How Many Days Until January 11?

This day in history: January 11

1. 1943

   Italian-American journalist and trade-union activist Carlo Tresca, a leading public opponent of the Mafia infiltration of unions, was assassinated in New York City.

2. 1946

   The People's Republic of Albania was proclaimed, with Enver Hoxha as the country's de facto head of state.

3. 1961

   Students at the University of Georgia rioted in an attempt to prevent the attendance of two African-American students.

4. 1964

   In a landmark report, U.S. surgeon general Luther Terry issued a warning that tobacco smoking may be hazardous to health, concluding that it has a causative role in lung cancer, chronic bronchitis, and other illnesses.

5. 1986

   The Gateway Bridge in Brisbane, Australia, opened as the largest prestressed-concrete, single-box bridge in the world.

6. 2003

   After Chicago police detective Jon Burge was discovered to have extracted forced confessions from more than 200 suspects, the governor of Illinois commuted the death sentences of 167 prisoners and pardoned four others.

7. 2013

   French special forces failed in an attempted rescue of a DGSE agent, who had been taken hostage in 2009 by al-Shabaab, in Bulo Marer, Somalia.

Source: Wikipedia, text available under CC BY-SA 4.0.