Mark McGwire admits that he used steroids – Chicago Tribune

Today is Sunday, January 11, the 11th day of the year 2026. There are 354 days left in the year.

Today in history:

On January 11, 2010, Mark McGwire admitted that he had used steroids and human growth hormone when he broke baseball’s home run record in 1998.

Also on this date:

In 1861, Alabama became the fourth state to declare its secession from the Union.

In 1908, the Grand Canyon was declared a national monument by President Theodore Roosevelt. This decision protected it from mining and other activities until it became a national park in 1919.

In 1935, aviator Amelia Earhart embarked on what would be the first solo flight from Hawaii to California, completing the 2,400-mile flight across the Pacific to Oakland in just under 19 hours.

In 1964, U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry published “Smoking and Health,” a report which concluded that “smoking contributes substantially to mortality from specific diseases and to the overall mortality rate.”

In 2002, the first al-Qaeda prisoners from Afghanistan arrived at the U.S. military detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

In 2021, House Democrats introduced an article of impeachment against President Donald Trump, charging him with “incitement of insurrection” after the attack on the U.S. Capitol building five days earlier.