What happened on December 11? There are more than 264 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About December 11
December 11 is the 346th day of the year 2024. There are 20 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday. This day falls under the 50th week of the year 2024.
On this day in Fremont, North Carolina 27830 sunrise will occur at 07:10 AM and sunset will occur at 05:00 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Sagittarius. The modern birthstone for this month is Turquoise while the mystical birthstone is Onyx.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 49 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For December 11
- 361Julian the Apostate enters Constantinople as sole Emperor of the Roman Empire.
- 969Byzatine Emperor Nikephoros II is assassinated by his wife Theofano and her lover, the later Emperor John I Tzimiskes.
- 1282Llywelyn the Last, the last native Prince of Wales, is killed at Cilmeri, near Builth Wells, south Wales.
- 1602A surprise attack by forces under the command of the Duke of Savoy and his brother-in-law, Philip III of Spain, is repelled by the citizens of Geneva.
- 1789The University of North Carolina is chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly.
- 1792French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the National Convention.
- 1815the U.S. Senate created a select committee on finance and a uniform national currency, predecessor of the United States Senate Committee on Finance.
- 1816Indiana becomes the 19th U.S. state.
- 1868Brazilians defeat Paraguayans at the Battle of Avaí during the War of the Triple Alliance.
- 1905A workers’ uprising occurs in Kiev and establishes the Shuliavka Republic.
- 1907The New Zealand Parliament Buildings are almost completely destroyed by fire.
- 1917British General Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot and declares martial law.
- 1925Roman Catholic papal encyclical Quas Primas introduces the Feast of Christ the King.
- 1927Guangzhou Uprising: Communist militia and worker Red Guards launch an uprising in the Chinese city of Guangzhou, taking over most of the city and announcing the formation of a Guangzhou Soviet.
- 1931The British Parliament enacts the Statute of Westminster 1931, establishing legislative equality between the self-governing dominions of the Commonwealth of Australia, the Dominion of Canada, the Irish Free State, Dominion of Newfoundland, the Dominion of New Zealand, and the Union of South Africa.
- 1934Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, takes his last drink and enters treatment for the last time.
- 1936Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII’s abdication as King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India becomes effective.
- 1937Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italy leaves the League of Nations.
- 1941World War II: Germany and Italy declare war on the United States, following the Americans’ declaration of war on Japan in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The United States, in turn, declares war on Germany and Italy.
- 1946The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is established.
- 1948The United Nations passes General Assembly Resolution 194, which established and defined the role of the United Nations Conciliation Commission as an organization to facilitate peace in the British Mandate for Palestine.
- 1958French Upper Volta gains self-government from France, becomes the Republic of Upper Volta, and joins the French Community.
- 1960French forces crack down in a violent clash with protesters in French Algeria during a visit by French president Charles de Gaulle.
- 1962Arthur Lucas, convicted of murder, is the last person to be executed in Canada.
- 1964Che Guevara speaks at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City.
- 1972Apollo 17 becomes the sixth and last Apollo mission to land on the Moon.
- 1980The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, also known as CERCLA or Superfund, is enacted by the U.S. Congress.
- 1981El Mozote massacre: Armed forces in El Salvador kill an estimated 900 civilians in an anti-guerrilla campaign during the Salvadoran Civil War.
- 1993Forty-eight people are killed when a block of the Highland Towers collapses near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- 1994A bomb explodes on Philippine Airlines Flight 434, en route from Manila to Tokyo, killing one. The captain is able to safely land the plane.
- 1994First Chechen War: Russian President Boris Yeltsin orders Russian troops into Chechnya.
- 1997The Kyoto Protocol opens for signature.
- 1998Thai Airways Flight 261 crashes near Surat Thani Airport, killing 101. The pilot flying the Thai Airways Airbus A310-300 is thought to have suffered spatial disorientation.
- 2001The People’s Republic of China joins the World Trade Organization.
- 2005Cronulla riots: Thousands of White Australians demonstrate against ethnic violence resulting in a riot against anyone thought to be Lebanese (and many who are not) in Cronulla Sydney. These are followed up by retaliatory ethnic attacks on Cronulla.
- 2005The Buncefield Oil Depot catches fire in Hemel Hempstead, England.
- 2006Felipe Calderon Hinojosa, the president of Mexico, launches a military-led offensive to put down the drug cartel violence in the state of Michoacan. This effort is often regarded as the first event in the Mexican Drug War.
- 2006The International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust is opened in Tehran, Iran by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; Nations such as Israel and the United States express concern.
