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11 Dec 1282
Llywelyn ab GruffyddLlywelyn the Last last native Prince of Wales is killed at Cilmeri near Builth Wells south Wales. Reigned from 1259.
11 Dec 1395
John Eleanor Rykener a male cross-dressing prostitute is brought to court in London for committing that detestable unmentionable and ignominious vice in late medieval Englands only recorded case on same-sex intercourse (verdict unknown)
11 Dec 1419
Heretic Nicolaas Serrurier exiled from Florence
11 Dec 1477
Duchess Maria of Burgundy ends the Great Privilege in states of The Netherlands
11 Dec 1602
Surprise attack by forces of the Duke of Savoy and his brother-in-law Philip III of Spain repelled by citizens of Geneva. Commemorated since as Fte de lEscalade.
11 Dec 1620
102 Mayflower Pilgrims and about 30 crew land at Plymouth Rock Massachusetts [NS Dec 21]
11 Dec 1710
Battle of Villa Viciosa (France beat Habsburgers)
11 Dec 1719
1st recorded display of Aurora Borealis in north American colonies (New England)
11 Dec 1812
1st newspaper on Curacao (Curacao Gazette & Commercial Advertiser)
11 Dec 1844
1st dental use of nitrous oxide Hartford Connecticut
11 Dec 1872
Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback takes office as the first African American US Govenor in Louisiana
11 Dec 1882
Bostons Bijou Theatre 1st American playhouse lit exclusively by electricity 1st performance Gilbert & Sullivans Iolanthe
11 Dec 1882
Victorien Sardous Fedora with Sarah Bernhardt premieres in Paris
11 Dec 1893
11 fishing ships wash up at Wadden Sea 22 killed
11 Dec 1902
The US signs a treaty with Cuba allowing for a 20 percent reduction of tariff rates on imported Cuban products
11 Dec 1903
British forces under MacDonald & Younghusband march into Tibet
11 Dec 1905
120F (49C) Rivadavia Argentina (South American record)
11 Dec 1905
British government of Campbell-Bannerman forms
11 Dec 1905
A workers uprising occurs establishing the Shuliavka Republic in Kiev.
11 Dec 1907
New Zealand Parliament Buildings almost completely destroyed by fire
11 Dec 1908
Frederick Delius In a Summer Garden premieres in London
11 Dec 1909
Colored moving pictures demonstrated at Madison Square Garden NYC
11 Dec 1909
Canadian Football exhibition game played in Van Cortlandt Park in Bronx Hamilton Tigers beat Ottawa Rough Riders 11-6 before 15000
11 Dec 1913
Mona Lisa recovered 2 years after it was stolen from the Louvre Museum
11 Dec 1914
Stockton Street Tunnel (San Francisco) completed
11 Dec 1917
13 black soldiers hanged for participation in Houston riot
11 Dec 1917
German-occupied Lithuania proclaims independence from Russia
11 Dec 1919
Boll weevil monument dedicated in Enterprise Alabama
11 Dec 1926
Queensland win their 1st Sheffield Shield cricket match v NSW
11 Dec 1930
Bank of the United States closes in New York City
11 Dec 1931
Statute of Westminster gives complete legislative independence to Canada Australia New Zealand South Africa Ireland (Free State) and Newfoundland (not then part of Canada)
11 Dec 1932
San Franciscos coldest day (27F) - it snows
11 Dec 1934
1st Toronto Maple Leaf penalty shot Conacher unsuccessful vs Rangers
11 Dec 1934
Ford C Frick becomes president of baseballs National League
11 Dec 1934
NL votes to permit night baseball (up to 7 games per home team)
11 Dec 1937
25th CFL Grey Cup Varsity Stadium Toronto Toronto Argonauts claim their 4th Championship beat Winnipeg Blue Bombers 4-3
11 Dec 1941
Australian state cricket associations South Australia Victoria Queensland and New South Wales decide at meetings with new Prime Minister John Curtin to abandon all interstate first class matches for the duration of WWII
