COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei
2020
COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei: Municipal health officials in Wuhan announce the first recorded death from COVID-19..
January-11
Historical Events on January 11
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Bulo Marer hostage rescue attempt
One French soldier and 17 militants are killed in a failed attempt to free a French hostage in Bulo Marer, Somalia.
2013
Governor of Illinois
Illinois Governor George Ryan commutes the death sentences of 167 prisoners on Illinois's death row based on the Jon Burge scandal.
2003
Sidi-Hamed massacre
Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria.
1998
Space Shuttle program
Space 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.
1996
Intercontinental de AviaciĂłn Flight 256
1995
51 people are killed in a plane crash in MarĂa La Baja, Colombia..
Republic of Ireland
The Irish Government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the IRA and its political arm Sinn FĂ©in.
1994
Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges
The Gateway Bridge, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia is officially opened.
1986
United Airlines Flight 2885
United Airlines Flight 2885 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, killing three.
1983
Pikku Kakkonen
The first episode of Finnish children's TV show Pikku Kakkonen ("Little Number Two") is aired on Yle TV2.
1977
Major League Baseball
1973
Major League Baseball owners vote in approval of the American League adopting the designated hitter position..
East Pakistan
East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh.
1972
Tbilisi Metro
The Tbilisi Metro is opened.
1966
Surgeon General of the United States
Surgeon 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 health, sparking national and worldwide anti-smoking efforts.
1964
Cold War
Cold War: While tied to its pier in Polyarny, the Soviet submarine B-37 is destroyed when fire breaks out in its torpedo compartment.
1962
Huascarán
1962
An avalanche on Huascarán in Peru causes around 4,000 deaths..
Throgs Neck Bridge
Throgs Neck Bridge over the East River, linking New York City's boroughs of The Bronx and Queens, opens to road traffic.
1961
Lufthansa Flight 502
36 people are killed when Lufthansa Flight 502 crashes on approach to Rio de Janeiro/GaleĂŁo International Airport in Brazil.
1959
African Convention
The African Convention is founded in Dakar, Senegal.
1957
KDKA-TV
The first "networked" television broadcasts took place as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air connecting the east coast and mid-west programming.
1949
Enver Hoxha
1946
Enver Hoxha, Secretary General of the Communist Party of Albania, declares the People's Republic of Albania with himself as head of state..
Republic of China (1912–1949)
The Republic of China agrees to the Sino-British New Equal Treaty and the Sino-American New Equal Treaty.
1943
Carlo Tresca
Italian-American anarchist Carlo Tresca is assassinated in New York City.
1943
World War II
World War II: Japanese forces capture Kuala Lumpur, the capital of the Federated Malay States.
1942
Tarakan
World War II: Japanese forces attack Tarakan in Borneo, Netherlands Indies (Battle of Tarakan)
1942
Amelia Earhart
1935
Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California..
Louis B. Mayer
Louis 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.
1927
Occupation of the Ruhr
Occupation of the Ruhr: Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to make its World War I reparation payments.
1923
Leonard Thompson (diabetic)
Leonard Thompson becomes the first person to be injected with insulin.
1922
Kingsland explosion
The Kingsland munitions factory explosion occurs, possibly as a result of German sabotage.
1917
Karluk (ship)
1914
The Karluk, flagship of the Canadian Arctic Expedition, sinks after being crushed by ice..
Lawrence, Massachusetts
Immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.
1912
Grand Canyon National Park
Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
1908
Anglo-Zulu War
The Anglo-Zulu War begins.
1879
Battle of Arkansas Post
American 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.
1863
CSS Alabama
1863
American Civil War: CSS Alabama encounters and sinks the USS Hatteras off Galveston Lighthouse in Texas..
American Civil War
American Civil War: Alabama secedes from the United States.
1861
Taiping Rebellion
Taiping Rebellion: Hong Xiuquan proclaims the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, starting the Jintian Uprising.
1851
Great Savannah Fire of 1820
The Great Savannah Fire of 1820 destroys over 400 buildings in Savannah, Georgia.
1820
Michigan Territory
The Michigan Territory is created.
1805
William Herschel
1787
William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus..
Life insurance
The first American life insurance company, the Corporation for Relief of Poor and Distressed Presbyterian Ministers and of the Poor and Distressed Widows and Children of the Presbyterian Ministers (now part of Unum Group), is incorporated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1759
Arauco War
Arauco War: A Spanish army is defeated by local Mapuche-Huilliches as it tries to cross Bueno River in Southern Chile.
1654
Lottery
First recorded lottery in England.
1569
Vladislaus II, Duke and King of Bohemia
Vladislaus II, Duke of Bohemia becomes King of Bohemia.
1158
Theodora Porphyrogenita
1055
Theodora is crowned empress of the Byzantine Empire..
Sack of Mecca
Sack of Mecca by the Qarmatians.
930
Conquest of Mecca
Conquest of Mecca: Muhammad and his followers conquer the city, and the Quraysh association of clans surrenders.
630
Nika riots
Nika riots in Constantinople: A quarrel between supporters of different chariot teams—the Blues and the Greens—in the Hippodrome escalates into violence.
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