Page 6: 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  Franz Adolf Syberg, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1956  Anti-Russian demonstrates in Stettin & Wroclaw Poland on December - 11.   

1957  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1960  Black Sunday on December - 11.   

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

1967  On this day in history beatles' Apple Music signs its first group-Grapefruit   

1967  On December - 11 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 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 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 this day in history.   

1979  Claire Carleton, NYC, actress (Alice-Cimarron City), dies at 66 on December - 11.   

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

1983  On December - 11 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  George Waggner, director/writer, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1985  General Electric acquires RCA Corp and its subsidiary, NBC on December - 11.   

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1465  On December - 11 birth of ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (d. 1489)   

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

1475  Pope Leo X (d. 1521) was born on December - 11.   

1566  Manuel Cardoso, composer was born on this day in history.   

1676  On December - 11 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  George Mason, American statesman (d. 1792) was born on December - 11.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1282  On December - 11 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  Death of Pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1455) on December - 11.