11 Dec 1941
Dutch government in London declares war on Italy
11 Dec 1941
Giants acquire Johnny Mize from Cards for 3 players & 50000
11 Dec 1941
Japanese attack Wake Island (only failed WW II-landing)
11 Dec 1942
Australian Dutch guerrilla troops evacuated to Timor near Australia
11 Dec 1944
Surprise attack on House of Keeping Axe 29 prisoners freed
11 Dec 1946
UN Childrens Fund (UNICEF) established (Nobel 1965)
11 Dec 1947
Bob Hilliard and Sigmans musical Angel in the Wings opens at Coronet Theater NYC for 308 performances
11 Dec 1947
Pacific Coast League application for major league status rejected
11 Dec 1948
WHEN (now WTVH) TV channel 5 in Syracuse NY (CBS) begins broadcasting
11 Dec 1948
WMC TV channel 5 in Memphis Tennessee (NBC) begins broadcasting
11 Dec 1949
Chic Bear Johnny Lujack passes for 6 touchdowns vs Chic Cards (52-29)
11 Dec 1949
Cleveland Browns beat SF 49ers 21-7 in final AAFC championship game
11 Dec 1949
WOAI (now KMOL) TV channel 4 in San Antonio TX (NBC) 1st broadcast
11 Dec 1950
Baseball owners vote 9-7 not to renew Commissioner Chandlers contract
11 Dec 1951
The Wild Side of Life single recorded by Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys (Billboard Song of the Year 1952)
11 Dec 1953
KTVA TV channel 11 in Anchorage (CBS) becomes Alaskas 1st TV station
11 Dec 1956
Anti-Russian demonstrations in Stettin & Wroclaw Poland
11 Dec 1958
Upper Volta (now Bourkina Faso) gains autonomy from France
11 Dec 1960
Clevelands Bernie Parrish sets club record for longest interception return with a 92 yard run
11 Dec 1965
Anya closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 16 performances
11 Dec 1965
Yearling closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 3 performances
11 Dec 1966
Al Nelson sets NFL record returning missed field goal 100 yards
11 Dec 1967
Beatles Apple Music signs its 1st group - Grapefruit
11 Dec 1970
Test Cricket debut of Gregory Stephen Chappell
11 Dec 1971
The Libertarian Party of the United States is formed.
11 Dec 1971
A bomb explodes outside a furniture showroom on the mainly-Protestant and loyalist Shankill Road Belfast four civilians (including two babies) were killed and nineteen wounded
11 Dec 1972
Astronauts Cernan & Harrison become 11th & 12th people on the Moon
11 Dec 1972
Jets Don Maynard becomes all time pro reception leader (632)
11 Dec 1973
Houston Astro Caesar Cedino jailed in death of 19 year old woman
11 Dec 1973
NA Soccer League awards LA San Francisco Seattle & Vancouver franchises
11 Dec 1975
US 1st class postage rises from 10 cents to 13 cents
11 Dec 1977
Mairead Corrigan and Betty Williams leaders of the group Peace People (an organisation dedicated to encouraging a peaceful resolution of the Troubles in Northern Ireland) receive the Nobel Peace Prize
11 Dec 1978
6 masked men bound 10 employees at Lufthansa cargo area at NYC Kennedy Airport & made off with 5.8 M in cash & jewelry
11 Dec 1979
Geoff Boycott scores cricket century in a limited-over international
11 Dec 1980
Dirk Wellham scores 100 on 1st-class debut NSW v Victoria
11 Dec 1980
The Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (known as either CERCLA or Superfund) is enacted by the U.S. Congress.
11 Dec 1981
Argentine President General Roberto Viola flees
11 Dec 1981
UN Secrity Council choses Javier Prez de Culla of Peru as the 5th Secretary-General of the United Nations
11 Dec 1981
Wash Capitals biggest margin of victory (9) beating Toronto 11-2
11 Dec 1981
El Mozote massacre Salvadoran armed forces kill an estimated 900 civilians in an anti-guerrilla campaign during the countrys civil war.
