Page 6: Historical Events In December - 11

1954  USS Forrestal christened in Newport News, Va on December - 11.   

1954  Phillies purchase Connie Mack Stadium on December - 11.   

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

1956  On this day in history anti-Russian demonstrates in Stettin & Wroclaw Poland   

1957  Jerry Lee Lewis weds Myra on December - 11.   

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

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

1959  On December - 11 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  On this day in history adolf Eichman is found guilty of war crimes, in Israel   

1961  Elvis Presley's "Blue Hawaii," album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 20 wks on this day in history.   

1961  JFK provides US military helicopters and crews to South Vietnam on this day in history.   

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

1964  Percy Kilbride, actor (Ma & Pa Kettle), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1967  Beatles' Apple Music signs its first group-Grapefruit on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history sST prototype "Concorde" first shown (France)   

1967  On December - 11 howard Freeman, actor (Double Dynamite), dies after illness in NYC   

1968  The Labor Department announced that the nation's unemployment rate had dwindled to 3.3%, the lowest mark in 15 years on December - 11.   

1968  On December - 11 nadine Riga, dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 59   

1969  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 on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history astronauts Cernan and Harrison become 11th and 12th on the Moon   

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

1973  On December - 11 karen and Richard Carpenter received a gold record for their single, Top of the World.   

1974  On this day in history reed Hadley, actor (Racket Squad, Public Defender), dies at 63   

1975  On December - 11 first class postage rises from $0.10 to $0.13   

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 this day in history.   

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 December - 11.   

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

1983  On this day in history first visit to Lutheran church by a pope (John Paul II in Rome)   

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

1984  On December - 11 george Waggner, director/writer, dies at 90   

1985  On December - 11 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  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  On this day in history birth of johann Georg Weichenberger, composer   

1709  On this day in history 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 December - 11.   

0384  On this day in history death of pope Damasus I   

0711  On December - 11 justitianus II, emperor of Byzantium, dies at about 42   

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 this day in history.   

1282  Llywelyn ab Gruffydd, monarch of North Wales (1246-77), dies on December - 11.   

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)