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

1475  On December - 11 birth of leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1513-21)   

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

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

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

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  George Mason, American statesman (d. 1792) was born on this day in history.   

0384  Death of Pope Damasus I on December - 11.   

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

1121  On December - 11 death of al-Afdal Shahanshah, Caliph of Egypt (b. 1066)   

1226  On December - 11 death of robert de Ros, English politician (b. 1177)   

1282  On this day in history llywelyn ab Gruffydd, monarch of North Wales (1246-77), dies   

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 December - 11.   

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