Historical Events In December - 11

1985  On December - 11 the most expensive non-oil acquisition in U.S. history took place. General Electric Company agreed to buy RCA Corporation for $6.3 billion.   

1986  On December - 11 paul Keenan, actor (Summer Fantasy), dies at 30   

1990  13 die in 83 vehicle accident in Chattanooga TN, due to fog on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history uS 69th manned space mission STS 35 (Columbia 11) returns from space   

1990  On this day in history fernand J Collin, Belgian economist/banker, dies at 92   

1991  William Kennedy Smith found not guilty of rape on December - 11.   

1991  On this day in history artur Lundkvist, Swedish writer/Prof (Swedish Academy), dies   

1992  On December - 11 michael Robbins, actor (Lunch Hour, On the Buses), dies at 62   

1993  Ales Gartner, Slavic ski trainer of Norway, dies at 45 on December - 11.   

1994  Stanislaw Maczek, Polish/British general-major (WW II), dies at 102 on this day in history.   

1995  Arthur Mullard, comedian, dies at 82 on December - 11.   

1996  On December - 11 herbert Sally Frankel, economist, dies at 93   

1997  On this day in history judge Thomas Penfield Jackson of federal district court issues preliminary injunction forcing Microsoft to stop, at least temporarily, requiring manufacturers to install its Internet Explorer on PCs.   

1997  On this day in history kenneth WIlliam Gatland, aerospace scientist, dies at 73   

2005  205 Hertfordshire Oil Storage Terminal fire north of London causes widespread damage on December - 11.   

2006  The Holocaust conference is opened in Tehran, Iran by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on December - 11.   

2007  On December - 11 in Algiers, Algeria, two bombs explode within ten minutes of each other, the first near a UN office and the other detonated close to the Algerian Supreme Court. The official death count for both blasts stands as 31.   

2012  125 people are killed and 200 are injured by bombings in Aqrab, Syria on this day in history.   

2014  On December - 11 cIA Director John Brennan defends interrogation methods used after 9/11 but admits some methods were "abhorrent"   

2017  Saudi Arabia announces an end to its 35 year ban on cinemas on December - 11.   

2017  US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand calls for the resignation of President Donald Trump given 16 women have accused him of sexual harassment on December - 11.   

2017  Landmark trial for Huntington's disease in London announces positive results - first time a drug has been able to slow an incurable brain disorder on this day in history.   

2017  On December - 11 rahul Gandhi, son of former Prime Minister Rajiv Ghandi, is elected leader of the Indian National Congress   

2017  Six wildfires in Southern California now cover area larger than New York City and Boston combined on this day in history.   

2017  Attempted suicide terrorist bomb attack in New York wounds 3, bomb fails to fully detonate on this day in history.   

2018  Time Magazine Person of the Year 2018 is "the Guardians" journalists targeted for their work, including Jamal Khashoggi on December - 11.   

2018  The Artic is experiencing "unprecedented warmth" caused by human-caused climate change, according to US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Report on December - 11.   

2019  On December - 11 climate activist Greta Thunberg is named Time magazine's Person of the Year   

2020  On December - 11 uS Supreme Court rejects lawsuit by Texas to overturn Jo Biden 's election in four battleground states, endorsed by 17 Republican attorney generals   

2020  On this day in history the European Union agrees to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 55% over the next decade.   

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1465  On this day in history birth of ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (d. 1489)   

1475  Leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1513-21) was born on this day in history.   

1475  On this day in history birth of pope Leo X (d. 1521)   

1566  On December - 11 birth of manuel Cardoso, composer   

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

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

1712  On this day in history 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  Death of Pope Damasus I on this day in history.   

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 this day in history death of robert de Ros, English politician (b. 1177)   

1282  Llywelyn ab Gruffydd, monarch of North Wales (1246-77), dies on December - 11.   

1282  On this day in history death of llywelyn the Last (b. c.1228), the last native Prince of Wales, is killed at Cilmeri, near Builth Wells, south Wales.   

1524  On December - 11 death of henry Van Zutphen, Dutch protestant martyr, burned at stake   

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