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Events from History on December 11

xxxx : Stamasus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1419 : Heretic Nicolaas Serrurier exiled from Florence
1477 : Duchess Maria van Bourgondi‰ ends Great Privilegie
1572 : Spanish troops begin siege of Haarlem
1618 : Russia & Poland signs Peace treaty of Dailino
1620 : 103 Mayflower pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock (12/21 NS)
1665 : "Messiah" Sjabtai Tswi festival in Smyrna
1688 : King James II arrested
1710 : Battle of Villa Viciosa (France beat Habsburgers)
1718 : Battle at Frederikshall Norway
1719 : 1st recorded display of Aurora Borealis in US (New England)
1730 : Voltaire's "Brutus," premieres in Paris
1792 : France's King Louis XVI went on trial, accused of treason
1812 : 1st newspaper on Cura‡ao (Cura‡ao Gazette & Commercial Advertiser)
1816 : Citizens of Geneva thwarted Savoyard invaders
1816 : Indiana becomes 19th state
1844 : 1st dental use of nitrous oxide, Hartford, Ct
1866 : 1st yacht race across Atlantic Ocean
1872 : 1st black US gov took office, Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (La)
1882 : Boston's Bijou Theatre, 1st American playhouse lit exclusively by
1882 : Victorien Sardous "Fedora," with Sarah Bernhardt, premieres in Paris
1882 : electricity, 1st performance, Gilbert & Sullivan's "Iolanthe"
1888 : French Panama Canal company fails
1893 : 11 fishing ships wash up at Wadden Sea, 22 killed
1899 : Battle of Magers' fountain - Boer leader Cronj‚ vs Gen Methuen
1901 : Marconi sends 1st transatlantic radio signal, Cornwall to Nfld
1903 : British forces under MacDonald & Young march into Tibet
1905 : 120ø F (49ø C), Rivadavia, Argentina (South American record)
1905 : British govt of Campbell-Bannerman forms
1906 : US president Roosevelt attacks abuses in the Congo
1908 : Frederick Delius' "In a Summer Garden," premieres
1909 : Canadian Football exhibition game played in Van Cortlandt Park in
1909 : Bronx, Hamilton Tigers beat Ottawa Rough Riders, 11-6 before 15,000
1909 : Colored moving pictures demonstrated at Madison Square Garden, NYC
1914 : Stockton Street Tunnel (SF) completed
1916 : David Lloyd George forms British war govt
1917 : 13 black soldiers hanged for alleged participation in Houston riot
1917 : German-occupied Lithuania proclaims independence from Russia
1919 : Boll weevil monument dedicated in Enterprise, Ala
1925 : Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Quas Primas
1926 : Josephine Baker goes up in Amsterdam
1928 : Buenos Aires police thwart an attempt on Pres-elect Herbert Hoover
1928 : NL Pres John Heydler proposes designated hitter for pitchers
1930 : Bank of the United States opens in NYC
1931 : Brit Statute of Westminster gives complete legislative independence
1931 : Japan leaves the Golden Standard
1931 : to Canada, Australia, NZ, South Africa, Ireland, Newfndlnd
1932 : SF's coldest day (27øF) - it snows
1934 : 1935 All-Star Game is assigned to Cleveland
1934 : 1st Toronto Maple Leaf penalty shot, Conacher unsuccessful vs Rangers
1934 : Ford C Frick becomes president of baseball's National League
1934 : NL votes to permit night baseball (up to 7 games per home team)
1936 : Duke of York becomes King George VI
1936 : King Edward VIII marries Mrs Wallis Simpson; abdicates throne
1937 : Italy withdraws from League of Nations
1939 : New anti Jewish measurements in Poland, proclaimed
1940 : Russian general Zhukov warns of German assault
1941 : Dutch government in London declares war on Italy
1941 : Germany & Italy declare war on US
1941 : Giants acquire Johnny Mize from Cards for 3 players & $50,000
1941 : Japanese attack Wake Island (only failed WW II-landing)
1941 : Japanese occupy Guam
1942 : Australian/Dutch guerrilla troops evacuated to Timor near Australia
1944 : Surprise attack on House of Keeping Axe, 29 prisoners freed
1945 : Het Parool publishes 1st Captain Rob-strip
1946 : Hank Williams begins to record on Sterling label
1946 : Spain suspended from UN
1946 : UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) established (Nobel 1965)
1947 : "Angel in the Wings" opens at Coronet Theater NYC for 308 performances
1947 : Bob Hilliard/Carl Sigman's musical "Angel in Wings," premieres in NYC
1947 : Pacific Coast League application for major league status rejected
1948 : WHEN (now WTVH) TV channel 5 in Syracuse, NY (CBS) begins broadcasting
1948 : WMC TV channel 5 in Memphis, TN (NBC) begins broadcasting
1949 : Chic Bear Johnny Lujack passes for 6 touchdowns vs Chic Cards (52-29)
1949 : Cleveland Browns beat SF '49ers 21-7 in final AAFC championship game
1949 : WOAI (now KMOL) TV channel 4 in San Antonio, TX (NBC) 1st broadcast
