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December 11
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{{PAGENAME}} is the 345th day (346th in leap years) of the year in the
Gregorian calendar. There are 20 days remaining.
Events
*
1282 -
Llywelyn ap Gruffydd or Gruffudd (b. c. 1228) the last native
Prince of Wales, was killed at
Cilmeri, near
Builth Wells, south
Wales. He was the last prince of an independent Wales before its conquest by King
Edward I of England. Some would say he was the penultimate, but in effect he was the last ruler. In
Welsh language Welsh, he is remembered by the alliterative soubriquet
Llywelyn Ein Llyw Olaf (Llywelyn, Our Last Leader).
*
1602 - A surprise attack by forces under the command of the
Duke of Savoy and his brother-in-law,
Philip III of Spain, is repelled by the citizens of
Geneva. (This actually takes place after midnight, in the early morning of
December 12, but commemorations/celebrations on
L'Escalade Fête de l'Escalade are usually held on December 11 or the closest weekend.)
*
1792 -
French Revolution: King
Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the
National Convention.
*
1816 -
Indiana becomes the 19th
U.S. state.
*
1872 -
P.B.S. Pinchback is sworn in as the first black member of the
U.S. House of Representatives.
*
1927 -
Guangzhou Uprising:
Communist militia and worker
Red Guards (China) red guards launch an uprising in the
China Chinese city of
Guangzhou, taking over most of the city and announcing the formation of a Guangzhou
Soviet (council) Soviet.
*
1931 - The
British Parliament enacts the
Statute of Westminster 1931 Statute of Westminster, which establishes a status of legislative equality between the self-governing dominions of the
Commonwealth of Australia, the
Dominion of Canada, the
Irish Free State,
Newfoundland, the
Dominion of New Zealand, and the
Union of South Africa.
*
1934 - A fire at the Hotel Kerns in
Lansing, Michigan, kills 34 people.
*
1936 -
Abdication Crisis:
Edward VIII of the United Kingdom Edward VIII's abdication as King of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the
Commonwealth Realm British Dominions beyond the Seas, and
Emperor of India becomes effective.
*
1937 -
Second Italo-Abyssinian War:
History of Italy as a monarchy and in the World Wars Italy leaves the
League of Nations
*
1941 -
World War II:
Nazi Germany Germany and
History of Italy as a monarchy and in the World Wars Italy declare war on the
United States.
*
1946 - The
United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is established.
*
1951 -
Joe Dimaggio announces his retirement from baseball.
*
1954 - The
American Nuclear Society is founded.
*
1958 -
Upper Volta declares its independence from
France, and becomes an autonomous republic in the
French Community.
*
1970 -
John Lennon releases the album ''
Plastic Ono Band''.
*
1971 - The
United States Libertarian Party is formed.
*
1972 -
Apollo 17 becomes the sixth mission to land on the
Moon.
*
1981 - In his last fight,
Muhammad Ali is defeated by
Trevor Berbick.
* 1981 -
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar becomes
UN Secretary-General
* 1981 -
El Mozote massacre: Salvadoran armed forces kill an estimated 900 civilians in an anti-guerrilla campaign during the country's civil war.
* 1981 -
Clube de Regatas do Flamengo defeat
Liverpool F.C in the final of the
Intercontinental Cup in
Tokyo.
*
1990 -
Mafia:
New York mafioso
John Gotti is arrested.
*
1993 - Forty-eight people are killed when a block of the
Highland Towers collapses near
Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia.
*
1994 -
First Chechen War:
Russian President Boris Yeltsin orders
Russian troops into
Chechnya
* 1994 - A bomb assembled by
Ramzi Yousef explodes on
Philippine Airlines Flight 434, killing a
Japanese businessman.
*
1998 - A
Thai Airways International Thai Airways Airbus A310-200 crashes near
Surat Thani Airport, killing 101.
*
2001 - Members of the
DrinkOrDie warez group are arrested in police raids.
* 2001 - The
People's Republic of China joins the
World Trade Organization.
*
2005 - The
2005 Hertfordshire Oil Storage Terminal fire Buncefield Oil Depot in
Hemel Hempstead is rocked by explosions, causing a huge oil fire.
* 2005 - ''Vengeance of Rain'' becomes
Hong Kong's first World Racing Championship winner after winning the
Hong Kong International Races Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Cup at
Sha Tin Racecourse.
* 2005 -
2005 Sydney race riots Sydney race riots: Thousands of
Australia Australians demonstate against ethnic violence resulting in a riot against anyone thought to be
Lebanon Lebanese (and many who were not) in
Cronulla Sydney. These are followed up by ethnic attacks on
Cronulla.