- 2007Two car bombs explode at the Constitutional Court building in Algiers and the United Nations office. An estimated 45 people are killed in the bombings.
- 2008Bernard Madoff is arrested and charged with securities fraud in a $50 billion Ponzi scheme.
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Who Were Born On December 11?
- 1465Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (d. 1489)
- 1475Pope Leo X (d. 1521)
- 1566Manuel Cardoso, Portuguese composer (d. 1650)
- 1680Emanuele d'Astorga, Italian composer (d. 1736)
- 1709Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1742)
- 1712Francesco Algarotti, Italian philosopher (d. 1764)
- 1725George Mason, American statesman (d. 1792)
- 1761Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian physicist (d. 1835)
- 1781Sir David Brewster, Scottish physicist (d. 1868)
- 1801Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German writer (d. 1836)
- 1803Hector Berlioz, French composer (d. 1869)
- 1810Alfred de Musset, French poet (d. 1857)
- 1830Kamehameha V, Hawaiian king (d. 1872)
- 1838John Labatt, Irish-Canadian brewer (d. 1915)
- 1843Robert Koch, German bacteriologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1910)
- 1856Georgi Plekhanov, Russian revolutionary and Marxist theoretician (d. 1918)
- 1858Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Russian theatre director (d. 1943)
- 1863Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer (d. 1941)
- 1873Josip Plemelj, Slovenian mathematician (d. 1967)
- 1875Yehuda Leib Maimon, Bassarabian-born Israeli rabbi and government minister (d. 1962)
- 1880Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer (d. 1951)
- 1882Fiorello La Guardia, American statesman (d. 1947)
- 1882Max Born, German physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1970)
- 1882Subramanya Bharathy, Indian poet (d. 1921)
- 1883Victor McLaglen, English-born American actor (d. 1959)
- 1884Piet Ooms, Dutch freestyle swimmer and water polo player (d. 1961)
- 1889Walter Knott, American farmer (d. 1981)
- 1890Carlos Gardel, tango singer (d. 1935)
- 1890Mark Tobey, American painter (d. 1976)
- 1897Ronald Skirth, conscientious objector of the First World War (d. 1977)
- 1904Marge, American cartoonist (d. 1993)
- 1905Gilbert Roland, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1905Robert Henriques, English writer (d. 1967)
- 1908Amon Göth, commandant of Nazi concentration camp (d. 1946)
- 1908Elliott Carter, American composer
- 1908Manoel de Oliveira, Portuguese director
- 1909John Wyer, English sports car racing team manager (d. 1989)
- 1909Ronald McKie, Australian author (d. 1991)
- 1910Noel Rosa, Brazilian songwriter (d. 1937)
- 1911Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian writer, Nobel laureate (d. 2006)
- 1911Qian Xuesen, Chinese scientist (d. 2009)
- 1911Val Guest, English film director (d. 2006)
- 1912Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer (d. 2007)
- 1913Jean Marais, French actor (d. 1998)
- 1916Dámaso Pérez Prado, Cuban-born bandleader (d. 1989)
- 1918Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian writer and Soviet dissident, Nobel laureate (d. 2008)
- 1918Clinton Adams, American artist (d. 2002)
- 1919Marie Windsor, American actress (d. 2000)
- 1921Liz Smith, British actress
- 1922Dilip Kumar, Indian actor
- 1922Grace Paley, American writer (d. 2007)
- 1922Grigoris Bithikotsis, Greek singer (d. 2005)
- 1922Maila Nurmi, Finnish-American actress (d. 2008)
- 1923Betsy Blair, American actress (d. 2009)
- 1924Doc Blanchard, American football player (d. 2009)
- 1925Aaron Feuerstein, American businessman
- 1925Paul Greengard, American neuroscientist, Nobel laureate
- 1926Big Mama Thornton, American singer (d. 1984)
- 1927John Buscema, American comics artist (d. 2002)
- 1930Chus Lampreave, Spanish actress
- 1930Jean-Louis Trintignant, French actor
- 1931Osho, Mystic (d. 1990)
- 1931Pierre Pilote, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1931Rita Moreno, Puerto Rican actress
- 1931Ronald Dworkin, American philosopher
- 1932Aladár Kovácsi, Hungarian modern pentathlon Olympic champion (1952, Helsinki) (d. 2010)
- 1932Anne Heywood, English actress
- 1932Enrique Bermúdez, Nicaraguan Contra leader (d. 1991)
- 1933Aquilino Pimentel, Jr., Filipino politician
- 1935Elmer Vasko, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1998)
- 1935Pranab Mukherjee, Indian politician
- 1935Ron Carey, American actor (d. 2007)
