📜 This Day in History

January 11

• 1055Theodora Porphyrogenita became the sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire after the death of her brother-in-law Constantine IX Monomachos.
• 1787German-born British astronomer William Herschel discovered two Uranian moons, later named Oberon and Titania by his son John.
• 1914The Karluk, the flagship of the Canadian Arctic Expedition, sank after being crushed by ice.
• 1943Italian-American journalist and trade-union activist Carlo Tresca, a leading public opponent of the Mafia infiltration of unions, was assassinated in New York City.
• 1986The Gateway Bridge in Brisbane, Australia, opened as the largest prestressed-concrete, single-box bridge in the world.
• 2024Several thousand North Korean migrant workers in Helong engaged in civil unrest, including a factory occupation and the taking of managers as hostages, due to unpaid wages.

Born on this day

• 347Theodosius I, Roman emperor (died 395)
• 1755Alexander Hamilton, Nevisian-American general, economist and politician, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (died 1804)
• 1842William James, American psychologist and philosopher (died 1910)
• 1975Matteo Renzi, Italian politician, 56th Prime Minister of Italy