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Holidays and Events on This Day, December 11th 🍹🌴

Anniversary of the Statute of Westminster- Canada

Birthday of the Sultan of Selangor- Malaysia

Human Rights and Peace Day- Kiribati

International Mountain Day- USA

Proclamation of Independence Day- Burkina Faso
 

11th December

1282 The death of the last native Prince of Wales - Llewelyn ap Gruffydd, prince of Gwynedd. Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (c.1223-1282), or Llywelyn the Last, was the last prince of an independent Wales. He died at the Battle of Orewin Bridge on 11 December 1282.

1914 The Royal Flying Corps, which later became the RAF, adopted the red, white and blue roundel to identify its aircraft more easily during World War I.

1936 After ruling for less than one year, Edward VIII becomes the first English monarch to voluntarily abdicate the throne. Edward planned to marry divorcee Mrs. Wallis Simpson and, before he left for France, he made a final radio broadcast to the nation. He was succeeded by his brother, George, who became George VI.

1877 English photographer Eadweard Muybridge won a long standing bet for a millionaire by proving that a horse's four feet are all off the ground simultaneously once every stride. He used multiple cameras around the track, each taking a single frame via a series of trip wires.

1975 An Icelandic gunboat opened fire on unarmed British fishery support vessels in the North Atlantic Sea, heightening the 'Cod War'.

1967 Concorde, the world's first supersonic airliner, was rolled out of its hangar for public viewing for the first time.
 
1882
Boston's Bijou Theatre becomes the 1st American playhouse lit by electricity
1913
painting,'Mona Lisa' is recovered 2 yrs after it was stolen from the Louvre Museum by ex worker, Vincenzo Pergugia
1946
UNICEF{ United Nations International Children's Emergency Relief Fund} was established by UN General Assembly at its HQ in NYC
1961
single' Please Mr. Postman' by Marveletts is released, spent 23 weeks on music charts, became #1 . It was Motown's 1st hit single
1992
actress/ humanitarian, Audrey Hepburn awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom award from Pres George H.W. Bush
2008
financier, Bernie Madoff arrested& charged with securities fraud in $50 billion Ponzi scheme
 

Dec 11th Birthdays:
1882
Fiorello LaGuardia- NYC mayor '33-45, airport is named in his honor
1912
Carlo Ponti- Italian film director,'Marriage, Italian Style,Dr Zhivago, husband of actress, Sophia Loren
1937
Jim Harrison- novelist' Legends of the Fall' movie version '94
1944
Brenda Lee- pop/country singer 'I'm Sorry', 'Rockin Around The Christmas Tree
1960
Rachel Portman- British film composer 'Emma, Chocolat, Cider House Rules'
Deaths:
1964
Sam Cooke- singer 'You Send Me' 33{shot to death}
2000
David Lewis- actor best known TV role' Edward Quartermaine' on ABC soap opera' General Hospital 84
2008
Bettie Page- pinup model 85
2012
Ravi Shankar- Indian sitar master 92
 
On This Day In History, December 12th

2009 Houston, Texas elects Annise Parker
The City of Houston becomes the most populous city in the United States to have an openly gay mayor.

1969 Piazza Fontana bombing
A bomb exploded at the building of the National Agrarian Bank, Milan, Italy, killing 17 people and injuring 88.

1963 Kenyan independence
Kenya declared its independence from the UK.

1787 Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
It was the first of the larger states to vote to ratify the document.
 