11 Dec 1983
Jan Stephens and Fred Couples wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
11 Dec 1983
72nd Womens Australian Open Martina Navratilova beats Kathy Jordan (6-2 7-6)
11 Dec 1984
Doug Henning & His World... opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 60 performances
11 Dec 1984
Mauretania military coup under Col Maawiya Ould Sidahmed Taya
11 Dec 1985
Computer store owner in Sacramento California killed by package bomb
11 Dec 1985
Dow Jones closes above 1500 for 1st time (1511.70)
11 Dec 1985
General Electric acquires RCA Corp & its subsidiary NBC
11 Dec 1985
NHL Record 62 points scored Edmonton (36) beats Chicago (26) 12-9 & ties record of 21 goals
11 Dec 1986
A Bartlett Giamatti becomes president of baseballs National League
11 Dec 1987
Test debut of Carl Hooper WI v India at Bombay
11 Dec 1989
City of Angels opens at Virginia Theater NYC for 878 performances
11 Dec 1989
Mark Davis signs record 3.25 million per year KC Royals contract
11 Dec 1990
13 die in 83 vehicle accident in Chattanooga Tn I-75 due to fog
11 Dec 1990
US 69th manned space mission STS 35 (Columbia 11) returns from space
11 Dec 1967
Peoples Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) established
11 Dec 1967
Supersonic airliner prototype Concorde 1st shown (France)
11 Dec 1968
KECC (now KECY) TV channel 9 in El Centro CA (CBS) 1st broadcast
11 Dec 1968
US Soccer Football Association refuses to let NASL disband
11 Dec 1968
Northern Ireland Prime Minister Terence ONeill sacks Home Affairs Minister William Craig
11 Dec 1970
Start of the 1st Test match at the WACA v England
11 Dec 1991
William Kennedy Smith found not guilty of rape
11 Dec 1992
Noreaster storm hits NY doing Billion worth of damage
11 Dec 1992
WNEW AM radio on 1130 in NYC ends transmitting after 58 years
11 Dec 1993
59th Heisman Trophy Award Charlie Ward Florida State (QB)
11 Dec 1993
Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle elected President of Chile
11 Dec 1995
Thomas O Hicks buys NHL Dallas Stars for 84 million
11 Dec 1997
Federal judge orders Microsoft not to bundle IE4 in Windows
11 Dec 1997
Delegates from 150 industrial nations attending a UN climate conference in Kyoto Japan reach agreement to control heat-trapping greenhouse gases
11 Dec 1998
Thai Airways Airbus A310-200 crashes near Surat Thani Airport killing 101
11 Dec 2000
66th Heisman Trophy Award Chris Weinke Florida State (QB)
11 Dec 2001
The Peoples Republic of China joins the World Trade Organization.
11 Dec 2004
70th Heisman Trophy Award Matt Leinart USC (QB)
11 Dec 2005
The Buncefield Oil Depot in Hemel Hempstead England is rocked by explosions causing a huge oil fire.
11 Dec 2005
Cronulla riots thousands of white Australians demonstrate against ethnic violence resulting in a riot against anyone thought to be Lebanese (and many who were not) in Cronulla Sydney. These are followed by ethnic attacks on Cronulla.
11 Dec 2007
Two car bombs go off at the Constitutional Court building in Algiers and the United Nations office. An estimated 45 people are killed in the bombings.
11 Dec 2008
Bernard Madoff arrested and charged with securities fraud in 50 billion Ponzi scheme
11 Dec 2010
Two explosions occur in a busy shopping district of Stockholm Sweden killing one and injuring two others. Officials say the incident is being treated as a terrorist attack.
