December, 11th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Tuesday 11, 2001:
The People's Republic of China joins the World Trade Organization

Friday 11, 1998:
A Thai Airways Airbus A310-200 crashes just short of runway at Surat Thani Airport, killing 101.

Sunday 11, 1994:
A small bomb explodes on Philippine Airlines Flight 434, killing a Japanese businessman.

Friday 11, 1981:
The Salvadoran armed forces massacre 900 villagers in the El Mozote massacre

Monday 11, 1972:
Apollo 17 became the sixth and last mission to date to land on the ].

Saturday 11, 1971:
The United States Libertarian Party is formed.

Friday 11, 1970:
John Lennon releases the classic album Plastic Ono Band.

Thursday 11, 1958:
Upper Volta declares its independence from France

Saturday 11, 1954:
The American Nuclear Society is founded

Wednesday 11, 1946:
The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is established.

Thursday 11, 1941:
Germany and Italy declare war on the United States

Saturday 11, 1937:
Italy leaves the League of Nations

Friday 11, 1936:
Edward VIII's abdication as King of the United Kingdom becomes effective.

Tuesday 11, 1934:
A fire at the Hotel Kerns in Lansing, Michigan kills 34 people.

Friday 11, 1931:
Statute of Westminster gives complete legislative independence to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland and Newfoundland

Sunday 11, 1927:
Start of the Guangzhou Uprising.

Wednesday 11, 1816:
Citizens of Geneva, Switzerland repel attack by Savoy.

Tuesday 11, 1792:
King Louis XVI of France goes on trial for treason

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/11-december/on-this-day.html


People born on December 11

1989:
sacha novik, Politician (b: December 11, 1989) (Biography of sacha novik)

1981:
Javier Saviola, Argentine footballer (b: December 11, 1981) (Biography of Javier Saviola)
Zacky Vengeance, American guitarist (Avenged Sevenfold) (b: December 11, 1981) (Biography of Zacky Vengeance)

1974:
Rey Mysterio, American professional wrestler (b: December 11, 1974) (Biography of Rey Mysterio)

1972:
Dana Macsim, Romanian-born television news reporter (b: December 11, 1972) (Biography of Dana Macsim)

1969:
Vishwanathan Anand, Indian chess player (b: December 11, 1969) (Biography of Vishwanathan Anand)

1958:
Nikki Sixx, American musician (Mötley Crüe) (b: December 11, 1958) (Biography of Nikki Sixx)

1954:
Jermaine Jackson, American musician (b: December 11, 1954) (Biography of Jermaine Jackson)

1950:
Christina Onassis American shipowner (b: December 11, 1950) (Biography of Christina Onassis)

1949:
Teri Garr, American film actress (b: December 11, 1949) (Biography of Teri Garr)

1944:
Brenda Lee, American singer (b: December 11, 1944) (Biography of Brenda Lee)

1943:
John Kerry, American politician and Presidential candidate (b: December 11, 1943) (Biography of John Kerry)

1939:
Tom Hayden, American politician (b: December 11, 1939) (Biography of Tom Hayden)

1936:
Taku Yamasaki, Japanese politician (b: December 11, 1936) (Biography of Taku Yamasaki)

1935:
Pranab Mukherjee, Indian politician (b: December 11, 1935) (Biography of Pranab Mukherjee)

1933:
Aquilino Pimentel, Jr., Filipino politician (b: December 11, 1933) (Biography of Aquilino Pimentel, Jr.)

1931:
Rita Moreno, Puerto Rican singer, dancer, and actress (b: December 11, 1931) (Biography of Rita Moreno)

1930:
Jean-Louis Trintignant, French actor (b: December 11, 1930) (Biography of Jean-Louis Trintignant)

1925:
Paul Greengard, American neuroscientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (b: December 11, 1925) (Biography of Paul Greengard)

1922:
Grace Paley, American writer (b: December 11, 1922) (Biography of Grace Paley)

1920:
Big Mama Thornton, American singer (b: December 11, 1920) (Biography of Big Mama Thornton)

1919:
Marie Windsor, American actress (b: December 11, 1919 ; d: December 10, 2000) (Biography of Marie Windsor)

1918:
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian author, Nobel Prize laureate (b: December 11, 1918) (Biography of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)

1916:
Dámaso Pérez Prado, Cuban musician (b: December 11, 1916 ; d: September 14, 1989) (Biography of Dámaso Pérez Prado)

1913:
Jean Marais, French actor (b: December 11, 1913 ; d: November 8, 1998) (Biography of Jean Marais)

1912:
Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer (b: December 11, 1912) (Biography of Carlo Ponti)

1911:
Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian novelist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: December 11, 1911) (Biography of Naguib Mahfouz)

