Historical Events In December - 11

1954  USS Forrestal christened in Newport News, Va on this day in history.  

1954  Phillies purchase Connie Mack Stadium on December - 11.  

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

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

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

1958  Upper Volta (now Bourkina Fasso) gains autonomy from France on December - 11.  

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

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 December - 11.  

1961  On this day in history adolf Eichman is found guilty of war crimes, in Israel  

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

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

1967  On this day in history 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 December - 11 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 this day in history 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  On December - 11 karen and Richard Carpenter received a gold record for their single, Top of the World.  

1974  Reed Hadley, actor (Racket Squad, Public Defender), dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1975  First class postage rises from $0.10 to $0.13 on December - 11.  

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  Muhammad Ali's 61st and last fight, losing to Trevor Berbick on December - 11.  

1981  Spacelab I arrives at Kennedy Space Center on December - 11.  

1981  UN Sec Council chose Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru as 5th Secretary-General on December - 11.  

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

1983  Szymon Laks, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

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  On December - 11 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  Pope Leo X (d. 1521) was born on December - 11.  

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

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  Francesco Algarotti, Italian earl/encyclopedic (Viaggio in Russia) was born on this day in history.  

1725  On December - 11 birth of george Mason, American statesman (d. 1792)  

0384  Death of Pope Damasus I on this day in history.  

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

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  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 December - 11.  

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