Page 4: Historical Events In December - 11

1915  On this day in history 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  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  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn dissident Russian writer, was born on this day in history.   

1918  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russia, writer (Cancer Ward, Nobel 1970) on December - 11.   

1918  Ivan Cankar, Slavic author (Hlapec Jernej), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1919  On December - 11 boll weevil monument dedicated in Enterprise, Ala   

1920  On December - 11 eddy Firestone, SF Calif, actor (Eddy-Mixed Doubles)   

1921  On December - 11 maila Nurmi, Petsamo Finland, actress (Vampira)   

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

1923  On this day in history betsy Blair, actress (Marty)   

1924  Marie Windsor, [Emily Marie Bertelson], Utah, actress (Double Deal) on December - 11.   

1925  On December - 11 pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Quas Primas   

1925  On this day in history paul Greengard, American neuroscientist, Nobel laureate   

1926  Josephine Baker goes up in Amsterdam on December - 11.   

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

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

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

1928  On this day in history tomas Gutierrez Alea, filmmaker   

1929  S P "Fergie" Gupte, cricketer (brilliant Indian leg-spinner) on December - 11.   

1930  On December - 11 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  On December - 11 friedrich von Bernhardi, German war theorist/historian, dies at 81   

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

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

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 December - 11 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  On this day in history san Francisco's coldest day (27øF).   

1932  On December - 11 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 December - 11 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 this day in history birth of johann Georg Weichenberger, composer   

1709  On this day in history 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  On December - 11 death of pope Damasus I   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 December - 11.