Page 6: Historical Events In December - 11

1954  On December - 11 uSS Forrestal christened in Newport News, Va   

1954  On December - 11 phillies purchase Connie Mack Stadium   

1955  On December - 11 franz Adolf Syberg, composer, dies at 51   

1956  On December - 11 anti-Russian demonstrates in Stettin & Wroclaw Poland   

1957  On this day in history jerry Lee Lewis weds Myra   

1958  On December - 11 upper Volta (now Bourkina Fasso) gains autonomy from France   

1958  On December - 11 4th (last) Dutch govt of Drees falls   

1959  On this day in history yanks trade Marv Thronberry, Don Larsen, Hank Bauer & Norm Seibern for Roger Maris, Kent Hadley & Joe Deaestri   

1960  Black Sunday on this day in history.   

1961  Adolf Eichman is found guilty of war crimes, in Israel on this day in history.   

1961  Elvis Presley's "Blue Hawaii," album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 20 wks on December - 11.   

1961  On this day in history jFK provides US military helicopters and crews to South Vietnam   

1961  On this day in history "Please, Mr. Postman" by Marvelettes, released   

1964  Percy Kilbride, actor (Ma & Pa Kettle), dies at 76 on December - 11.   

1967  On December - 11 beatles' Apple Music signs its first group-Grapefruit   

1967  SST prototype "Concorde" first shown (France) on this day in history.   

1967  Howard Freeman, actor (Double Dynamite), dies after illness in NYC on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history the Labor Department announced that the nation's unemployment rate had dwindled to 3.3%, the lowest mark in 15 years.   

1968  Nadine Riga, dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 59 on December - 11.   

1969  On December - 11 the secretary of the Moscow writer's union declares that nudity as displayed in the popular play "Oh! Calcutta!" is a sign of decadence in Western culture   

1972  Astronauts Cernan and Harrison become 11th and 12th on the Moon on December - 11.   

1972  On December - 11 john Mills, cricketer (7 Tests for NZ in early 1930's, 241 runs), dies   

1973  Karen and Richard Carpenter received a gold record for their single, Top of the World on this day in history.   

1974  On December - 11 reed Hadley, actor (Racket Squad, Public Defender), dies at 63   

1975  First class postage rises from $0.10 to $0.13 on this day in history.   

1978  6 masked men bound 10 employees at Lufthansa cargo area at New York Kennedy Airport and made off with $5.8 M in cash and jewelry on December - 11.   

1979  Claire Carleton, NYC, actress (Alice-Cimarron City), dies at 66 on December - 11.   

1981  On this day in history muhammad Ali's 61st and last fight, losing to Trevor Berbick   

1981  Spacelab I arrives at Kennedy Space Center on this day in history.   

1981  On this day in history uN Sec Council chose Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru as 5th Secretary-General   

1983  First visit to Lutheran church by a pope (John Paul II in Rome) on this day in history.   

1983  On December - 11 szymon Laks, composer, dies at 82   

1984  On this day in history george Waggner, director/writer, dies at 90   

1985  On this day in history general Electric acquires RCA Corp and its subsidiary, NBC   

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

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

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

1566  On this day in history 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 December - 11.   

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

1725  George Mason, American statesman (d. 1792) was born on December - 11.   

0384  On December - 11 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 December - 11.   

1226  Death of Robert de Ros, English politician (b. 1177) on December - 11.   

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  On this day in history death of henry Van Zutphen, Dutch protestant martyr, burned at stake   

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