Calendar Day of Week for December 11th. It's the 345th day of the year (346th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 20 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for December 11th
Year 1055 Calendar » Theodora (11th century) called Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire.
Year 1158 Calendar » Vladislav II of Bohemia known as Vladislav II becomes King of Kingdom of Bohemia or Bohemia.
Year 1571 Calendar » Archduchy of Austria known as Austrian nobility is granted freedom of religion.
Year 1693 Calendar » 1693 Sicily earthquake called A powerful earthquake destroys parts of Sicily and Malta.
Year 1759 Calendar » In Philadelphia e.g Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first American life insurance company is incorporated.
Year 1779 Calendar » Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned List of Meitei kings named King of Manipur.
Year 1782 Calendar » American Revolutionary War: French troops Siege of Brimstone Hill called begin a siege of a British garrison on Brimstone Hill in Saint Kitts.
Year 1787 Calendar » William Herschel Timeline of discovery of Solar System planets and their moons discovers Titania (moon) Titania and Oberon (moon) Oberon, two Moons of Uranus moons of Uranus.
Year 1863 Calendar » American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post General John Alexander McClernand or John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture the Arkansas River for the Union (American Civil War) e.g Union.
Year 1863 » American Civil War: ship CSS Alabama Action off Galveston Light encounters and sinks the USS Hatteras 1861 6 off Galveston Lighthouse in Texas.
Year 1908 Calendar » Grand Canyon National Park known as Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
Year 1912 Calendar » Immigrant textile works in Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1912 Lawrence Textile Strike e.g go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.
Year 1917 Calendar » The Kingsland Explosion called Kingsland munitions factory explosion occurs as a result of sabotage.
Year 1922 Calendar » First use of insulin to treat Diabetes mellitus called diabetes in a human patient.
Year 1923 Calendar » Occupation of the Ruhr: Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to make its World War I reparation payments.
Year 1927 Calendar » Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet in Los Angeles e.g Los Angeles, California.
Year 1935 Calendar » Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
Year 1942 Calendar » World War II: The Japanese Battle of Kuala Lumpur or capture Kuala Lumpur.
Year 1943 Calendar » World War II: The United States and United Kingdom give up territorial rights in China.
Year 1943 » Italian-American anarchist Carlo Tresca is assassinated in New York City.
Year 1945 Calendar » Greek Civil War: Last day of the Dekemvriana clashes in Athens, Greece.
Year 1949 Calendar » The first "networked" television broadcasts take place as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh e.g Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air connecting the east coast and mid-west programming.
Year 1949 » A record-setting snowstorm hits Los Angeles, California.
Year 1957 Calendar » The African Convention is founded in Dakar called Dakar, Senegal.
Year 1962 Calendar » An avalanche on Huascarán in Peru causes 4,000 deaths.
Year 1962 » Cold War: While tied to its pier in Russian Shipyard Number 10 called Polyarny, the Soviet submarine B-37 is destroyed when fire breaks out in its torpedo compartment.
Year 1964 Calendar » Surgeon General of the United States Dr. Luther Terry, M.D., publishes the landmark report 'Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States' saying that smoking may be hazardous to health, sparking national
Year 1973 Calendar » Major League Baseball owners vote in approval of the American League adopting the designated hitter position.
Year 1986 Calendar » The Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges named Gateway Bridge, Brisbane in Queensland called Queensland, Australia is officially opened.
Year 1994 Calendar » The Republic of Ireland e.g Irish Government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the Official Irish Republican Army e.g IRA and its political arm Sinn Féin.
Year 1996 Calendar » Space Shuttle program: STS-72 launches from the Kennedy Space Center marking the start of the 74th Space Shuttle mission and the 10th flight of 'Space Shuttle Endeavour or Endeavour'.
Year 1998 Calendar » Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria.
Year 2013 Calendar » One French soldier and 17 militants are killed in a Bulo Marer hostage rescue attempt called failed attempt to free a French hostage in Bulo Marer, Somalia.
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