- 1936Hans van den Broek, Dutch politician
- 1936Taku Yamasaki, Japanese politician
- 1937Jim Harrison, American writer
- 1938Enrico Macias, Algerian-born French singer
- 1938McCoy Tyner, American jazz pianist
- 1938Reg Livermore, Australian entertainer
- 1939Thomas McGuane, American writer
- 1939Tom Hayden, American politician and activist
- 1940David Gates, American musician (Bread)
- 1941J. Frank Wilson, American singer (J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers) (d. 1991)
- 1941J. P. Parisé, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1941Max Baucus, American politician, senior senator of Montana
- 1941Rogier van Otterloo, Dutch conductor and composer (d. 1988)
- 1942Donna Mills, American actress
- 1943John Kerry, American politician
- 1944Brenda Lee, American singer
- 1944Jon Garrison, American tenor
- 1944Lynda Day George, American actress
- 1944Teri Garr, American film actress
- 1946Rhoma Irama, Indonesian musician, King of Dangdut
- 1946Susan Kyle (aka Diana Palmer, Susan S. Kyle, Diana Blayne, Katy Currie), American writer
- 1948Stamatis Spanoudakis, Greek composer
- 1950Christina Onassis, American heiress (d. 1988)
- 1950Nino Frassica, Italian actor
- 1951Ria Stalman, Dutch discus thrower
- 1953Bess Armstrong, American actress
- 1954Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson, Icelandic engineer
- 1954Jermaine Jackson, American singer (Jackson 5)
- 1954Santiago Creel, Mexican politician
- 1955Christian Sackewitz, German footballer
- 1955Stu Jackson, American basketball head coach
- 1956Andrew Lansley, British politician
- 1956Lani Brockman, American actress, director and playwright
- 1958Isabella Hofmann, American actress
- 1958Nikki Sixx, American musician (Mötley Crüe)
- 1960Rachel Portman, English film composer
- 1961Marco Pierre White, English chef and restaurateur
- 1962Ben Browder, American actor
- 1962Nele Karajlić, Bosnian singer
- 1962Paul Haslinger, Austrian-born composer
- 1963John Lammers, Dutch footballer and football manager
- 1963Jon Brion, American musician/record producer
- 1963Mario Been, Dutch footballer and football manager
- 1964Carolyn Waldo, Canadian synchronized swimmer
- 1964Cosy Sheridan, American singer
- 1964David Schools, American musician (Widespread Panic)
- 1964John Mark Karr, American who claimed involvement in JonBenét Ramsey case
- 1964Justin Currie, Scottish singer and songwriter
- 1964Michel Courtemanche, French Canadian comedian
- 1965Giannis Ragousis, Greek politician
- 1965Jay Bell, American baseball player
- 1966Gary Dourdan, American actor
- 1966Leon Lai, Hong Kong Cantonese singer/actor
- 1967DJ Yella, American DJ and music producer (N.W.A)
- 1967Mo'Nique, American actress/comedienne
- 1968Fabrizio Ravanelli, Italian footballer
- 1969Alessandro Melli, Italian footballer
- 1969Sean Grande, American sportscaster
- 1969Stig Inge Bjørnebye, Norwegian footballer
- 1969Viswanathan Anand, Indian chess grandmaster, current World Chess Champion
- 1971Willie McGinest, American football player
- 1972Daniel Alfredsson, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1972Sami Al-Jaber, Saudi Arabian footballer
- 1973Mos Def, American rapper and actor
- 1974Ben Shephard, English TV personality
- 1974Lisa Ortiz, TV animation and video game voice actress.
- 1974Maarten Lafeber, Dutch professional golfer
- 1974Rey Mysterio, Mexican professional wrestler
- 1975Gerben de Knegt, Dutch cyclist
- 1975Tomoka Kurotani, Japanese actress
- 1976Shareef Abdur-Rahim, American basketball player
- 1977Mark Streit, Swiss ice hockey player
- 1979Rider Strong, American actor
- 1980Arya, Indian actor
- 1981Hamish Blake, Australian comedian
- 1981Javier Saviola, Argentine footballer
- 1981Nikki Benz, Ukraine-born Canadian pornographic actress
- 1981Paul Medhurst, Australian rules footballer
- 1981Zacky Vengeance, American musician (Avenged Sevenfold)
- 1982Pablo Pérez Companc, Argentine racing driver
- 1983Yoh Miyamori, Japanese musician (Orange Range)
- 1984Leighton Baines, English footballer
- 1984Spyros Vrontaras, Greek footballer
- 1985Aiko Kayo, Japanese idol singer
- 1985Shelby Holliday, Television personality
- 1987Clifton Geathers, American football player
- 1987Natalia Gordienko, Moldovan singer and dancer
- 1988Tim Southee, New Zealand cricketer
- 1989Murugan Thiruchelvam, English chess player
- 1996Hailee Steinfeld, American actress
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Who Died On December 11?