Births
*
1465 -
Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (d.
1489)
*
1475 -
Pope Leo X (d.
1521)
*
1566 -
Manuel Cardoso, Portuguese composer (d.
1650)
*
1680 -
Emanuele d'Astorga, Italian composer
*
1712 -
Francesco Algarotti. Italian philosopher (d.
1764)
*
1725 -
George Mason, American statesman (d.
1792)
*
1761 -
Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian physicist (d.
1835)
*
1781 - Sir
David Brewster, British physicist (d.
1868)
*
1801 -
Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German writer (d.
1836)
*
1803 -
Hector Berlioz, French composer (d.
1869)
*
1810 -
Alfred de Musset, French poet (d.
1857)
*
1843 -
Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch Robert Koch, German bacteriologist and
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Nobel Prize laureate (d.
1910)
*
1858 -
Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Russian-born Soviet theatre director (d.
1943)
*
1863 -
Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer (d.
1941)
*
1873 -
Josip Plemelj, Austro-Hungarian-born Yugoslav mathematician (d.
1967)
*
1880 -
Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer (d.
1951)
*
1882 -
Subramanya Bharathy, Indian poet (d.
1921)
* 1882 -
Max Born, German physicist and
Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize laureate (d.
1970)
* 1882 -
Fiorello LaGuardia, Mayor of New York City (d.
1947)
*
1883 -
Victor McLaglen, British-born American actor (d.
1959)
*
1889 -
Walter Knott, farmer and creator of
Knott's Berry Farm (d.
1981).
*
1890 -
Mark Tobey, American painter (d.
1976)
*
1905 -
Gilbert Roland, American actor (d.
1994)
*
1908 -
Elliott Carter, American composer
*
1911 -
Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian writer and
Nobel Prize in Literature Nobel Prize laureate
*
1912 -
Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer
*
1913 -
Jean Marais, French actor (d.
1998)
*
1916 -
Dámaso Pérez Prado, Cuban-born bandleader and composer (d.
1989)
*
1918 -
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Soviet-born Russian writer and
Nobel Prize in Literature Nobel Prize laureate
*
1919 -
Marie Windsor, American actress (d.
2000)
*
1920 -
Big Mama Thornton (Willie Mae Thornton), American blues singer (d.
1984)
*
1922 -
Grace Paley, American writer
*
1925 -
Paul Greengard, American neuroscientist and
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Nobel Prize laureate
*
1930 -
Jean-Louis Trintignant, French actor
*
1931 -
Rita Moreno, Puerto Rican singer, dancer, and actress
*
1933 -
Aquilino Pimentel, Jr., Filipino politician
*
1935 -
Pranab Mukherjee, Indian politician
*
1936 -
Taku Yamasaki, Japanese politician
*
1938 -
McCoy Tyner, American jazz pianist
*
1939 -
Tom Hayden, American politician
*
1942 -
Donna Mills, American actress
*
1943 -
John Kerry, American politician and Presidential candidate
*
1944 -
Teri Garr, American film actress
* 1944 -
Brenda Lee, American singer
*
1950 -
Christina Onassis American heiress (d.
1988)
*
1954 -
Jermaine Jackson, American singer and bassist
* 1954 -
Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson, Icelandic guitar player, polytechnic engineer and inventor
*
1958 -
Nikki Sixx, American bassist (
Mötley Crüe)
*
1959 -
Lisa Gastineau, American
reality show star
*
1962 -
Ben Browder, American actor
*
1964 -
Cosy Sheridan, American singer and songwriter
*
1966 -
Gary Dourdan, American actor
* 1966 -
Leon Lai, Beijing-born Canadian actor and Cantopop singer
*
1969 -
Vishwanathan Anand, Indian chess grandmaster
*
1972 -
Dana Macsim, Romanian television news reporter
*
1979 -
Rider Strong, American actor
*
1981 -
Zacky Vengeance Zachary Jonathon "Zacky Vengeance" Baker, American musician (
Avenged Sevenfold)
* 1981 -
Javier Saviola,
Argentina national football team Argentine international footballer and Olympic gold medalist
*
1988 -
Murugan Thiruchelvam, chess prodigy
Deaths
*
384 -
Pope Damasus I
*
1121 -
Al-Afdal Shahanshah, Caliph of Egypt (b.
1066)
*
1226 -
Robert de Ros, English politician (b.
1177)
*
1282 -
Llywelyn the Last, Welsh Prince of Gwynedd
* 1282 -
Michael VIII Palaeologus,
Byzantine Emperor (b.
