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 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  On December - 11 aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russia, writer (Cancer Ward, Nobel 1970)  

1918  Ivan Cankar, Slavic author (Hlapec Jernej), dies at 42 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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

1924  On this day in history marie Windsor, [Emily Marie Bertelson], Utah, actress (Double Deal)  

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

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

1926  Josephine Baker goes up in Amsterdam on this day in history.  

1926  On December - 11 big Mama Thornton, blues singer (Ball & Chain, Stronger than Dirt)  

1927  On December - 11 stein Eriksen, Norway, giant slalom (Olympic-gold-1952)  

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

1928  On this day in history tomas Gutierrez Alea, filmmaker  

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 December - 11.  

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

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

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

1931  British Statute of Westminster gives complete legislative independence to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland, Newfndlnd on this day in history.  

1931  On December - 11 pierre Pilote Hockey Hall of Famer NHL Chicago Black Hawks defenseman was born  

1931  The birth of Rita Moreno, American actress and dancer on December - 11.  

1931  Japan leaves the Golden Standard on December - 11.  

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  On this day in history san Francisco's coldest day (27øF).  

1932  On this day in history snow falls in San Francisco  

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1465  On this day in history birth of ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (d. 1489)  

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  Manuel Cardoso, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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  George Mason, American statesman (d. 1792) was born on this day in history.  

0384  Death of Pope Damasus I on December - 11.  

0711  Justitianus II, emperor of Byzantium, dies at about 42 on December - 11.  

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  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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.