1950 : Baseball owners vote 9-7 not to renew Commissioner Chandler's contract
1950 : Hindemiths Concerto for clarinet, premieres
1951 : Joe DiMaggio announces his baseball retirement
1953 : KTVA TV channel 11 in Anchorage (CBS) becomes Alaska's 1st TV station
1954 : Phillies purchase Connie Mack Stadium
1954 : USS Forrestal christened in Newport News, Va
1956 : Anti-Russian demonstrates in Stettin & Wroclaw Poland
1957 : Jerry Lee Lewis weds Myra
1958 : 4th (last) Dutch govt of Drees falls
1958 : Archibald MacLeish's "JB," premieres in NYC
1958 : Upper Volta (now Bourkina Fasso) gains autonomy from France
1959 : Seibern for Roger Maris, Kent Hadley & Joe Deaestri
1959 : Yanks trade Marv Thronberry, Don Larsen, Hank Bauer & Norm
1960 : Black Sunday - Riot in Algiers, 114 die
1960 : Cleveland's Bernie Parrish sets club record for longest interception
1960 : Coleman/Leigh's musical "Wildcat" with Lucille Ball premieres in NYC
1960 : return with a 92 yard run
1961 : "Please, Mr. Postman" by Marvelettes, released
1961 : Adolf Eichmann is found guilty of war crimes, in Israel
1961 : Elvis Presley's "Blue Hawaii," album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 20 wks
1961 : JFK provides US miltary helicopters & crews to South Vietnam
1965 : "Anya" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 16 performances
1965 : "Yearling" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 3 performances
1967 : 6.5 earthquake in West India, 170 killed
1967 : Beatles' Apple Music signs its 1st group-Grapefruit
1967 : People's front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) established
1967 : SST prototype "Concorde" 1st shown (France)
1968 : KECC (now KECY) TV channel 9 in El Centro, CA (CBS) 1st broadcast
1968 : US Soccer Football Assoc refuses to let NASL disband
1969 : Libya adopts constitution
1970 : John Lennon releases an album that contains songs with word "fuck"
1970 : Start of the 1st Test match at the WACA, v England
1972 : Astronauts Cernan & Harrison become 11th & 12th on Moon
1972 : Jet's Don Maynard becomes all time pro reception leader (632)
1973 : Houston Astro Caesar Cedino jailed in death of 19 year old woman
1973 : NA Soccer League awards LA, SF, Seattle & Vancouver franchises
1973 : Ron Santo becomes 1st to invoke no-trade clause of 10-year-1-club vet
1973 : West German chancellor Willy Brandt normalizes trade with Czech
1975 : 1st class postage rises from 10› to 13›
1975 : Great Yankee trade getting Willie Randolph, Dock Ellis & Ken Brett
1975 : from Pirates for George "Doc" Medich
1977 : Billboard Awards
1978 : 6 masked men bound 10 employees at Lufthansa cargo area at NY Kennedy
1978 : Airport & made off with $5.8 M in cash & jewelry
1979 : Great Britain grants independence to Zimbabwe (Rhodesia)
1980 : Dirk Wellham scores 100 on 1st-class debut, NSW v Victoria
1981 : Argentine president/gen Roberto Viola flees
1981 : Muhammad Ali's 61st & last fight, losing to Trevor Berbick
1981 : Peru's Javier Perez de Cuellar becomes sec-gen of UN
1981 : Spacelab I arrives at Kennedy Space Center
1981 : UN Sec Council chose Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru as 5th Sec Genl
1981 : Wash Capitals biggest margin of victory (9) beating Toronto 11-2
1983 : 1st visit to Lutheran church by a pope (John Paul II in Rome)
1984 : "Doug Henning & His World..." opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 60 perf
1984 : Mauretania military coup under Col Maawiya Ould Sid'ahmed Taya
1985 : & ties record of 21 goals
1985 : Computer store owner in Sacramento Calif killed by package bomb
1985 : Dow Jones closes above 1,500 for 1st time (1,511.70)
1985 : General Electric acquires RCA Corp & its subsidiary, NBC
1986 : A Bartlett Giamatti becomes president of baseball's National League
1986 : South Africa censors press
1987 : Test debut of Carl Hooper, WI v India at Bombay
1989 : "City of Angels" opens at Virginia Theater NYC for 878 performances
1989 : Mark Davis signs record $3.25 million per year KC Royals contract
1990 : 13 die in 83 vehicle accident in Chattanooga Tn I-75, due to fog
1990 : US 69th manned space mission STS 35 (Columbia 11) returns from space
1991 : William Kennedy Smith found not guilty of rape
1992 : Nor'easter storm hits NY, doing $ Billion worth of damage
1992 : WNEW AM radio on 1130 in NYC ends transmitting after 58 years
1993 : 59th Heisman Trophy Award: Charlie Ward, Florida State (QB)
1993 : Eduardo Frei elected president of Chile
1994 : Russian troops pull inside Tsjetsjeni‰
1997 : "Sunshine Boys," opens at Lyceum Theater NYC
1997 : Fed judge orders Microsoft not to bundle IE4 in Windows

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