11 Dec 2012
125 people are killed and 200 are injured by bombings in Aqrab Syria
11 Dec 2012
HSBC bank settles with US authorities to pay 1.9 billion for drug cartel money laundering
11 Dec 2013
20 people are killed by the bubonic plague in a small Madagascan village
11 Dec 2014
CIA Director John Brennan defends interrogation methods used after 911 but admits some methods were abhorrent
11 Dec 2014
Worlds 1st penis transplant procedure by a team from Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town South Africa
11 Dec 2015
Unrest in Burundi leads to clashes between authorities and protesters in Bujumbura killing at least 87
11 Dec 2015
Playboy magazine publishes its last nude issue featuring Pamela Anderson on the cover
11 Dec 2016
Bombing at a chapel in Cairo Egypt kills 25 and wounds 45
11 Dec 2016
Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh says he will contest his election defeat in court after his 1st election loss in 22 years
11 Dec 2016
Kyrgyzstan votes in a referendum to change the constitution to give the government more power
11 Dec 2017
Saudi Arabia announces an end to its 35 year ban on cinemas
11 Dec 2017
Landmark trial for Huntingtons disease in London announces positive results - first time a drug has been able to slow an incurable brain disorder
11 Dec 2017
Rahul Gandhi son of former Prime Minister Rajiv Ghandi is elected leader of the Indian National Congress
11 Dec 2017
Six wildfires in Southern California now cover area larger than New York City and Boston combined
11 Dec 2017
Attempted suicide terrorist bomb attack in New York wounds 3 bomb fails to fully detonate
11 Dec 1941
NY Giants acquire future Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman Johnny Mize from Cardinals for 3 players & 50000
11 Dec 1956
Anti-Russian demonstrations in Stettin & Wroclaw Poland
11 Dec 1978
6 masked men bound 10 employees at Lufthansa cargo area at NYC Kennedy Airport & made off with 5.8m in cash & jewelry
11 Dec 2018
The Artic is experiencing unprecedented warmth caused by human-caused climate change according to US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Report
11 Dec 1620
Mayflower Pilgrims come ashore at in Plymouth Bay traditionally thought to be at Plymouth Rock Massachusetts [NS Dec 21]
11 Dec 1926
Leo OConnor is unbeaten on 143 as Queensland wins their first Sheffield Shield match by 5 wickets vs NSW at the Sydney Cricket Ground
11 Dec 1949
Chicago Bear Johnny Lujack passes for 6 touchdowns vs Chicago Cards (52-29)
11 Dec 1981
UN Security Council chooses Javier Prez de Culla of Peru as the 5th Secretary-General of the United Nations
11 Dec 2011
Mosconi Cup nine-ball pool Las Vegas Nevada Team Europe retains trophy with an 11-7 win over US MVP Niels Feijen (Netherlands)
11 Dec 2018
The Arctic is experiencing unprecedented warmth caused by human-caused climate change according to US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Report
11 Dec 2019
India passes controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill clearing way for citizenship for immigrants from Pakistan Bangladesh and Afghanistan but not if they are Muslim
11 Dec 1618
The PolishLithuanian Commonwealth and the Tsardom of Russia agree to the Truce of Deulino ending the PolishMuscovite War (1605)
11 Dec 1710
Battle of Villa Viciosa France beats the Habsburgers
11 Dec 1844
1st dental use of nitrous oxide in Hartford Connecticut
11 Dec 1866
1st yacht race across Atlantic Ocean schooners Fleetwing Vesta and the Henrietta with NY playboy Gordon Bennett on board leave Sandy Hook for the Scilly Isles (the Henrietta wins)
11 Dec 1908
Frederick Delius orchestral work In a Summer Garden premieres in London
11 Dec 1934
Ford C. Frick becomes president of baseballs National League
11 Dec 1954
USS Forrestal christened in Newport News Virginia
11 Dec 1958
Archibald MacLeishs play JB premieres in NYC
11 Dec 1958
Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) gains autonomy from France
