Historical Events In December - 11

1915  On December - 11 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  On this day in history 13 black soldiers hanged for participation in Houston riot  

1918  On December - 11 aleksandr Solzhenitsyn dissident Russian writer, was born  

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

1918  On December - 11 ivan Cankar, Slavic author (Hlapec Jernej), dies at 42  

1919  Boll weevil monument dedicated in Enterprise, Ala on December - 11.  

1920  Eddy Firestone, SF Calif, actor (Eddy-Mixed Doubles) on this day in history.  

1921  On this day in history maila Nurmi, Petsamo Finland, actress (Vampira)  

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

1923  On December - 11 betsy Blair, actress (Marty)  

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

1925  Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Quas Primas on this day in history.  

1925  On December - 11 paul Greengard, American neuroscientist, Nobel laureate  

1926  On this day in history 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 December - 11.  

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

1929  On December - 11 s P "Fergie" Gupte, cricketer (brilliant Indian leg-spinner)  

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

1930  Bank of the United States closes in New York City on this day in history.  

1930  On December - 11 jean-Louis Trintignant, France, actor/director (Man & a Woman, Z)  

1930  Friedrich von Bernhardi, German war theorist/historian, dies at 81 on December - 11.  

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

1931  Pierre Pilote Hockey Hall of Famer NHL Chicago Black Hawks defenseman was born on December - 11.  

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

1931  On this day in history japan leaves the Golden Standard  

1931  Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, leader B-sect/guru of rich on this day in history.  

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

1932  On December - 11 san Francisco's coldest day (27øF).  

1932  On December - 11 snow falls in San Francisco  

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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  Pope Leo X (d. 1521) was born on December - 11.  

1566  On December - 11 birth of manuel Cardoso, composer  

1676  On this day in history birth of johann Georg Weichenberger, composer  

1709  On December - 11 birth of louise Elisabeth of Orléans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1742)  

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

1725  On December - 11 birth of george Mason, American statesman (d. 1792)  

0384  On this day in history death of pope Damasus I  

0711  Justitianus II, emperor of Byzantium, dies at about 42 on this day in history.  

1121  Death of Al-Afdal Shahanshah, Caliph of Egypt (b. 1066) on this day in history.  

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

1282  On December - 11 llywelyn ab Gruffydd, monarch of North Wales (1246-77), dies  

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  Death of Henry Van Zutphen, Dutch protestant martyr, burned at stake on December - 11.  

1532  On this day in history death of pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1455)