Historical Events In December - 11

1915  On this day in history anna van Beers, [Graeve], actress (A Woman like Eve)   

1916  David Lloyd George forms British war govt on December - 11.   

1917  On December - 11 13 black soldiers hanged for alleged participation in Houston riot   

1917  On this day in history german-occupied Lithuania proclaims independence from Russia   

1917  On this day in history 13 black soldiers hanged for participation in Houston riot   

1918  On December - 11 aleksandr Solzhenitsyn dissident Russian writer, was born   

1918  On this day in history aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russia, writer (Cancer Ward, Nobel 1970)   

1918  On December - 11 ivan Cankar, Slavic author (Hlapec Jernej), dies at 42   

1919  On December - 11 boll weevil monument dedicated in Enterprise, Ala   

1920  Eddy Firestone, SF Calif, actor (Eddy-Mixed Doubles) on this day in history.   

1921  Maila Nurmi, Petsamo Finland, actress (Vampira) on December - 11.   

1922  Grace Paley, writer (1970 Arts & Letters Award) on December - 11.   

1923  Betsy Blair, actress (Marty) on December - 11.   

1924  On this day in history marie Windsor, [Emily Marie Bertelson], Utah, actress (Double Deal)   

1925  On December - 11 pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Quas Primas   

1925  Paul Greengard, American neuroscientist, Nobel laureate on this day in history.   

1926  Josephine Baker goes up in Amsterdam on this day in history.   

1926  On December - 11 big Mama Thornton, blues singer (Ball & Chain, Stronger than Dirt)   

1927  Stein Eriksen, Norway, giant slalom (Olympic-gold-1952) on this day in history.   

1928  Buenos Aires police thwart an attempt on Pres-elect Herbert Hoover on December - 11.   

1928  On this day in history tomas Gutierrez Alea, filmmaker   

1929  S P "Fergie" Gupte, cricketer (brilliant Indian leg-spinner) on December - 11.   

1930  New York's branch of Bank of the United States announced that it had gone belly-up on this day in history.   

1930  On December - 11 bank of the United States closes in New York City   

1930  Jean-Louis Trintignant, France, actor/director (Man & a Woman, Z) on this day in history.   

1930  Friedrich von Bernhardi, German war theorist/historian, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1931  British Statute of Westminster gives complete legislative independence to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland, Newfndlnd on this day in history.   

1931  On December - 11 pierre Pilote Hockey Hall of Famer NHL Chicago Black Hawks defenseman was born   

1931  On December - 11 the birth of Rita Moreno, American actress and dancer   

1931  On this day in history japan leaves the Golden Standard   

1931  Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, leader B-sect/guru of rich on December - 11.   

1931  On this day in history pierre Pilote Hockey Hall of Famer: NHL: Chicago Black Hawks defenseman was born   

1932  San Francisco's coldest day (27øF) on this day in history.   

1932  Snow falls in San Francisco on this day in history.   

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1465  Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (d. 1489) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1566  On December - 11 birth of manuel Cardoso, composer   

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

1709  Louise Elisabeth of Orléans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1742) was born on this day in history.   

1712  On December - 11 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 this day in history.   

0711  On this day in history justitianus II, emperor of Byzantium, dies at about 42   

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

1226  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1532  Death of Pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1455) on this day in history.