11 Dec 1970
Start of the 1st Test match at the WACA Australia v England
11 Dec 1972
American Astronauts Eugene Cernan & Harrison Jack Schmitt a become 11th & 12th people on the Moon
11 Dec 1972
New York Jets Don Maynard becomes all time pro reception leader (632)
11 Dec 1973
Houston Astro Caesar Cedino jailed for the death of 19 year old woman
11 Dec 2009
Angry Birds a Finnish puzzle video game released internationally
11 Dec 1913
Mona Lisa recovered two years after it was stolen from the Louvre Museum
11 Dec 1946
United Nations International Childrens Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is established by resolution 57(I) of the UN General Assembly
11 Dec 1951
The Wild Side of Life single recorded by Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys (Billboard Song of the Year 1952)
11 Dec 1960
Black Sunday - Riot in Algiers pro-independence demonstrations turn violent 114 die
11 Dec 1960
Cleveland Browns Bernie Parrish sets club record for longest interception return with a 92 yard run
11 Dec 1965
Michael Leonard and Herbert Martins musical The Yearling closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 3 performances
11 Dec 1977
Mairead Corrigan and Betty Williams leaders of the group Peace People (an organization dedicated to encouraging a peaceful resolution of the Troubles in Northern Ireland) receive the Nobel Peace Prize
11 Dec 1989
Cy Coleman and David Zippels musical City of Angels opens at Virginia Theater NYC runs for 878 performances wins 6 Tony Awards and 8 Drama Desk Awards
11 Dec 1941
Axis powers Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy declare war against the United States
11 Dec 1954
Philadelphia Phillies owners reluctantly purchase Connie Mack Stadium (Shibe Park) from the As
11 Dec 1954
USS Forrestal aircraft carrier christened in Newport News Virginia
11 Dec 1961
Motown Records releases Please Mr. Postman by the Marvelettes it is the group and the labels 1st 1 pop song topping the charts for 13 weeks
11 Dec 1965
Robert Wright and George Forrest musical Anya closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 16 performances
11 Dec 1967
6.6 earthquake in Koynanagar India kills 177 and injures over 2000 and damages Kolya Dam
11 Dec 1973
Houston Astro Csar Cedeo jailed for the death of a 19 year old woman
11 Dec 1978
6 masked men bound 10 employees at Lufthansa cargo area at NYC Kennedy Airport and made off with 5.8M in cash & jewelry all of the participants and some associates were later killed on order of the alleged organized crime mastermind loot never recovered
11 Dec 1994
Russian Federation forces attack city of Grozny beginning the First Chechen War in which the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria gains its independence from Russia
11 Dec 1872
Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback takes office in Louisiana as the first African American US Governor
11 Dec 1934
1st successful penalty shot by a Toronto Maple Leaf - Charlie Conacher stopped by New York Rangers Andy Aitkenhead at Madison Square Garden
11 Dec 1958
4th (last) Dutch government of Willem Drees falls
11 Dec 1967
6.6 earthquake in Koynanagar India kills at least 177 injures over 2000 and lightly damages the Koyna Dam
11 Dec 1973
Houston Astro Csar Cedeo jailed for the death of a 19-year-old woman
11 Dec 1985
Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 1500 for 1st time (1511.70)
11 Dec 2017
Rahul Gandhi son of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is elected leader of the Indian National Congress
11 Dec 2019
Bougainville votes to become independent of Papua New Guinea in a referendum
11 Dec 2019
Discovery of the earliest figurative artwork in the world (43900 years old) figures part human part animal from cave in Sulawesi Indonesia reported in journal Nature
11 Dec 2019
Militants attack army base in Ates Niger killing at least 71. Islamic State claim responsibility.
