Page 4: Historical Events In December - 11

1915  On December - 11 anna van Beers, [Graeve], actress (A Woman like Eve)   

1916  On December - 11 david Lloyd George forms British war govt   

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

1917  German-occupied Lithuania proclaims independence from Russia on this day in history.   

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

1918  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn dissident Russian writer, was born on this day in history.   

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  Boll weevil monument dedicated in Enterprise, Ala on this day in history.   

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

1921  Maila Nurmi, Petsamo Finland, actress (Vampira) on this day in history.   

1922  On this day in history grace Paley, writer (1970 Arts & Letters Award)   

1923  Betsy Blair, actress (Marty) on this day in history.   

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

1925  Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Quas Primas on December - 11.   

1925  Paul Greengard, American neuroscientist, Nobel laureate on December - 11.   

1926  Josephine Baker goes up in Amsterdam on December - 11.   

1926  Big Mama Thornton, blues singer (Ball & Chain, Stronger than Dirt) on December - 11.   

1927  On this day in history stein Eriksen, Norway, giant slalom (Olympic-gold-1952)   

1928  On December - 11 buenos Aires police thwart an attempt on Pres-elect Herbert Hoover   

1928  On this day in history tomas Gutierrez Alea, filmmaker   

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  On this day in history bank of the United States closes in New York City   

1930  Jean-Louis Trintignant, France, actor/director (Man & a Woman, Z) on this day in history.   

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

1931  The birth of Rita Moreno, American actress and dancer on this day in history.   

1931  On December - 11 japan leaves the Golden Standard   

1931  On December - 11 bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, leader B-sect/guru of rich   

1931  Pierre Pilote Hockey Hall of Famer: NHL: Chicago Black Hawks defenseman was born on this day in history.   

1932  San Francisco's coldest day (27øF) on this day in history.   

1932  Snow falls in San Francisco on December - 11.   

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1465  Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (d. 1489) was born on this day in history.   

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

1475  On December - 11 birth of pope Leo X (d. 1521)   

1566  On December - 11 birth of manuel Cardoso, composer   

1676  Johann Georg Weichenberger, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 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  On this day in history llywelyn ab Gruffydd, monarch of North Wales (1246-77), dies   

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

1532  Death of Pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1455) on December - 11.