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December 11
(Redirected from 11 December)
December 11 is the 345th day (346th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 20 days remaining.
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1205 - John Grey , Bishop of Norwich, elected Archbishop of Canterbury
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1792 - King Louis XVI of France goes on trial for treason
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1816 - Indiana becomes the 19th U.S. state.
- 1816 - Citizens of Geneva, Switzerland repel attack by Savoy.
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1917 - Lithuania declares its independence (Kingdom of Lithuania)
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1931 - Statute of Westminster gives complete legislative independence to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland and Newfoundland
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1937 - Edward VIII's abdication as King of the United Kingdom becomes effective.
- 1937 - Italy leaves the League of Nations
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1941 - Germany and Italy declare war on the United States
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1944 - JCI (Junior Chamber International) is founded in Mexico City
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1946 - The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is established.
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1954 - The American Nuclear Society is founded
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1958 - Upper Volta declares its independence from France
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1970 - John Lennon releases the classic album Plastic Ono Band.
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1971 - The United States Libertarian Party is formed.
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1972 - Apollo 17 lands on the Moon
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1981 - Muhammad Ali's last fight – he loses to Trevor Berbick
- 1981 - Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru becomes UN Secretary-General
- 1981 - The Salvadoran armed forces massacre 900 villagers in the El Mozote massacre
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1994 - Boris Yeltsin orders Russian troops into Chechnya
- 1994 - A small bomb explodes on Philippine Airlines Flight 434, killing a Japanese businessman. The bombing was a field test done by Ramzi Yousef to test explosives that would have been used in Project Bojinka, a terrorist attack plan that would be exposed after an apartment fire.
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1998 - A Thai Airways Airbus A310-200 crashes just short of runway at Surat Thani airport , located in southern Thailand, killing 101.
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2001 - DrinkOrDie raids.
- 2001 - The People's Republic of China joins the World Trade Organization
Births
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1465 - Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Ashikaga shogun (d. 1489)
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1475 - Pope Leo X (d. 1521)
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1725 - George Mason, U.S. patriot, "Father of the Bill of Rights" (d. 1792)
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1781 - Sir David Brewster, physicist (d. 1868)
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1801 - Christian Dietrich Grabbe, writer (d. 1836)
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1803 - Hector Berlioz, composer (d. 1869)
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1810 - Alfred de Musset, poet (d. 1857)
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1843 - Robert Koch, bacteriologist and 1905 Nobel laureate (d. 1910)
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1863 - Annie Jump Cannon, astronomer (d. 1941)
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1873 - Josip Plemelj, mathematician (d. 1967)
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1882 - Max Born, physicist and 1954 Nobel laureate (d. 1970)
- 1882 - Fiorello LaGuardia, mayor of New York City (d. 1947)
- 1882 - Subramanya Bharathy, a Tamil Indian poet (d. 1921)
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1883 - Victor McLaglen, actor (d. 1959)
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1890 - Mark Tobey, painter (d. 1976)
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1905 - Gilbert Roland , actor (d. 1994)
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1911 - Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian novelist, 1988 Nobel laureate
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1912 - Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer
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1913 - Jean Marais, actor (d. 1998)
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1918 - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian author, 1970 Nobel laureate
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1919 - Marie Windsor , actress (d. 2000)
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1920 - Big Mama Thornton, singer (d. 1984)
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1924 - Doc Blanchard , Heisman Trophy winner
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1925 - Paul Greengard, scientist, 2001 Nobel laureate
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1930 - Jean-Louis Trintignant, actor
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1931 - Rita Moreno, singer, dancer, actress
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1935 - Pranab Mukherjee, Indian politician
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1936 - Taku Yamasaki, Japanese politician
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1939 - Tom Hayden, American radical and politician
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1943 - John Kerry, US politician
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1944 - Booker T. Jones, musician
- 1944 - Brenda Lee, singer
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1950 - Christina Onassis shipowner (d. 1988)
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1954 - Jermaine Jackson, musician
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1958 - Nikki Sixx, musician
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1969 - Vishwanathan Anand, Indian Chess Champion
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1981 - Javier Saviola, Argentinan Soccer Player
Deaths
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384 - St. Damasus, Pope
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1282 - Llywelyn the Last, Prince of Wales
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1920 - Olive Schreiner, writer (b. 1855)
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1941 - John Gillespie Magee, Jr., American poet and aviator (b. 1922)
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1945 - Charles Fabry, physicist
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1950 - Leslie Comrie, astronomer and computing pioneer (b. 1893)
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1964 - Sam Cooke, singer (b. 1931)
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1996 - Willie Rushton, UK comedian, satirist, actor and cartoonist (b. 1937)
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2003 - Ahmadou Kourouma, author from Côte d'Ivoire
- 2003 - Paulos Tzadua , Roman Catholic cardinal from Ethiopia
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2004 - M.S. Subbulakshmi, Carnatic vocalist
Holidays and observances
Annual events
December 10 - December 12 - November 11 - January 11 -- listing of all days
Last updated: 02-08-2005 11:13:36
Last updated: 05-03-2005 17:50:55
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