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Notable anniversaries in history for today: December 11
- 500th: 1524 - Henry Van Zutphen Dutch protestant martyr, burned at stake.
- 150th: 1874 - Birth of Paul Wegener; German actor/director (Student of Prag).
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Marie Windsor [Emily Marie Bertelson] in Utah, USA; actress (Double Deal).
- 90th: 1934 - 1935 All-Star Game is assigned to Cleveland, Ohio.
- 90th: 1934 - First Toronto Maple Leafs' penalty shot, Conacher unsuccessful versus New York Rangers.
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Ron Carey in Newark, New Jersey, USA; actor (Barney Miller, Montefuscos, High Anxiety).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Salim Durani; cricket player (successful Indian batsman of 1960s).
- 90th: 1934 - Ford C Frick becomes president of American baseball's National League.
- 90th: 1934 - National League votes to permit night baseball (up to 7 games per home team).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Teri Garr in Lakewood, Ohio, USA; actress (Mr Mom, Young Frankenstein, Chicken Soup for the Soul, Women of the House, Good Advice).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Brenda Lee AKA Brenda Mae Tarpley in Lithonia, Georgia, USA; singer ("I'm Sorry").
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Lynda Day George in San Marcos, Texas, USA; actress (Casey - Mission Impossible, Once an Eagle, Silent Force).
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Bradley Dub Bryant in Amarillo, Texas, USA; PGA golfer (1995 Walt Disney).
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Jermaine Jackson in Gary, Indiana, USA; singer (Jackson Five - "ABC").
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Sylvester Clarke; cricket player (West Indian fast bowler and brick-thrower).
- 70th: 1954 - USS Forrestal christened in Newport News, Virginia.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Dave Gagner in Chatham, Ontario, Canada; NHL center (Toronto Maple Leafs).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of David Schools; rock musician (Gov't Mule, Widespread Panic).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Justin Currie; Scottish rock vocalist/bassist (Del Amitri).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Thomas Howard in Middletown, Ohio, USA; outfielder (Cincinnati Reds).
- 60th: 1964 - Percy Kilbride, actor (Ma and Pa Kettle), dies at age 76.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Carolyn Waldo in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; swimmer, 3 gold medlas at 1986 World Aquatic Championships, silver at 1984 Summer Olympics in synchronized swimming.
- 60th: 1964 - Death of Sam Cooke at age 33, shot and killed by the manager of a motel in Hollywood, California, USA; singer ("You Send Me", "Chain Gang", "Twistin' the Night Away", "Sad Moon", Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1986).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Kevin Devine; cornerback/kick returner (Jacksonville Jaguars).
- 50th: 1974 - Death of Reed Hadley at age 63 from a heart attack; actor (Red Ryder on radio, Racket Squad TV show, Public Defender, The Texan).
- 40th: 1984 - Death of Oskar Seidlin, Silesian-born Jewish-American literary scholar (born 1911).
- 40th: 1984 - Mauretania military coup under Colonel Maawiya Ould Sid'ahmed Taya.
- 30th: 1994 - Kelly Robbins and Tammie Green win LPGA Diner's Club Golf Matches.
- 30th: 1994 - Boris Yeltsin orders troops into Chechnya.
- 30th: 1994 - Russian troops pull inside Tsjetsjenië.
- 30th: 1994 - Stanislaw Maczek, Polish/British general-major (WWII), dies at age 102.
- 30th: 1994 - Yao Yilin, Vice Prime Minister of China (1979), dies.
- 30th: 1994 - A small bomb explodes on Philippine Airlines Flight 434, killing a Japanese businessman. The bombing was a field test done by Ramzi Yousef to test explosives that would have been used in Project Bojinka.
- 25th: 1999 - Death of Franjo Tudman, President of Croatia (born 1922).
- 20th: 2004 - Tests show that Ukrainian opposition presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko was poisoned with a large dose of dioxin.
- 15th: 2009 - The Queen Charlotte Islands are renamed Haida Gwaii in an historic deal between the British Columbia government and the Haida Nation.
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