Historical Events In December - 11

1915  Anna van Beers, [Graeve], actress (A Woman like Eve) on this day in history.   

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  German-occupied Lithuania proclaims independence from Russia on this day in history.   

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

1918  On December - 11 aleksandr Solzhenitsyn dissident Russian writer, was born   

1918  On this day in history aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russia, writer (Cancer Ward, Nobel 1970)   

1918  On this day in history ivan Cankar, Slavic author (Hlapec Jernej), dies at 42   

1919  On this day in history boll weevil monument dedicated in Enterprise, Ala   

1920  Eddy Firestone, SF Calif, actor (Eddy-Mixed Doubles) on this day in history.   

1921  Maila Nurmi, Petsamo Finland, actress (Vampira) on this day in history.   

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

1923  Betsy Blair, actress (Marty) on December - 11.   

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

1925  Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Quas Primas on this day in history.   

1925  Paul Greengard, American neuroscientist, Nobel laureate on December - 11.   

1926  On this day in history josephine Baker goes up in Amsterdam   

1926  On this day in history big Mama Thornton, blues singer (Ball & Chain, Stronger than Dirt)   

1927  On December - 11 stein Eriksen, Norway, giant slalom (Olympic-gold-1952)   

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  On this day in history new York's branch of Bank of the United States announced that it had gone belly-up   

1930  Bank of the United States closes in New York City on this day in history.   

1930  On this day in history jean-Louis Trintignant, France, actor/director (Man & a Woman, Z)   

1930  Friedrich von Bernhardi, German war theorist/historian, dies at 81 on December - 11.   

1931  On this day in history british Statute of Westminster gives complete legislative independence to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland, Newfndlnd   

1931  On December - 11 pierre Pilote Hockey Hall of Famer NHL Chicago Black Hawks defenseman was born   

1931  The birth of Rita Moreno, American actress and dancer on December - 11.   

1931  On this day in history japan leaves the Golden Standard   

1931  On December - 11 bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, leader B-sect/guru of rich   

1931  On this day in history pierre Pilote Hockey Hall of Famer: NHL: Chicago Black Hawks defenseman was born   

1932  On December - 11 san Francisco's coldest day (27øF).   

1932  On this day in history snow falls in San Francisco   

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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 this day in history 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  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 this day in history llywelyn ab Gruffydd, monarch of North Wales (1246-77), dies   

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