December 11 is the 345th day (346th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar . There are 20 days remaining.
- 1282 - Llywelyn Ap Gruffydd or Gruffudd (b. c. 1228) the last native Prince Of Wales , was killed at Cilmeri , near Builth Wells , south Wales . He was the last prince of an independent Wales before its conquest by King Edward I of England. Some would say he was the penultimate, but in effect he was the last ruler. In Welsh , he is remembered by the alliterative soubriquet Llywelyn Ein Llyw Olaf (Llywelyn, Our Last Leader).
- 1602 - A 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 . (This actually takes place after midnight, in the early morning of December 12 , but commemorations/celebrations on Fête De L'Escalade are usually held on December 11 or the closest weekend.)
- is put on trial for treason by the National Convention .
- 1816 - Indiana becomes the 19th U.S. State .
- 1872 - P.B.S. Pinchback is sworn in as the first black member of the U.S. House Of Representatives .
- 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 .
- 1931 - The British Parliament enacts the Statute Of Westminster , which establishes a status of legislative equality between the self-governing dominions of the Commonwealth Of Australia , the Dominion Of Canada , the Irish Free State , Newfoundland , the Dominion Of New Zealand , and the Union Of South Africa .
- 1934 - A fire at the Hotel Kerns in Lansing, Michigan , kills 34 people.
- '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.
- leaves the League Of Nations
- and Italy declare war on the United States .
- 1946 - The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is established.
- 1951 - Joe DiMaggio announces his retirement from baseball.
- 1958 - Upper Volta declares its independence from France , and becomes an autonomous republic in the French Community .
- 1970 - John Lennon releases the album '' Plastic Ono Band ''.
- 1972 - Apollo 17 becomes the sixth mission to land on the Moon .
- 1981 - In his last fight, Muhammad Ali is defeated by Trevor Berbick .
- 1981 - Javier Pérez De Cuéllar becomes UN Secretary-General
- 1981 - El Mozote Massacre : Salvadoran armed forces kill an estimated 900 civilians in an anti-guerrilla campaign during the country's civil war.
- 1993 - Forty-eight people are killed when a block of the Highland Towers Collapse s near Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia .
- Boris Yeltsin orders Russia n troops into Chechnya
- 1994 - A bomb assembled by Ramzi Yousef explodes on Philippine Airlines Flight 434 , killing a Japan ese businessman.
- 1998 - A Thai Airways Airbus A310 -200 crashes near Surat Thani Airport , killing 101.
- 1998 - Professional Wrestler Triple H defeats friend Shawn Michaels in a "joke" of a match to capture his first European Championship.
- 2001 - The People's Republic Of China joins the World Trade Organization .
- 2005 - The Buncefield Oil Depot in Hemel Hempstead is rocked by explosions, causing a huge oil fire.
- 2005 - demonstate against ethnic violence resulting in a riot against anyone thought to be Lebanese (and many who were not) in Cronulla Sydney . These are followed up by ethnic attacks on Cronulla .
- 1465 - Ashikaga Yoshihisa , Japanese shogun (d. 1489 )
- 1475 - Pope Leo X (d. 1521 )
- 1566 - Manuel Cardoso , Portuguese composer (d. 1650 )
- 1680 - Emanuele D'Astorga , Italian composer
- 1712 - Francesco Algarotti . Italian philosopher (d. 1764 )
- 1725 - George Mason , American statesman (d. 1792 )
- 1761 - Gian Domenico Romagnosi , Italian physicist (d. 1835 )
- 1781 - Sir David Brewster , British physicist (d. 1868 )
- 1801 - Christian Dietrich Grabbe , German writer (d. 1836 )
- 1803 - Hector Berlioz , French composer (d. 1869 )
- 1810 - Alfred De Musset , French poet (d. 1857 )
- 1843 - Robert Koch , German bacteriologist and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1910 )
- 1858 - Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko , Russian-born Soviet theatre director (d. 1943 )
- 1863 - Annie Jump Cannon , American astronomer (d. 1941 )
- 1873 - Josip Plemelj , Austro-Hungarian-born Yugoslav mathematician (d. 1967 )
- 1880 - Frank Tarrant , Australian cricketer (d. 1951 )
- 1882 - Subramanya Bharathy , Indian poet (d. 1921 )
- 1882 - Max Born , German physicist and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970 )
- 1882 - Fiorello LaGuardia , Mayor of New York City (d. 1947 )
- 1883 - Victor McLaglen , British-born American actor (d. 1959 )
- 1889 - Walter Knott , farmer and creator of Knott's Berry Farm (d. 1981 ).