Births On This Day, December 12th 🎂

1950 Rajinikanth
Indian actor, screenwriter, producer

1923 Bob Barker
American game show host

1915 Frank Sinatra
American singer, actor

1881 Harry Warner
Polish/American businessman, co-founded Warner Bros.

1863 Edvard Munch
Norwegian painter

Deaths On This Day, December 12th 🪦

2007 Ike Turner
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer

1999 Joseph Heller
American author, playwright

1985 Anne Baxter
American actress

1968 Tallulah Bankhead
American actress

1889 Robert Browning
English poet
 
Holidays and Events on This Day, December 12th 🍹🌴

Day of Neutrality- Turkmenistan

Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe- Mexico

Day off for the Birthday of the Sultan of Selangor- Malaysia

Day off for Human Rights and Peace Day- Kiribati

Day off for Proclamation of Independence Day- Burkina Faso
 
1792
22yr old Ludwig van Beethoven had his 1st music compostion lesson from Franz Haydn
1946
"Tide" laundry detergent is introduced,became an over night sensation,changed the way households did laundry with the help of invention of laundry machines. Tide is still #1 leading laundry detergent in U.S.
1961
Nazi German Army Officer, Adolph Eichmann found guilty of war crimes against Israel. He was executed by hanging in 1962
1980
Armand Hammer, U. S. oil tycoon buys the 'Codex Leicester' for $5.1 mil. Its the notebook of Leonardo da Vinci containing various writings/ drawings related to water& the way it moves. It has 73 pages. In 1994, went up for auction again , Microsoft co-founder, Bill Gates bought it for $30.8 mil
2019
the deepest point on earth on land was found under Denman Glacier east of Antartica 11,500 ft/ 35km below sea level
 
Dec 12th birthdays:
1863
Edvard Munch- Norwegian painter' The Scream'
1915
Frank Sinatra- singer/ actor "My Way, Fly Me to the Moon, Strangers in the Night, The Lady is a Tramp, Summer Wind, movie' From Here to Eternity-won best supp actor Oscar nickname' Ol Blue Eyes
1923
Bob Barker- U.S game show host 'Truth or Consequences, The Price is Right'
1940 Dionne Warwick- singer best known hits from compsers Burt Bacharach/Hal David 'Alfie, Say a Little Prayer, Do You Know The Way to San Jose
1969
Sophie Kinsella- British author' Confessions of a Shopaholic'
1975
Mayim Bialik- actress best known movie role Beaches' she played Bette Midler's character as a young girl. Her best known TV role' Dr Amy Farrah Fowler' on CBS sitcom' The Big Bang Theory' She has a PHD in neuroscience
Deaths:
1939
Douglas Fairbanks- actor Mark of Zorro,3 Musketeers, Robin Hood 56{heart attack}
1985
Anne Baxter- actress The Razor's Edge, All About Eve 62{stroke}
2006
Peter Boyle- actor movies : Young Frankenstein, Joe, The Candidate, best known TV role' Frank Barone' in CBS sitcom' Everybody Loves Raymond' 71
 
On This Day In History, December 13th

2003 Saddam Hussein Captured
Saddam Hussein, the fifth president of Iraq, was found hiding in a camouflaged hole in the ground and was captured by American forces near Tikrit, Iraq. The military operation that led to his capture was called Operation Red Dawn. He was subsequently handed over to the interim Iraqi government. After a trial where he was found guilty of crimes against humanity, he was executed 3 years after his capture in December 2006.

2001 Attack on the Indian parliament
The Indian parliament, the Sansad, was attacked by terrorists. 15 people, including the terrorists, were killed during the attack.

1972 Last human landing on the Moon
Apollo 17 was the last mission of the United States' Apollo lunar landing program. It was also the sixth and the last time humans landed on the Moon.

1795 Meteorite crashes into Wold Newton in Yorkshire, England.
Major Edward Topham owned the land where the meteorite crashed. He exhibited it later, and today it is in the Natural History Museum in London.

1642 First European to Reach New Zealand
Abel Tasman, a Dutch explorer, and merchant reached the coast of South Island in New Zealand and named it Staten Landt. Tasman was also the first European in recorded history to step foot on Tasmania, an island state in Australia. Tasman claimed the island for the Dutch crown. It is named after him as well.
 
Births On This Day, December 13th 🎂

1989 Taylor Swift
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actress

1948 Ted Nugent
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor

1936 Aga Khan IV
Swiss/French 49th Nizari Ismaili Imam

1902 Talcott Parsons
American sociologist

1818 Mary Todd Lincoln
American wife of Abraham Lincoln, 17t

Deaths On This Day, December 13th 🪦

2010 Richard Holbrooke
American journalist, banker, diplomat, 22nd United States Ambassador to the United Nations

2005 Stanley Williams
American gang leader co-founded the Crips

1944 Wassily Kandinsky
Russian/French painter

1784 Samuel Johnson
English author, lexicographer

1204 Maimonides
Spanish rabbi, philosopher
 
1577
Francis Drake leaves England for his 3 yr trip around the globe aboard the Golden Hand
1769
Darmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire receives its charter
1920
International Court of Justice in the Hague is established by League of Nations
1975
the 1st time SNL{Sat Night Live} uses time delay because comedian, Richard Pryor is the host
1989
movie' Driving Miss Daisy' based on Alfred Uhry's play is released directed by Bruce Beresford. The story of a 25 yr friendship between a black man{Morgan Freeman} who is the chauffeur to an aging Southern woman{Jessica Tandy} other cast members, Dan Aykroyd,Patti Lupone, Esther Rolle movie won 4 Oscars picture, best actress{Tandy} adapted screenplay, makeup
 
