Historical Events In December - 11

1915  On this day in history anna van Beers, [Graeve], actress (A Woman like Eve)   

1916  David Lloyd George forms British war govt on December - 11.   

1917  On December - 11 13 black soldiers hanged for alleged participation in Houston riot   

1917  German-occupied Lithuania proclaims independence from Russia on December - 11.   

1917  13 black soldiers hanged for participation in Houston riot on this day in history.   

1918  On this day in history aleksandr Solzhenitsyn dissident Russian writer, was born   

1918  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russia, writer (Cancer Ward, Nobel 1970) on December - 11.   

1918  Ivan Cankar, Slavic author (Hlapec Jernej), dies at 42 on December - 11.   

1919  On December - 11 boll weevil monument dedicated in Enterprise, Ala   

1920  On December - 11 eddy Firestone, SF Calif, actor (Eddy-Mixed Doubles)   

1921  Maila Nurmi, Petsamo Finland, actress (Vampira) on December - 11.   

1922  Grace Paley, writer (1970 Arts & Letters Award) on December - 11.   

1923  On this day in history betsy Blair, actress (Marty)   

1924  Marie Windsor, [Emily Marie Bertelson], Utah, actress (Double Deal) on December - 11.   

1925  On this day in history pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Quas Primas   

1925  Paul Greengard, American neuroscientist, Nobel laureate on this day in history.   

1926  On December - 11 josephine Baker goes up in Amsterdam   

1926  On this day in history big Mama Thornton, blues singer (Ball & Chain, Stronger than Dirt)   

1927  Stein Eriksen, Norway, giant slalom (Olympic-gold-1952) on December - 11.   

1928  Buenos Aires police thwart an attempt on Pres-elect Herbert Hoover on this day in history.   

1928  Tomas Gutierrez Alea, filmmaker on this day in history.   

1929  S P "Fergie" Gupte, cricketer (brilliant Indian leg-spinner) on this day in history.   

1930  New York's branch of Bank of the United States announced that it had gone belly-up on this day in history.   

1930  Bank of the United States closes in New York City on December - 11.   

1930  Jean-Louis Trintignant, France, actor/director (Man & a Woman, Z) on December - 11.   

1930  On December - 11 friedrich von Bernhardi, German war theorist/historian, dies at 81   

1931  On December - 11 british Statute of Westminster gives complete legislative independence to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland, Newfndlnd   

1931  On this day in history pierre Pilote Hockey Hall of Famer NHL Chicago Black Hawks defenseman was born   

1931  On this day in history the birth of Rita Moreno, American actress and dancer   

1931  Japan leaves the Golden Standard on this day in history.   

1931  On this day in history bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, leader B-sect/guru of rich   

1931  On this day in history pierre Pilote Hockey Hall of Famer: NHL: Chicago Black Hawks defenseman was born   

1932  San Francisco's coldest day (27øF) on December - 11.   

1932  Snow falls in San Francisco on December - 11.   

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1465  On December - 11 birth of ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (d. 1489)   

1475  On this day in history birth of leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1513-21)   

1475  On this day in history birth of pope Leo X (d. 1521)   

1566  On this day in history birth of manuel Cardoso, composer   

1676  Johann Georg Weichenberger, composer was born on December - 11.   

1709  Louise Elisabeth of Orléans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1742) was born on this day in history.   

1712  Francesco Algarotti, Italian earl/encyclopedic (Viaggio in Russia) was born on December - 11.   

1725  On this day in history birth of george Mason, American statesman (d. 1792)   

0384  Death of Pope Damasus I on this day in history.   

0711  On this day in history justitianus II, emperor of Byzantium, dies at about 42   

1121  On this day in history death of al-Afdal Shahanshah, Caliph of Egypt (b. 1066)   

1226  Death of Robert de Ros, English politician (b. 1177) on this day in history.   

1282  Llywelyn ab Gruffydd, monarch of North Wales (1246-77), dies on December - 11.   

1282  On December - 11 death of llywelyn the Last (b. c.1228), the last native Prince of Wales, is killed at Cilmeri, near Builth Wells, south Wales.   

1524  On December - 11 death of henry Van Zutphen, Dutch protestant martyr, burned at stake   

1532  Death of Pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1455) on this day in history.