Historical Events In December - 11

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

1954  Phillies purchase Connie Mack Stadium on December - 11.   

1955  Franz Adolf Syberg, composer, dies at 51 on December - 11.   

1956  On this day in history anti-Russian demonstrates in Stettin & Wroclaw Poland   

1957  Jerry Lee Lewis weds Myra on December - 11.   

1958  On December - 11 upper Volta (now Bourkina Fasso) gains autonomy from France   

1958  4th (last) Dutch govt of Drees falls on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history adolf Eichman is found guilty of war crimes, in Israel   

1961  On this day in history 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 December - 11.   

1961  On December - 11 "Please, Mr. Postman" by Marvelettes, released   

1964  Percy Kilbride, actor (Ma & Pa Kettle), dies at 76 on December - 11.   

1967  On this day in history beatles' Apple Music signs its first group-Grapefruit   

1967  On December - 11 sST prototype "Concorde" first shown (France)   

1967  On December - 11 howard Freeman, actor (Double Dynamite), dies after illness in NYC   

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 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 this day in history.   

1975  On December - 11 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  On December - 11 claire Carleton, NYC, actress (Alice-Cimarron City), dies at 66   

1981  Muhammad Ali's 61st and last fight, losing to Trevor Berbick on this day in history.   

1981  On December - 11 spacelab I arrives at Kennedy Space Center   

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

1983  First visit to Lutheran church by a pope (John Paul II in Rome) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history birth of pope Leo X (d. 1521)   

1566  On this day in history 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  George Mason, American statesman (d. 1792) was born on December - 11.   

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  Death of Al-Afdal Shahanshah, Caliph of Egypt (b. 1066) on December - 11.   

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

1282  On December - 11 llywelyn ab Gruffydd, monarch of North Wales (1246-77), dies   

1282  On this day in history 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)