- 1890 - Mark Tobey , American painter (d. 1976 )
- 1905 - Gilbert Roland , American actor (d. 1994 )
- 1908 - Elliott Carter , American composer
- 1911 - Naguib Mahfouz , Egyptian writer and Nobel Prize laureate
- 1912 - Carlo Ponti , Italian film producer
- 1913 - Jean Marais , French actor (d. 1998 )
- 1916 - Dámaso Pérez Prado , Cuban-born bandleader and composer (d. 1989 )
- 1918 - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn , Soviet-born Russian writer and Nobel Prize laureate
- 1919 - Marie Windsor , American actress (d. 2000 )
- 1920 - Big Mama Thornton (Willie Mae Thornton), American blues singer (d. 1984 )
- 1922 - Grace Paley , American writer
- 1925 - Paul Greengard , American neuroscientist and Nobel Prize laureate
- 1930 - Jean-Louis Trintignant , French actor
- 1931 - Rita Moreno , Puerto Rican singer, dancer, and actress
- 1933 - Aquilino Pimentel, Jr. , Filipino politician
- 1935 - Pranab Mukherjee , Indian politician
- 1936 - Taku Yamasaki , Japanese politician
- 1938 - McCoy Tyner , American jazz pianist
- 1939 - Tom Hayden , American politician
- 1942 - Donna Mills , American actress
- 1943 - John Kerry , American politician and Presidential candidate
- 1944 - Teri Garr , American film actress
- 1944 - Brenda Lee , American singer
- 1950 - Christina Onassis American heiress (d. 1988 )
- 1954 - Jermaine Jackson , American singer and bassist
- 1954 - Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson , Icelandic guitar player, polytechnic engineer and inventor
- 1958 - Nikki Sixx , American bassist ( Mötley Crüe )
- 1959 - Lisa Gastineau , American Reality Show star
- 1962 - Ben Browder , American actor
- 1964 - Cosy Sheridan , American singer and songwriter
- 1966 - Gary Dourdan , American actor
- 1966 - Leon Lai , Beijing-born Canadian actor and Cantopop singer
- 1969 - Vishwanathan Anand , Indian chess grandmaster
- 1972 - Daniel Alfredsson , right winger for the Ottawa Senators (NHL)
- 1972 - Dana Macsim , Romanian television news reporter
- 1979 - Rider Strong , American actor
- 1981 - Zachary Jonathon "Zacky Vengeance" Baker , American musician ( Avenged Sevenfold )
- 1981 - Javier Saviola , Argentine international footballer and Olympic gold medalist
- 1988 - Murugan Thiruchelvam , chess prodigy
- 384 - Pope Damasus I
- 1121 - Al-Afdal Shahanshah , Caliph of Egypt (b. 1066 )
- 1226 - Robert De Ros , English politician (b. 1177 )
- 1282 - Llywelyn The Last , Welsh Prince of Gwynedd
- 1282 - Michael VIII Palaeologus , Byzantine Emperor (b. 1225 )
- 1532 - Pietro Accolti , Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1455 )
- 1694 - Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke Of Parma (b. 1630 )
- 1737 - John Strype , English historian and biographer (b. 1643 )
- 1757 - Edmund Curll , English bookseller and publisher (b. 1675 )
- 1797 - Richard Brocklesby , British physician (b. 1722 )
- 1840 - Emperor Kokaku Of Japan (b. 1771 )
- 1909 - Innokenty Annensky , Russian poet (b. 1855 )
- 1920 - Olive Schreiner , South African writer (b. 1855 )
- 1938 - Christian Lous Lange , Norwegian pacifist and recipient of Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869 )
- 1941 - John Gillespie Magee, Jr. , American poet and aviator (b. 1922 )
- 1945 - Charles Fabry , French physicist (b. 1867 )
- 1950 - Leslie Comrie , New Zealand-born astronomer and computing pioneer (b. 1893 )
- 1957 - Musidora (Jeanne Roques), French actress and director (b. 1889 )
- 1964 - Sam Cooke , American singer (b. 1931 )
- 1978 - Vincent Du Vigneaud , American chemist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901 )
- 1983 - Sir Neil Ritchie , British General (b. 1897 )
- 1984 - Oskar Seidlin , Silesian-born Jewish-American literary scholar (b. 1911 )
- 1994 - Philip Phillips , American archaeologist (b. 1900 )
- 1996 - Willie Rushton , British cartoonist, satirist, and actor (b. 1937 )
- 1998 - André Lichnerowicz , Polish-French physicist (b. 1915 )
- 2003 - Ahmadou Kourouma , Côte d'Ivoire writer (b. 1927 )
- 2004 - M.S. Subbulakshmi , Indian singer (b. 1916 )
December 10 - December 12 - November 11 - January 11 -- Listing Of All Days
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