hungarian footballer and coach (born 1925)

2015Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle, American neuroscientist and academic (born 1918)

2014Ariel Sharon, Israeli general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Israel (born 1928)

2014Chai Trong-rong, Taiwanese educator and politician (born 1935)

2014Keiko Awaji, Japanese actress (born 1933)

2014Muhammad Habibur Rahman, Indian-Bangladeshi jurist and politician, Prime Minister of Bangladesh (born 1928)

2013Aaron Swartz, American programmer and activist (born 1986)

2013Alemayehu Shumye, Ethiopian runner (born 1988)

2013Guido Forti, Italian businessman, founded the Forti Racing Team (born 1940)

2013Mariangela Melato, Italian actress (born 1941)

2013Nguyễn Khánh, Vietnamese general and politician, 3rd President of South Vietnam (born 1927)

2013Tom Parry Jones, Welsh chemist, invented the breathalyzer (born 1935)

2012David Whitaker, English composer and conductor (born 1931)

2012Edgar Kaiser, Jr, American-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (born 1942)

2012Gilles Jacquier, French journalist and photographer (born 1968)

2012Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan, Iranian physicist and academic (born 1980)

2012Steven Rawlings, English astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic (born 1961)

2012Wally Osterkorn, American basketball player (born 1928)

2011David Nelson, American actor, director, and producer (born 1936)

2010Éric Rohmer, French director, screenwriter, and critic (born 1920)

2010Miep Gies, Austrian-Dutch humanitarian (born 1909)

Quote of the day

“The unexamined life is not worth living.”

Socrates

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