Page 6: Historical Events In December - 11

1954  USS Forrestal christened in Newport News, Va on this day in history.   

1954  Phillies purchase Connie Mack Stadium on December - 11.   

1955  On December - 11 franz Adolf Syberg, composer, dies at 51   

1956  On this day in history anti-Russian demonstrates in Stettin & Wroclaw Poland   

1957  On December - 11 jerry Lee Lewis weds Myra   

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

1958  On December - 11 4th (last) Dutch govt of Drees falls   

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  Adolf Eichman is found guilty of war crimes, in Israel on December - 11.   

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

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  On this day in history sST prototype "Concorde" first shown (France)   

1967  On December - 11 howard Freeman, actor (Double Dynamite), dies after illness in NYC   

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  Nadine Riga, dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 59 on this day in history.   

1969  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 on December - 11.   

1972  Astronauts Cernan and Harrison become 11th and 12th on the Moon on December - 11.   

1972  John Mills, cricketer (7 Tests for NZ in early 1930's, 241 runs), dies on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history karen and Richard Carpenter received a gold record for their single, Top of the World.   

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  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 on December - 11.   

1979  Claire Carleton, NYC, actress (Alice-Cimarron City), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1981  Muhammad Ali's 61st and last fight, losing to Trevor Berbick on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history first visit to Lutheran church by a pope (John Paul II in Rome)   

1983  Szymon Laks, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1984  George Waggner, director/writer, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

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  On December - 11 birth of leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1513-21)   

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

1566  On this day in history birth of manuel Cardoso, composer   

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

1709  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1121  On this day in history death of al-Afdal Shahanshah, Caliph of Egypt (b. 1066)   

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 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 this day in history.   

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