Historical Events In December - 11

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

1954  Phillies purchase Connie Mack Stadium on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history upper Volta (now Bourkina Fasso) gains autonomy from France   

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

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

1960  On December - 11 black Sunday   

1961  Adolf Eichman is found guilty of war crimes, in Israel on December - 11.   

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

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

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

1964  On this day in history percy Kilbride, actor (Ma & Pa Kettle), dies at 76   

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

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

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 this day in history nadine Riga, dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 59   

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  On December - 11 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  Karen and Richard Carpenter received a gold record for their single, Top of the World on this day in history.   

1974  Reed Hadley, actor (Racket Squad, Public Defender), dies at 63 on December - 11.   

1975  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1979  Claire Carleton, NYC, actress (Alice-Cimarron City), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1981  On December - 11 muhammad Ali's 61st and last fight, losing to Trevor Berbick   

1981  On December - 11 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  Szymon Laks, composer, dies at 82 on December - 11.   

1984  On this day in history 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  Leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1513-21) was born on December - 11.   

1475  On this day in history birth of pope Leo X (d. 1521)   

1566  Manuel Cardoso, composer was born on December - 11.   

1676  On this day in history birth of johann Georg Weichenberger, composer   

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

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 December - 11.   

0384  On December - 11 death of pope Damasus I   

0711  Justitianus II, emperor of Byzantium, dies at about 42 on December - 11.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1524  On December - 11 death of henry Van Zutphen, Dutch protestant martyr, burned at stake   

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