Page 4: Historical Events In December - 11

1915  On this day in history 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  On December - 11 aleksandr Solzhenitsyn dissident Russian writer, was born   

1918  On December - 11 aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russia, writer (Cancer Ward, Nobel 1970)   

1918  On this day in history ivan Cankar, Slavic author (Hlapec Jernej), dies at 42   

1919  Boll weevil monument dedicated in Enterprise, Ala on this day in history.   

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

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

1922  Grace Paley, writer (1970 Arts & Letters Award) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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  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  On December - 11 bank of the United States closes in New York City   

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  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  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 December - 11.   

1932  Snow falls in San Francisco on December - 11.   

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

1475  On December - 11 birth of leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1513-21)   

1475  Pope Leo X (d. 1521) was born on December - 11.   

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

1676  On December - 11 birth of johann Georg Weichenberger, composer   

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

1712  On December - 11 birth of francesco Algarotti, Italian earl/encyclopedic (Viaggio in Russia)   

1725  George Mason, American statesman (d. 1792) was born on this day in history.   

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

1282  On this day in history llywelyn ab Gruffydd, monarch of North Wales (1246-77), dies   

1282  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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