Page 4: Historical Events In December - 11

1915  On this day in history anna van Beers, [Graeve], actress (A Woman like Eve)   

1916  David Lloyd George forms British war govt on this day in history.   

1917  On this day in history 13 black soldiers hanged for alleged participation in Houston riot   

1917  German-occupied Lithuania proclaims independence from Russia on December - 11.   

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

1918  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn dissident Russian writer, was born on December - 11.   

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

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 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  On December - 11 betsy Blair, actress (Marty)   

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

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

1925  Paul Greengard, American neuroscientist, Nobel laureate on this day in history.   

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

1926  Big Mama Thornton, blues singer (Ball & Chain, Stronger than Dirt) on this day in history.   

1927  Stein Eriksen, Norway, giant slalom (Olympic-gold-1952) on December - 11.   

1928  Buenos Aires police thwart an attempt on Pres-elect Herbert Hoover on December - 11.   

1928  On December - 11 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  On December - 11 jean-Louis Trintignant, France, actor/director (Man & a Woman, Z)   

1930  On this day in history 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 December - 11.   

1931  Pierre Pilote Hockey Hall of Famer NHL Chicago Black Hawks defenseman was born on this day in history.   

1931  On December - 11 the birth of Rita Moreno, American actress and dancer   

1931  On December - 11 japan leaves the Golden Standard   

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

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

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

1932  Snow falls in San Francisco on this day in history.   

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1465  Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (d. 1489) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history birth of manuel Cardoso, composer   

1676  Johann Georg Weichenberger, composer was born on December - 11.   

1709  Louise Elisabeth of Orléans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1742) was born on December - 11.   

1712  On December - 11 birth of francesco Algarotti, Italian earl/encyclopedic (Viaggio in Russia)   

1725  George Mason, American statesman (d. 1792) was born on this day in history.   

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 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 this day in history.   

1524  Death of Henry Van Zutphen, Dutch protestant martyr, burned at stake on December - 11.   

1532  On December - 11 death of pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1455)