Dec 13th Birthdays:
1925 Dick Van Dyke- actor/singer/ dancer 'Mary Poppins, Bye, Bye Birdie, best known TV role's Rob Petrie on Dick van Dyke Show, 'Dr Mark Sloan' Diagnosis Murder
1929
Christopher PLummer- Canadian actor, Man Who Would be King, Cyrano, Beginners, best known film role' Capt Von Trapp in Sound of Music' won best supp actor Oscar age 82 for Beginners
1957
Steve Buscemi- actor' Fargo, Boardwalk Empire
1989
Taylor Swift- country/pop singer.songwriter
Deaths:
1934
Thomas Watson assistant to Alexander Graham Bell in inventing the telephone 80
1990
Alice Marble- U. S. tennis player won U.S. Open 1936, 1938-1940 77
2016 Alan Thicke- Canadian actor best known TV role' Jason Seavers' in ABC sitcom 'Growing Pains, he co-wrote 2 TV show theme songs 'Different Strokes, Facts of Life 69
 
On This Day In History, December 14th

2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
Adam Lanza shot and killed 20 children and 6 adults at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

1961 Tanzania joins the United Nations
Tanzania was created as a merger of Tanganyika and the Zanzibar Archipelago, both of which were under British rule until independence.

1958 Soviets Reach the Southern Pole of Inaccessibility
A Pole of Inaccessibility is a location on Earth that is extremely difficult to access. In the North, it is the point in the Arctic Ocean that is farthest from land, while in the Southern Hemisphere it is the point farthest from the Southern Ocean on Antarctica. In 1958, a Soviet team led by Yevgeny Tolstikov became the first people in history to reach the Southern Pole of Inaccessibility, which is 546 miles (878 kilometers) from the geographic South Pole. Temperatures at this location averages around – 73 degrees F (–58 degrees C).

1939 USSR expelled from the League of Nations
The Soviet Union was expelled from the League of Nations for making aggressive demands of Finland.

1911 Roald Amundsen reaches the South Pole
Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team reached the South Pole, becoming the first man in recorded history to set foot on the most southern point on Earth.
 
Births On This Day, December 14th 🎂

1988 Vanessa Hudgens
American actress, singer

1966 Fabrizio Giovanardi
Italian race car driver

1947 Dilma Rousseff
Brazilian politician, economist, 36th President of Brazil

1546 Tycho Brahe
Danish astronomer, chemist

1503 Nostradamus
French astrologer

Deaths On This Day, December 14 🪦

2013 Peter O'Toole
Irish actor

1989 Andrei Sakharov
Russian physicist

1947 Stanley Baldwin
English politician

1943 John Harvey Kellogg
American surgeon, co-created Corn flakes

1799 George Washington
American general, politician, 1st President of the United States
 
On This Day In History, December 15th

2009 Maiden flight of Boeing 787 Dreamliner
Considered to be one of Boeing's most fuel-efficient airplanes, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner has suffered from problems associated with its lithium-ion batteries.

1978 US recognizes China
30 years after the creation of the People's Republic of China, President Jimmy Carter announced that the United States would formally recognize the communist country starting January 1, 1979. The announcement also called for the severing of relations with Taiwan, a position that was quickly reversed under protests.

1939 Premier of the Gone with the Wind
The award-winning film was adapted from the Pulitzer winner Margaret Mitchell's book by the same name.

1933 Twenty-first Amendment to U.S. Constitution comes into effect
Ratified on December 5 of the same year, the amendment repealed the prohibition on alcohol in the United States which had come into force on January 17, 1920, when the 18th amendment took effect.

1791 U.S. Bill of Rights becomes law
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution of the United States are known as the Bill of Rights. They became law after Virginia ratified the amendments.
 
