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 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  On December - 11 jerry Lee Lewis weds Myra   

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  Black Sunday on this day in history.   

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

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

1961  On December - 11 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 December - 11.   

1967  Howard Freeman, actor (Double Dynamite), dies after illness in NYC on December - 11.   

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

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 December - 11 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  On this day in history 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   

1979  On this day in history claire Carleton, NYC, actress (Alice-Cimarron City), dies at 66   

1981  Muhammad Ali's 61st and last fight, losing to Trevor Berbick on this day in history.   

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

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

1984  George Waggner, director/writer, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1475  Leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1513-21) was born on December - 11.   

1475  On December - 11 birth of pope Leo X (d. 1521)   

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

1676  Johann Georg Weichenberger, composer was born on this day in history.   

1709  On December - 11 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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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.