Historical Events In December - 11
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1954 On December - 11 uSS Forrestal christened in Newport News, Va
1954 On December - 11 phillies purchase Connie Mack Stadium
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 Jerry Lee Lewis weds Myra on this day in history.
1958 On December - 11 upper Volta (now Bourkina Fasso) gains autonomy from France
1958 On December - 11 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 this day in history.
1960 On this day in history black Sunday
1961 On this day in history adolf Eichman is found guilty of war crimes, in Israel
1961 On December - 11 elvis Presley's "Blue Hawaii," album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 20 wks
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 Beatles' Apple Music signs its first group-Grapefruit on this day in history.
1967 On December - 11 sST prototype "Concorde" first shown (France)
1967 On this day in history 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 On December - 11 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 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 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 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 Claire Carleton, NYC, actress (Alice-Cimarron City), dies at 66 on this day in history.
1981 Muhammad Ali's 61st and last fight, losing to Trevor Berbick on December - 11.
1981 Spacelab I arrives at Kennedy Space Center on this day in history.
1981 On this day in history uN Sec Council chose Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru as 5th Secretary-General
1983 First visit to Lutheran church by a pope (John Paul II in Rome) on December - 11.
1983 On December - 11 szymon Laks, composer, dies at 82
1984 On this day in history george Waggner, director/writer, dies at 90
1985 General Electric acquires RCA Corp and its subsidiary, NBC on December - 11.
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