Page 6: Historical Events In December - 11

1954  On December - 11 uSS Forrestal christened in Newport News, Va   

1954  Phillies purchase Connie Mack Stadium on December - 11.   

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  On this day in history jerry Lee Lewis weds Myra   

1958  Upper Volta (now Bourkina Fasso) gains autonomy from France on December - 11.   

1958  On this day in history 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  Black Sunday on this day in history.   

1961  Adolf Eichman is found guilty of war crimes, in Israel on December - 11.   

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

1961  On December - 11 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 this day in history.   

1967  Beatles' Apple Music signs its first group-Grapefruit on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history astronauts Cernan and Harrison become 11th and 12th on the Moon   

1972  John Mills, cricketer (7 Tests for NZ in early 1930's, 241 runs), dies on December - 11.   

1973  Karen and Richard Carpenter received a gold record for their single, Top of the World on this day in history.   

1974  Reed Hadley, actor (Racket Squad, Public Defender), dies at 63 on December - 11.   

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  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  On this day in history spacelab I arrives at Kennedy Space Center   

1981  UN Sec Council chose Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru as 5th Secretary-General on December - 11.   

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  On December - 11 george Waggner, director/writer, dies at 90   

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 December - 11.   

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  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 December - 11.   

0384  Death of Pope Damasus I on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1226  Death of Robert de Ros, English politician (b. 1177) on this day in history.   

1282  Llywelyn ab Gruffydd, monarch of North Wales (1246-77), dies on December - 11.   

1282  Death of Llywelyn the Last (b. c.1228), the last native Prince of Wales, is killed at Cilmeri, near Builth Wells, south Wales on December - 11.   

1524  On this day in history death of henry Van Zutphen, Dutch protestant martyr, burned at stake   

1532  On this day in history death of pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1455)