1225)
*
1532 -
Pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (b.
1455)
*
1694 -
Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (b.
1630)
*
1737 -
John Strype, English historian and biographer (b.
1643)
*
1757 -
Edmund Curll, English bookseller and publisher (b.
1675)
*
1797 -
Richard Brocklesby, British physician (b.
1722)
*
1840 -
Emperor Kokaku of Japan (b.
1771)
*
1909 -
Innokenty Annensky, Russian poet (b.
1855)
*
1920 -
Olive Schreiner, South African writer (b.
1855)
*
1938 -
Christian Lous Lange, Norwegian pacifist and recipient of
Nobel Peace Prize Nobel Prize laureate (b.
1869)
*
1941 -
John Gillespie Magee, Jr., American poet and aviator (b.
1922)
*
1945 -
Charles Fabry, French physicist (b.
1867)
*
1950 -
Leslie Comrie, New Zealand-born astronomer and computing pioneer (b.
1893)
*
1957 -
Musidora (Jeanne Roques), French actress and director (b.
1889)
*
1964 -
Sam Cooke, American singer (b.
1931)
*
1978 -
Vincent du Vigneaud, American chemist and
Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize laureate (b.
1901)
*
1983 - Sir
Neil Ritchie, British General. (b.
1897)
*
1994 -
Philip Phillips (archaeologist) Philip Phillips, American archaeologist (b.
1900)
*
1996 -
Willie Rushton, British cartoonist, satirist, and actor (b.
1937)
*
1998 -
André Lichnerowicz, Polish-French physicist (b.
1915)
*
2003 -
Ahmadou Kourouma, Côte d'Ivoire writer (b.
1927)
*
2004 -
M.S. Subbulakshmi, Indian singer (b.
1916)
Holidays and observances
*
Roman festivals - One of the four
Agonalia, this day in honour of
Sol Indiges; also the
Septimontium festival
*
Calendar of Saints R.C. Saints -
pope Damasus I: optional memorial; also
Daniel the Stylite (not universal)
* Also see
December 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
*
Argentina -
Tango (dance) Tango Day,
Buenos Aires
*
Burkina Faso -
Republic Day (
1958,
Upper Volta became an autonomous republic in the
French Community.)
*
United States USA - Admission day for
Indiana (19th state,
1816)
External links
-
BBC: On This Day
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''The New York Times'': On This Day
-
On This Day in Canada
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December 10 -
December 12 -
November 11 -
January 11 --
historical anniversaries listing of all days
{{months}}
af:11 Desember
ang:11 GÄ“olmÅ?naþ
ar:11 ديسمبر
an:11 d'abiento
ast:11 d'avientu
bg:11 декември
be:11 Ñ?ьнежнÑ?
bs:11. decembar
br:11 Kerzu
ca:11 de desembre
ceb:Disyembre 11
cv:Раштав, 11
co:11 di decembre
cs:11. prosinec
cy:11 Rhagfyr
da:11. december
de:11. Dezember
et:11. detsember
el:11 ΔεκεμβÏ?ίου
es:11 de diciembre
eo:11-a de decembro
eu:Abenduaren 11
fo:11. desember
fr:11 décembre
fy:11 desimber
fur:11 di Dicembar
ga:11 Nollaig
gl:11 de decembro
ko:12ì›” 11ì?¼
hr:11. prosinca
io:11 di decembro
id:11 Desember
ia:11 de decembre
is:11. desember
it:11 dicembre
he:11 בדצמבר
jv:11 Desember
ka:11 დეკემბერი
csb:11 gòdnika
ku:11'ê berfanbarê
la:11 Decembris
lt:Gruodžio 11
lb:11. Dezember
hu:December 11
mk:11 декември
ms:11 Disember
nap:11 'e dicembre
nl:11 december
ja:12月11日
no:11. desember
nn:11. desember
oc:11 de decembre
pl:11 grudnia
pt:11 de Dezembro
ro:11 decembrie
ru:11 декабрÑ?
se:Juovlamánu 11.
sco:11 December
sq:11 Dhjetor
scn:11 di dicèmmiru
simple:December 11
sk:11. december
sl:11. december
sr:11. децембар
fi:11. joulukuuta
sv:11 december
tl:Disyembre 11
tt:11. Dekäber
te:డిసెంబర� 11
th:11 ธันวาคม
vi:11 tháng 12
tr:11 Aralık
uk:11 груднÑ?
wa:11 di decimbe
war:Disyembre 11
zh:12月11日
pam:Disiembri 11
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