11 Dec 2020
Americas FDA authorizes the PfizerBioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use
11 Dec 2020
European Union leaders agree to cut net carbon emissions by 55% in the next decade
11 Dec 2020
First same-sex civil union registered in Bolivia after a two-year legal battle by activists
11 Dec 2020
Gunmen storm a school in Kankara Katsina state northern Nigeria kidnapping more than 300 students (Boko Haram later claims responsibility)
11 Dec 1677
Second Battle of Tobago French forces under Jean II dEstres defeat the Dutch led by Jacob Binckes who is killed along with many of his men when a French shell detonates the defenders powder magazine destroying the fort and ending Dutch military power in the Antilles
11 Dec 1719
First recorded display of Aurora Borealis (northern lights) in New England
11 Dec 1844
First dental use of nitrous oxide in Hartford Connecticut by John Riggs on dentist Horace Wells
11 Dec 1866
First yacht race across the Atlantic Ocean schooners Fleetwing Vesta and Henrietta with New York playboy Gordon Bennett on board leave Sandy Hook for the Scilly Isles (Henrietta wins)
11 Dec 1882
Victorien Sardous play Fedora with Sarah Bernhardt premieres in Paris
11 Dec 1888
French Panama Canal Company fails costs estimated to exceed over 287M and over 22000 lives
11 Dec 1905
High temperature of 120F (49C) recorded in Rivadavia Argentina a record for all of South America
11 Dec 1909
Colored moving pictures are demonstrated at Madison Square Garden in New York City
11 Dec 1913
Iconic painting the Mona Lisa is recovered two years after it was stolen from the Louvre Museum in Paris
11 Dec 1931
Statute of Westminster gives complete legislative independence to Canada Australia New Zealand South Africa the Irish Free State and Newfoundland (not then part of Canada)
11 Dec 1953
WAIM (now WAXA) TV Channel 40 in Anderson South Carolina (IND) begins broadcasting
11 Dec 1958
Archibald MacLeishs play J.B. premieres in NYC
11 Dec 1959
NY Yankees trade Marv Thronberry Don Larsen Hank Bauer and Norm Seibern for Roger Maris Kent Hadley and Joe Deaestri
11 Dec 1960
Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leighs musical Wildcat with Lucille Ball premieres in New York City
11 Dec 1967
The Anglo-French supersonic airliner prototype Concorde 001 is officially unveiled to the public in Toulouse France
11 Dec 1967
The Beatles Apple Music signs its first group - Grapefruit
11 Dec 1975
MLB New York Yankees make great trade getting Willie Randolph Dock Ellis and Ken Brett from Pittsburgh Pirates for George Doc Medich
11 Dec 1987
Martin Ritts dramatic film Nuts starring Barbra Streisand and Richard Dreyfus premieres
11 Dec 1997
Delegates from 150 industrialized nations attend a UN climate conference in Kyoto Japan and reach an agreement to control heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions
11 Dec 1998
Former Governor Edward D. DiPrete pleads guilty to 18 counts of bribery extortion and racketeering
11 Dec 2002
Joe Sakic scores his 500th career goal at Vancouver
11 Dec 2006
Jerry Sloan achieves his 1000th career win as a coach when his Utah Jazz defeat the Dallas Mavericks
11 Dec 2009
Angry Birds a Finnish puzzle video game is released internationally and becomes a massive global success
11 Dec 2010
Two explosions occur in a busy shopping district of Stockholm Sweden killing one person and injuring two others. Europol categorizes the attack as terrorism
11 Dec 2011
Jeopardy host Alex Trebek suffers a minor heart attack in his home and is admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
11 Dec 2014
Worlds first successful penis transplant is performed by a team from Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town South Africa
11 Dec 2019
Discovery of the earliest figurative artwork in the world 43900 years old featuring figures part human and part animal from a cave in Sulawesi Indonesia reported in the journal Nature
11 Dec 2021
87th Heisman Trophy Award Bryce Young Alabama (QB)
11 Dec 2022
Brock Purdy wins his first career start against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
11 Dec 2022
Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittmans musical Some Like It Hot based on the 1959 feature film comedy opens at the Shubert Theatre NYC garners 13 Tony Award nominations
11 Dec 2022
NASAs Orion spacecraft returns to Earth after completing the Artemis I test flight around the Moon in 25.5 days achieving a record distance traveled by a spacecraft designed to carry humans [1]
11 Dec 2023
Canadian accused poison seller Kenneth Law who allegedly sent 200 packages to people in more than 40 countries is charged with 14 counts of murder [1]
11 Dec 2023
Former PM and European Council President Donald Tusk elected Prime Minister of Poland at head of a coalition government after eight years of controversial conservative rule [1]