Historical Events In December - 11

1915  Anna van Beers, [Graeve], actress (A Woman like Eve) on December - 11.  

1916  David Lloyd George forms British war govt on this day in history.  

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

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  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 December - 11.  

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1921  Maila Nurmi, Petsamo Finland, actress (Vampira) on December - 11.  

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

1923  Betsy Blair, actress (Marty) on December - 11.  

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 this day in history 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  Stein Eriksen, Norway, giant slalom (Olympic-gold-1952) on December - 11.  

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 this day in history s P "Fergie" Gupte, cricketer (brilliant Indian leg-spinner)  

1930  On December - 11 new York's branch of Bank of the United States announced that it had gone belly-up  

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  On this day in history friedrich von Bernhardi, German war theorist/historian, dies at 81  

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

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

1931  On December - 11 the birth of Rita Moreno, American actress and dancer  

1931  Japan leaves the Golden Standard on this day in history.  

1931  On this day in history 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  On this day in history snow falls in San Francisco  

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

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

1475  Pope Leo X (d. 1521) was born on this day in history.  

1566  On December - 11 birth of manuel Cardoso, composer  

1676  Johann Georg Weichenberger, composer was born on December - 11.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1532  On December - 11 death of pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1455)