On this day — January 11

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

Somalia.

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

Colombia.

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia is officially opened.

killing three.

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.

the Soviet submarine B-37 is destroyed when fire breaks out in its torpedo compartment.