Page 4: Historical Events In December - 11

1915  On December - 11 anna van Beers, [Graeve], actress (A Woman like Eve)   

1916  On this day in history david Lloyd George forms British war govt   

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

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

1917  13 black soldiers hanged for participation in Houston riot on December - 11.   

1918  On this day in history 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  Boll weevil monument dedicated in Enterprise, Ala on December - 11.   

1920  Eddy Firestone, SF Calif, actor (Eddy-Mixed Doubles) on December - 11.   

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

1922  On this day in history grace Paley, writer (1970 Arts & Letters Award)   

1923  Betsy Blair, actress (Marty) on this day in history.   

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

1925  On this day in history 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  Big Mama Thornton, blues singer (Ball & Chain, Stronger than Dirt) on December - 11.   

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

1928  On this day in history buenos Aires police thwart an attempt on Pres-elect Herbert Hoover   

1928  On this day in history tomas Gutierrez Alea, filmmaker   

1929  On December - 11 s P "Fergie" Gupte, cricketer (brilliant Indian leg-spinner)   

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

1930  Bank of the United States closes in New York City on December - 11.   

1930  Jean-Louis Trintignant, France, actor/director (Man & a Woman, Z) on December - 11.   

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

1931  On December - 11 british Statute of Westminster gives complete legislative independence to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland, Newfndlnd   

1931  Pierre Pilote Hockey Hall of Famer NHL Chicago Black Hawks defenseman was born on December - 11.   

1931  The birth of Rita Moreno, American actress and dancer on this day in history.   

1931  Japan leaves the Golden Standard on this day in history.   

1931  On this day in history bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, leader B-sect/guru of rich   

1931  Pierre Pilote Hockey Hall of Famer: NHL: Chicago Black Hawks defenseman was born on December - 11.   

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

1932  Snow falls in San Francisco on December - 11.   

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1465  On December - 11 birth of ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (d. 1489)   

1475  Leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1513-21) was born on December - 11.   

1475  On this day in history birth of pope Leo X (d. 1521)   

1566  On December - 11 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  On this day in history birth of francesco Algarotti, Italian earl/encyclopedic (Viaggio in Russia)   

1725  On December - 11 birth of george Mason, American statesman (d. 1792)   

0384  On December - 11 death of pope Damasus I   

0711  Justitianus II, emperor of Byzantium, dies at about 42 on December - 11.   

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

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

1282  Llywelyn ab Gruffydd, monarch of North Wales (1246-77), dies on this day in history.   

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 December - 11 death of henry Van Zutphen, Dutch protestant martyr, burned at stake   

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