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What happened in history on this day: December 11?
On December 11 in ...
- 1816 - Indiana becomes the 19th U.S. state.
- 1844 - First dental use of nitrous oxide, in Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
- 1862 - Union army under Burnside takes Fredericksburg, Virginia.
- 1906 - US President Theodore Roosevelt attacks abuses in the Congo.
- 1909 - Colored moving pictures demonstrated at Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York.
- 1917 - Thirteen black soldiers are hanged for alleged participation in Houston, Texas riot.
- 1919 - The citizens of Enterprise, Alabama erect a monument to the boll weevil, the pest that devastated their fields but forced residents to end their dependence on cotton and to pursue mixed farming and manufacturing.
- 1928 - Buenos Aires (Argentina) police thwart an attempt on US President-elect Herbert Hoover.
- 1930 - Bank of the United States opens in New York City, New York.
- 1941 - In the Reichstag in Germany, Adolf Hitler announces his declaration of war on the United States.
- 1941 - Italy declares war on the United States.
- 1941 - The U.S. Congress declares war on Germany and Italy.
- 1941 - Japanese attack Wake Island (only failed World War II-landing).
- 1941 - Germany, Italy, and Japan sign an agreement on joint prosecution of the war. Each promises to pursue the war against Great Britain and the United States, and to make peace only by mutual agreement.
- 1954 - USS Forrestal christened in Newport News, Virginia.
- 1961 - US President John Kennedy provides American military helicopters and crews to South Vietnam.
- 1972 - Apollo 17 becomes the sixth American mission to land on the Moon. Astronauts Cernan and Harrison become 11th and 12th astronauts on the Moon.
- 1978 - Six men rob a Lufthansa cargo facility in New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport and make off with US$5.8 million in cash and jewelry.
- 1980 - CERCLA is enacted by the U.S. Congress.
- 1981 - Spacelab I arrives at Kennedy Space Center.
- 1985 - Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 1,500 for first time (1,511.70).
- 1985 - General Electric acquires RCA Corporation and its subsidiary, NBC Radio and Television.
- 1989 - Catalina Vásquez Villalpando begins term as 39th Treasurer of the US.
- 1990 - Thirteen die in 83-vehicle accident in Chattanooga, Tennessee (I-75), due to fog.
- 1992 - Nor'easter storm hits New York, doing $650 million+ worth of damage.
- 1997 - Federal judge orders Microsoft not to bundle Internet Explorer 4 in Windows 98.
- 1998 - The House Judiciary Committee approves three articles of impeachment against President Bill Clinton.
- 2001 - The United States government indicts Zacarias Moussaoui for involvement in the September 11, 2001 attacks.
- 2002 - Chile government concludes bilateral trade agreement with the USA.
- 2007 - In New York, Sotheby's auctions the Society of the Cincinatti badge of George Washington (later owned by the Marquis de Lafayette) for US$5.035 million.
Births on December 11
- 1894 - Birth of Eddie Dowling in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA; composer, actor (Anywhere USA).
- 1908 - Birth of Elliott Cook Carter Junior in New York City, New York, USA; composer (Tom and Lily).
- 1920 - Birth of Eddy Firestone in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (Eddy - Mixed Doubles).
- 1922 - Birth of Peter Birch in the Bronx, New York, USA; choreographer (Jane Froman's USA Canteen).
- 1931 - Birth of Richard Devon in Glendale, California, USA; actor (Battle of Blood Island, Richard Diamond Private Detective, The Rifleman).
- 1931 - Birth of Rita Moreno AKA Rosa Dolores Alverio in Humacao, Puerto Rico; actress (West Side Story, Oz, Muppet Show, Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego).
- 1932 - Birth of Wynn Irwin in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Lotsa Luck, Sugar Time, Hart to Hart).
- 1934 - Birth of Ron Carey in Newark, New Jersey, USA; actor (Barney Miller, Montefuscos, High Anxiety).
- 1936 - Birth of Tom Fuccello in Newark, New Jersey, USA; actor (Dave - Dallas).