1908:
Elliot Carter, American composer (b: December 11, 1908) (Biography of Elliot Carter)

1905:
Gilbert Roland, American actor (b: December 11, 1905 ; d: May 15, 1994) (Biography of Gilbert Roland)

1890:
Mark Tobey, American painter (b: December 11, 1890) (Biography of Mark Tobey)

1883:
Victor McLaglen, English-born actor (b: December 11, 1883 ; d: November 7, 1959) (Biography of Victor McLaglen)

1882:
Max Born, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: December 11, 1882 ; d: January 5, 1970) (Biography of Max Born)
Subramanya Bharathy, Tamil Indian poet (b: December 11, 1882 ; d: September 11, 1921) (Biography of Subramanya Bharathy)
Fiorello LaGuardia, Mayor of New York City (b: December 11, 1882 ; d: September 20, 1947) (Biography of Fiorello LaGuardia)

1880:
Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer (b: December 11, 1880 ; d: January 29, 1951) (Biography of Frank Tarrant)

1873:
Josip Plemelj, Slovenian mathematician (b: December 11, 1873) (Biography of Josip Plemelj)

1863:
Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer (b: December 11, 1863 ; d: April 13, 1941) (Biography of Annie Jump Cannon)

1843:
Robert Koch, German bacteriologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: December 11, 1843) (Biography of Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch)

1810:
Alfred de Musset, French poet (b: December 11, 1810 ; d: May 2, 1857) (Biography of Alfred de Musset)

1803:
Hector Berlioz, French composer (b: December 11, 1803 ; d: March 8, 1869) (Biography of Hector Berlioz)

1801:
Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German writer (b: December 11, 1801 ; d: September 12, 1836) (Biography of Christian Dietrich Grabbe)

1781:
Sir David Brewster, Scottish physicist (b: December 11, 1781) (Biography of David Brewster)

1725:
George Mason, American patriot (b: December 11, 1725 ; d: October 7, 1792) (Biography of George Mason)

1712:
Francesco Algarotti. Italian philosopher (b: December 11, 1712 ; d: May 3, 1764) (Biography of Francesco Algarotti)

1680:
Emanuele d'Astorga, Italian composer (b: December 11, 1680) (Biography of Emanuele d'Astorga)

1566:
Manuel Cardoso, Portuguese composer (b: December 11, 1566 ; d: November 24, 1650) (Biography of Manuel Cardoso)

1475:
Pope Leo X (b: December 11, 1475 ; d: December 1, 1521) (Biography of Pope Leo X)

1465:
Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (b: December 11, 1465 ; d: April 26, 1489) (Biography of Ashikaga Yoshihisa)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/11-december/births.html

[Spiritus Temporis]

They left us on December 11

2004:
M.S. Subbulakshmi, Indian singer (b: September 16, 1916 ; d: December 11, 2004) (Biography of M.S. Subbulakshmi)

2003:
Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian writer (b: November 24, 1927 ; d: December 11, 2003) (Biography of Ahmadou Kourouma)

1996:
Willie Rushton (d: December 11, 1996) (Biography of Willie Rushton)

1983:
Sir Neil Ritchie, British general (b: July 29, 1897 ; d: December 11, 1983) (Biography of Neil Ritchie)

1964:
Sam Cooke, American singer (b: January 22, 1931 ; d: December 11, 1964) (Biography of Sam Cooke)

1950:
Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer and computing pioneer (b: August 15, 1893 ; d: December 11, 1950) (Biography of Leslie Comrie)

1945:
Charles Fabry, French physicist (b: June 11, 1867 ; d: December 11, 1945) (Biography of Charles Fabry)

1941:
John Gillespie Magee, Jr., American poet and aviator (b: June 9, 1922 ; d: December 11, 1941) (Biography of John Gillespie Magee, Jr.)

1920:
Olive Schreiner, South African writer (b: March 24, 1855 ; d: December 11, 1920) (Biography of Olive Schreiner)

1840:
Emperor Kokaku of Japan (b: September 23, 1771 ; d: December 11, 1840) (Biography of Emperor Kokaku of Japan)

1757:
Edmund Curll (d: December 11, 1757) (Biography of Edmund Curll)

1737:
John Strype, English historian and biographer (b: November 1, 1643 ; d: December 11, 1737) (Biography of John Strype)

1694:
Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (b: September 17, 1630 ; d: December 11, 1694) (Biography of Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma)

1532:
Pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (b: March 15, 1455 ; d: December 11, 1532) (Biography of Pietro Accolti)

1282:
Llywelyn the Last (d: December 11, 1282) (Biography of Llywelyn the Last)

384:
Pope Damasus I (d: December 11, 384) (Biography of Pope Damasus I)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/11-december/deaths.html