Page 6: Historical Events In December - 11

1954  On this day in history 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  On December - 11 anti-Russian demonstrates in Stettin & Wroclaw Poland   

1957  On December - 11 jerry Lee Lewis weds Myra   

1958  On this day in history upper Volta (now Bourkina Fasso) gains autonomy from France   

1958  4th (last) Dutch govt of Drees falls on December - 11.   

1959  On this day in history yanks trade Marv Thronberry, Don Larsen, Hank Bauer & Norm Seibern for Roger Maris, Kent Hadley & Joe Deaestri   

1960  Black Sunday on December - 11.   

1961  On December - 11 adolf Eichman is found guilty of war crimes, in Israel   

1961  Elvis Presley's "Blue Hawaii," album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 20 wks on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history jFK provides US military helicopters and crews to South Vietnam   

1961  On this day in history "Please, Mr. Postman" by Marvelettes, released   

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

1967  On December - 11 beatles' Apple Music signs its first group-Grapefruit   

1967  SST prototype "Concorde" first shown (France) on December - 11.   

1967  Howard Freeman, actor (Double Dynamite), dies after illness in NYC on December - 11.   

1968  The Labor Department announced that the nation's unemployment rate had dwindled to 3.3%, the lowest mark in 15 years on this day in history.   

1968  Nadine Riga, dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 59 on this day in history.   

1969  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 on December - 11.   

1972  On this day in history astronauts Cernan and Harrison become 11th and 12th on the Moon   

1972  On this day in history 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 December - 11.   

1975  First class postage rises from $0.10 to $0.13 on this day in history.   

1978  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 on December - 11.   

1979  Claire Carleton, NYC, actress (Alice-Cimarron City), dies at 66 on December - 11.   

1981  On this day in history muhammad Ali's 61st and last fight, losing to Trevor Berbick   

1981  Spacelab I arrives at Kennedy Space Center on this day in history.   

1981  On December - 11 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 this day in history.   

1983  Szymon Laks, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1984  George Waggner, director/writer, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1985  On December - 11 general Electric acquires RCA Corp and its subsidiary, NBC   

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

1475  On this day in history birth of leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1513-21)   

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

1566  On this day in history birth of manuel Cardoso, composer   

1676  On December - 11 birth of johann Georg Weichenberger, composer   

1709  On December - 11 birth of louise Elisabeth of Orléans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1742)   

1712  Francesco Algarotti, Italian earl/encyclopedic (Viaggio in Russia) was born on December - 11.   

1725  George Mason, American statesman (d. 1792) was born on December - 11.   

0384  Death of Pope Damasus I on December - 11.   

0711  On December - 11 justitianus II, emperor of Byzantium, dies at about 42   

1121  Death of Al-Afdal Shahanshah, Caliph of Egypt (b. 1066) on this day in history.   

1226  Death of Robert de Ros, English politician (b. 1177) on December - 11.   

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  On this day in history death of henry Van Zutphen, Dutch protestant martyr, burned at stake   

1532  Death of Pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1455) on December - 11.