- 384Pope Damasus I
- 969Nikephoros II Phokas (b. c. 912)
- 1121Al-Afdal Shahanshah, Galilean political advisor (b. 1066)
- 1226Robert de Ros, English politician (b. 1177)
- 1241Emperor Ogedei Khan of the Mongol Empire
- 1282Michael VIII Palaiologos (b. 1225)
- 1282Prince Llywelyn the Last of Wales
- 1532Pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1455)
- 1582Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alba, Spanish territorial governor (b. 1508)
- 1694Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1630)
- 1737John Strype, English historian (b. 1643)
- 1747Edmund Curll, English bookseller (b. c. 1675)
- 1797Richard Brocklesby, English physician (b. 1722)
- 1826Empress Maria Leopoldina of Austria of Empire of Brazil (b. 1797)
- 1840Emperor Kokaku of Japan (b. 1771)
- 1872King Kamehameha V of Hawaii (b. 1830)
- 1880Oliver Fisher Winchester, American businessman and politician (b. 1810)
- 1892William Milligan, Scottish theologian (b. 1821)
- 1909Innokenty Annensky, Russian poet (b. 1855)
- 1918Ivan Cankar, Slovenian writer (b. 1876)
- 1920Olive Schreiner, South African writer (b. 1855)
- 1938Christian Lous Lange, Norwegian pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1869)
- 1941Charles Émile Picard, French mathematician (b. 1856)
- 1941John Gillespie Magee, Jr., American poet and aviator (b. 1922)
- 1945Charles Fabry, French physicist (b. 1867)
- 1950Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer (b. 1893)
- 1957Musidora (Jeanne Roques), French actress (b. 1889)
- 1959Jim Bottomley, American baseball player (b. 1900)
- 1964Percy Kilbride, American actor (b. 1888)
- 1964Sam Cooke, American singer (b. 1931)
- 1968Arthur Hays Sulzberger, publisher of the New York Times 1935-61 (b. 1891)
- 1968Richard Sagrits, Estonian painter (b. 1910)
- 1971Maurice McDonald, American fast-food entrepreneur (b. 1902)
- 1975Lee Wiley, American jazz singer (b. 1908)
- 1978Paul O'Dea, American baseball player (b. 1920)
- 1978Vincent du Vigneaud, American chemist and Nobel laureate (b. 1901)
- 1979James J. Gibson, American perceptual psychologist (b. 1904)
- 1983Sir Neil Ritchie, British General (b. 1897)
- 1984Oskar Seidlin, German-born American scholar (b. 1911)
- 1987G. A. Kulkarni, Indian (Marathi) writer (b. 1923)
- 1989Louise Dahl-Wolfe, American photographer (b. 1895)
- 1991Artur Lundkvist, Swedish author and critic (b. 1906)
- 1991Robert Q. Lewis, American game show host (b. 1921)
- 1992Michael Robbins, English actor (b. 1930)
- 1993Elvira Popescu, Romanian-born French actress (b. 1894)
- 1994Philip Phillips, American archaeologist (b. 1900)
- 1995Arthur Mullard, English comedy actor (b. 1910)
- 1996Willie Rushton, English cartoonist and magazine publisher (b. 1937)
- 1997Eddie Chapman, British World War II spy (b. 1914)
- 1998André Lichnerowicz, Polish-French physicist (b. 1915)
- 1998Lynn Strait, American singer (Snot) (b. 1968)
- 2000David Lewis, American actor (b. 1916)
- 2000Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Pakistani diplomat and author (b. 1915)
- 2003Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian writer (b. 1927)
- 2004Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand track & field coach (b. 1917)
- 2004José Luis Cuciuffo, Argentinian footballer (b. 1962)
- 2004M.S. Subbulakshmi, Indian singer (b. 1916)
- 2006Elizabeth Bolden, American supercentenarian (b. 1890)
- 2007Christie Hennessy, Irish singer (b. 1945)
- 2008Bettie Page, American model (b. 1923)
- 2008Maddie Blaustein, American voice actress (b. 1960)
- 2010Dick Hoerner, American football player (b. 1922)
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