On This Day: January 11th

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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