Historical Events In December - 11

1954  USS Forrestal christened in Newport News, Va on this day in history.   

1954  Phillies purchase Connie Mack Stadium on December - 11.   

1955  Franz Adolf Syberg, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1956  Anti-Russian demonstrates in Stettin & Wroclaw Poland on this day in history.   

1957  Jerry Lee Lewis weds Myra on December - 11.   

1958  On December - 11 upper Volta (now Bourkina Fasso) gains autonomy from France   

1958  On December - 11 4th (last) Dutch govt of Drees falls   

1959  On December - 11 yanks trade Marv Thronberry, Don Larsen, Hank Bauer & Norm Seibern for Roger Maris, Kent Hadley & Joe Deaestri   

1960  On this day in history black Sunday   

1961  On December - 11 adolf Eichman is found guilty of war crimes, in Israel   

1961  On December - 11 elvis Presley's "Blue Hawaii," album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 20 wks   

1961  JFK provides US military helicopters and crews to South Vietnam on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history "Please, Mr. Postman" by Marvelettes, released   

1964  On this day in history percy Kilbride, actor (Ma & Pa Kettle), dies at 76   

1967  On this day in history beatles' Apple Music signs its first group-Grapefruit   

1967  SST prototype "Concorde" first shown (France) on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history howard Freeman, actor (Double Dynamite), dies after illness in NYC   

1968  On this day in history the Labor Department announced that the nation's unemployment rate had dwindled to 3.3%, the lowest mark in 15 years.   

1968  Nadine Riga, dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 59 on this day in history.   

1969  The secretary of the Moscow writer's union declares that nudity as displayed in the popular play "Oh! Calcutta!" is a sign of decadence in Western culture on December - 11.   

1972  On December - 11 astronauts Cernan and Harrison become 11th and 12th on the Moon   

1972  On December - 11 john Mills, cricketer (7 Tests for NZ in early 1930's, 241 runs), dies   

1973  Karen and Richard Carpenter received a gold record for their single, Top of the World on this day in history.   

1974  On this day in history reed Hadley, actor (Racket Squad, Public Defender), dies at 63   

1975  On this day in history first class postage rises from $0.10 to $0.13   

1978  6 masked men bound 10 employees at Lufthansa cargo area at New York Kennedy Airport and made off with $5.8 M in cash and jewelry on this day in history.   

1979  Claire Carleton, NYC, actress (Alice-Cimarron City), dies at 66 on December - 11.   

1981  On December - 11 muhammad Ali's 61st and last fight, losing to Trevor Berbick   

1981  On December - 11 spacelab I arrives at Kennedy Space Center   

1981  UN Sec Council chose Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru as 5th Secretary-General on this day in history.   

1983  First visit to Lutheran church by a pope (John Paul II in Rome) on this day in history.   

1983  On December - 11 szymon Laks, composer, dies at 82   

1984  George Waggner, director/writer, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1985  On December - 11 general Electric acquires RCA Corp and its subsidiary, NBC   

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1465  Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (d. 1489) was born on December - 11.   

1475  Leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1513-21) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of johann Georg Weichenberger, composer   

1709  Louise Elisabeth of Orléans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1742) was born on December - 11.   

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

1725  George Mason, American statesman (d. 1792) was born on December - 11.   

0384  On December - 11 death of pope Damasus I   

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

1121  On December - 11 death of al-Afdal Shahanshah, Caliph of Egypt (b. 1066)   

1226  On this day in history death of robert de Ros, English politician (b. 1177)   

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

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

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.