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Today in History

Sunday, 11 January 2026

1998

Sidi-Hamed massacre takes place in Algeria, over 100 people are killed.

1996

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''.

1994

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

1990

300,000 march in favor of Lithuanian independence.

1986

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

1972

East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh.

1964

United States Surgeon General Dr. Luther Leonidas Terry, M.D., publishes a landmark report saying that smoking may be hazardous to health, sparking nation- and worldwide anti-smoking efforts.

1962

An avalanche on Huascaran in Peru causes 4,000 deaths.

1957

The African Convention is founded in Dakar.

Mass-murderer Jack Gilbert Graham is executed in Colorado by gas chamber.

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