Historical Events In December - 11

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

1954  Phillies purchase Connie Mack Stadium on December - 11.  

1955  On this day in history franz Adolf Syberg, composer, dies at 51  

1956  Anti-Russian demonstrates in Stettin & Wroclaw Poland on this day in history.  

1957  Jerry Lee Lewis weds Myra on this day in history.  

1958  On this day in history 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  On this day in history black Sunday  

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

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

1961  JFK provides US military helicopters and crews to South Vietnam on December - 11.  

1961  "Please, Mr. Postman" by Marvelettes, released on December - 11.  

1964  On December - 11 percy Kilbride, actor (Ma & Pa Kettle), dies at 76  

1967  Beatles' Apple Music signs its first group-Grapefruit on December - 11.  

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 this day in history.  

1968  Nadine Riga, dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 59 on this day in history.  

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 December - 11.  

1972  Astronauts Cernan and Harrison become 11th and 12th on the Moon on this day in history.  

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 December - 11.  

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 December - 11.  

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

1981  On this day in history spacelab I arrives at Kennedy Space Center  

1981  On December - 11 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 December - 11.  

1983  On this day in history szymon Laks, composer, dies at 82  

1984  George Waggner, director/writer, dies at 90 on December - 11.  

1985  On December - 11 general Electric acquires RCA Corp and its subsidiary, NBC  

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

1475  On this day in history birth of leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1513-21)  

1475  On December - 11 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 December - 11.  

1712  On this day in history birth of francesco Algarotti, Italian earl/encyclopedic (Viaggio in Russia)  

1725  On this day in history birth of george Mason, American statesman (d. 1792)  

0384  On this day in history death of pope Damasus I  

0711  Justitianus II, emperor of Byzantium, dies at about 42 on this day in history.  

1121  On this day in history 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  Llywelyn ab Gruffydd, monarch of North Wales (1246-77), dies on this day in history.  

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  On December - 11 death of henry Van Zutphen, Dutch protestant martyr, burned at stake  

1532  Death of Pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1455) on December - 11.