Page 6: Historical Events In December - 11

1954  On this day in history uSS Forrestal christened in Newport News, Va   

1954  Phillies purchase Connie Mack Stadium on this day in history.   

1955  Franz Adolf Syberg, composer, dies at 51 on December - 11.   

1956  On December - 11 anti-Russian demonstrates in Stettin & Wroclaw Poland   

1957  Jerry Lee Lewis weds Myra on this day in history.   

1958  On December - 11 upper Volta (now Bourkina Fasso) gains autonomy from France   

1958  4th (last) Dutch govt of Drees falls on this day in history.   

1959  On December - 11 yanks trade Marv Thronberry, Don Larsen, Hank Bauer & Norm Seibern for Roger Maris, Kent Hadley & Joe Deaestri   

1960  On this day in history black Sunday   

1961  On this day in history adolf Eichman is found guilty of war crimes, in Israel   

1961  On this day in history elvis Presley's "Blue Hawaii," album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 20 wks   

1961  On December - 11 jFK provides US military helicopters and crews to South Vietnam   

1961  "Please, Mr. Postman" by Marvelettes, released on December - 11.   

1964  On December - 11 percy Kilbride, actor (Ma & Pa Kettle), dies at 76   

1967  On this day in history beatles' Apple Music signs its first group-Grapefruit   

1967  SST prototype "Concorde" first shown (France) on this day in history.   

1967  Howard Freeman, actor (Double Dynamite), dies after illness in NYC on December - 11.   

1968  The Labor Department announced that the nation's unemployment rate had dwindled to 3.3%, the lowest mark in 15 years on December - 11.   

1968  On December - 11 nadine Riga, dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 59   

1969  On December - 11 the secretary of the Moscow writer's union declares that nudity as displayed in the popular play "Oh! Calcutta!" is a sign of decadence in Western culture   

1972  On December - 11 astronauts Cernan and Harrison become 11th and 12th on the Moon   

1972  John Mills, cricketer (7 Tests for NZ in early 1930's, 241 runs), dies on December - 11.   

1973  Karen and Richard Carpenter received a gold record for their single, Top of the World on December - 11.   

1974  Reed Hadley, actor (Racket Squad, Public Defender), dies at 63 on December - 11.   

1975  First class postage rises from $0.10 to $0.13 on December - 11.   

1978  On December - 11 6 masked men bound 10 employees at Lufthansa cargo area at New York Kennedy Airport and made off with $5.8 M in cash and jewelry   

1979  On this day in history claire Carleton, NYC, actress (Alice-Cimarron City), dies at 66   

1981  Muhammad Ali's 61st and last fight, losing to Trevor Berbick on December - 11.   

1981  Spacelab I arrives at Kennedy Space Center on December - 11.   

1981  UN Sec Council chose Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru as 5th Secretary-General on December - 11.   

1983  On December - 11 first visit to Lutheran church by a pope (John Paul II in Rome)   

1983  On this day in history szymon Laks, composer, dies at 82   

1984  On December - 11 george Waggner, director/writer, dies at 90   

1985  On this day in history general Electric acquires RCA Corp and its subsidiary, NBC   

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1465  Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (d. 1489) was born on December - 11.   

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

1475  Pope Leo X (d. 1521) was born on this day in history.   

1566  On December - 11 birth of manuel Cardoso, composer   

1676  Johann Georg Weichenberger, composer was born on this day in history.   

1709  On December - 11 birth of louise Elisabeth of Orléans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1742)   

1712  Francesco Algarotti, Italian earl/encyclopedic (Viaggio in Russia) was born on this day in history.   

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

0384  Death of Pope Damasus I on December - 11.   

0711  On this day in history justitianus II, emperor of Byzantium, dies at about 42   

1121  Death of Al-Afdal Shahanshah, Caliph of Egypt (b. 1066) on December - 11.   

1226  Death of Robert de Ros, English politician (b. 1177) on this day in history.   

1282  On this day in history llywelyn ab Gruffydd, monarch of North Wales (1246-77), dies   

1282  On December - 11 death of llywelyn the Last (b. c.1228), the last native Prince of Wales, is killed at Cilmeri, near Builth Wells, south Wales.   

1524  Death of Henry Van Zutphen, Dutch protestant martyr, burned at stake on this day in history.   

1532  On this day in history death of pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1455)