Page 6: Historical Events In December - 11

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

1954  On this day in history phillies purchase Connie Mack Stadium   

1955  On December - 11 franz Adolf Syberg, composer, dies at 51   

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

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

1958  Upper Volta (now Bourkina Fasso) gains autonomy from France on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history 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 December - 11.   

1960  On this day in history black Sunday   

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

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

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  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 this day in history the Labor Department announced that the nation's unemployment rate had dwindled to 3.3%, the lowest mark in 15 years.   

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  John Mills, cricketer (7 Tests for NZ in early 1930's, 241 runs), dies on December - 11.   

1973  On this day in history 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 December - 11.   

1975  On this day in history first class postage rises from $0.10 to $0.13   

1978  On December - 11 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  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  Spacelab I arrives at Kennedy Space Center on this day in history.   

1981  UN Sec Council chose Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru as 5th Secretary-General on this day in history.   

1983  On December - 11 first visit to Lutheran church by a pope (John Paul II in Rome)   

1983  On December - 11 szymon Laks, composer, dies at 82   

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

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

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

1475  Leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1513-21) was born on this day in history.   

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

1566  On this day in history birth of manuel Cardoso, composer   

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

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

0384  Death of Pope Damasus I on December - 11.   

0711  On this day in history 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  Death of Robert de Ros, English politician (b. 1177) on December - 11.   

1282  Llywelyn ab Gruffydd, monarch of North Wales (1246-77), dies on this day in history.   

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 December - 11.   

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

1532  On December - 11 death of pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1455)