- 1940 - Birth of David Gates in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA; musician (Bread - "If", "Everything I Own").
- 1940 - Birth of Patrick Tovatt in Garrett Ridge, Colorado, USA; actor (Cal - As the World Turns).
- 1942 - Birth of Donna Mills in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Knots Landing, Incident).
- 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).
- 1944 - Birth of Brenda Lee AKA Brenda Mae Tarpley in Lithonia, Georgia, USA; singer ("I'm Sorry").
- 1944 - Birth of Lynda Day George in San Marcos, Texas, USA; actress (Casey - Mission Impossible, Once an Eagle, Silent Force).
- 1947 - Birth of Tom Fuccello in Newark, New Jersey, USA; actor (Dave - Dallas).
- 1948 - Birth of Elizabeth Baur in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Fran - Ironside, Teresa - Lancer).
- 1951 - Birth of Robert Cochran in Claremont, Vermont, USA; skier (Olympics-1972).
- 1953 - Birth of Bess Armstrong in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; actress (Julia - On Our Own, Four Seasons, Jaws, My So-Called Life, Married People, All is Forgiven).
- 1953 - Birth of Peter Isacksen in Dover, New Hampshire, USA; actor (CPO Sharkey, Jessie).
- 1954 - Birth of Bradley Dub Bryant in Amarillo, Texas, USA; PGA golfer (1995 Walt Disney).
- 1954 - Birth of Jermaine Jackson in Gary, Indiana, USA; singer (Jackson Five - "ABC").
- 1955 - Birth of Stu Jackson in Reading, Pennsylvania, USA; NBA coach (New York Knicks (1989-90)).
- 1958 - Birth of Nicki Sixx in San Jose, California, USA; rock guitarist (Mötley Crüe - "Girls Girls Girls").
- 1960 - Birth of Mary Beth Zimmerman in Mount Vernon, Illinois, USA; LPGA golfer (1987 Henredon Classic).
- 1961 - Birth of Mike Henneman in Saint Charles, Missouri, USA; pitcher (Texas Rangers).
- 1964 - Birth of Thomas Howard in Middletown, Ohio, USA; outfielder (Cincinnati Reds).
- 1965 - Birth of Jay Bell at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, USA; infielder (Pittsburgh Pirates).
- 1967 - Birth of Katy Steding in Lake Oswego, Oregon, USA; basketball forward (Olympics-gold-1996).
- 1968 - Birth of Derek Bell in Tampa, Florida, USA; outfielder (Houston Astros).
- 1968 - Birth of Mark Dailey in Parma, Ohio, USA; 1.5k runner.
- 1972 - Birth of Francisco Rodriguez in Brooklyn, New York, USA; pitcher (Minnesota Twins).
- 1973 - Birth of Erin Moorad in Chicago, Illinois, USA; pairs skater (and Richard Gillam).
- 1980 - Birth of Rider Strong in San Francisco, California; actor (Shawn Hunter - Boy Meets World).
- 1981 - Birth of Zacky Vengeance; American guitarist (Avenged Sevenfold).
Deaths on December 11
- 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).
- 1967 - Howard Freeman, actor (Double Dynamite), dies after illness, in New York City, New York.
- 1979 - Death of Claire Carleton at age 66 of cancer in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Alice - Cimarron City TV show, Wagon Train, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, M-Squad, Jack Benny Show).
- 1984 - Death of Oskar Seidlin, Silesian-born Jewish-American literary scholar (born 1911).
- 1991 - Death of Robert Q Lewis at age 70 of emphysema; comic/host/panellist (To Tell the Truth, RQL Show, Horn and Hardardt Children's Hour radio show).
- 2008 - Death of Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, American physician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1923).
- 2021 - Death of Anne Rice at age 80 following a stroke in Rancho Mirage, California, USA; American author (Interview With the Vampire).
- 2022 - Death of Angelo Badalamenti at age 85 at home in Lincoln Park, New Jersey, USA; composer (Twin Peaks TV show, Blue Velvet movie).
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