Births On This Day, December 15th 🎂

1986 Junsu
South Korean singer-songwriter, actor

1979 Eric Young
Canadian wrestler

1928 Friedensreich Hundertwasser
Austrian/New Zealand painter, and architect, designed the Kuchlbauer Tower, Waldspirale

1907 Oscar Niemeyer
Brazilian architect, designed the United Nations Headquarters, Cathedral of Brasília

37 Nero
Roman Emperor

Deaths On This Day, December 15th 🪦

2013 Harold Camping
American broadcaster, author

2011 Christopher Hitchens
English/American journalist, author

2010 Bob Feller
American baseball player

1966 Walt Disney
American animator, director, screenwriter, and producer, co-founded The Company

1950 Vallabhbhai Patel
Indian activist, politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of India
 
15th December

1906 The opening of the Piccadilly tube line on London's Underground. It was the longest underground line at the time, running from Finsbury Park to Hammersmith. The line remained much the same until the 1930s when it expanded rapidly, incorporating stations which are now regarded as classic examples of period architecture.

1958 Crewe Works built its last steam engine, a Class 9 freight locomotive, engine number 92250. It was their 7,331st locomotive since the works were built in 1840 by the Grand Junction Railway.

1982 Reputed to be Robin Hood's tree, the 'Major Oak' in Sherwood Forest, was fitted with a fire alarm. 🌳

1982 There were scenes of jubilation as the gates isolating the people of Gibraltar from Spain were opened for the first time in 13 years. There were tight restrictions, which included a ban on any British or foreign tourists crossing.

2015 Forty three year old astronaut Major Tim Peake became the first Briton to serve a mission on the International Space Station. He took off from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan at 11:03am GMT, alongside Nasa astronaut Tim Kopra and Russian commander Yuri Malenchenko. 🚀
 
1791
The 1st U.S. law school is established at Univ of Pennsylvania
1944
bandleader, Glenn Miller disappears in a single engine aircraft over the English Channel towards France.He was on his way to Paris to entertain U.S. troops ,the wreckage was never found.
1973
16 yr old, John Paul Getty,III grandson of oil tycoon John Paul Getty was released 5 months after being kidnapped by Italian gang in Naples, Italy. His severed right ear was mailed to newspaper in Rome. His grandfather paid the $17 mil ransom
2001
The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopened after 11yrs or restoration project costing $27 mil. It didn't fix the famous lean of building
 
Dec 15th Birthdays:
1832
Gustave Eiffel- French engineer/ architect who designed&built Eiffel Tower
1899
Harold Abrahams- British runner, Gold medal winner at 1924 Summer Games, his story is depicted in movie' Chariots of Fire'
1939
Dave Clark- British drummer/singer/ songwriter with 'Dave Clark Five'
1949
Don Johnson- actor best known TV roles ' Det Sonny Crockett' in NBC police drama' Miami Vice', Insp. Nash Bridges in CBS police drama' Nash Bridges'
1981
Michelle Dockery- British actress best known TV role 'Mary Crawley' in TV show' Downton Abbey'
Deaths:
1675
Jan Vermeer- Dutch painter 'Girl With a Pearl Earring' 43
1943
Fats Waller- jazz singer/ piano player 'Aint Misbehavin, Honeysuckle Rose 39
1966
Walt Disney- animator co founder of Walt Disney ,Co 65{ lung cancer}
2003
Keith Magnuson- retired Canadian hockey defensman with Chicago Black Hawks 56{car accident}
2013
JOan Fontainne- actress' Rebecca,Gunga Din Ivanhoe 95 sister of actress, Olivia DeHavailand
 
On This Day In History, December 16th

2010 Last episode of Larry King Live aired
After 25 years of being on TV, the last episode of Larry King Live, one of CNN's most-watched TV programs was aired. While the official end date for the talk show was December 16, an episode on cancer was aired two days later on December 18. It was replaced by Piers Morgan Tonight.

1991 Kazakhstan independence
The Central Asian country was the last Soviet republic to declare its independence.

1971 End of Indo-Pakistani War
The third major conflict between the two countries was fought because of India's support of Bangladesh's War of Liberation. The war ended only after 13 days and with the creation of the independent state of Bangladesh.

1773 Boston Tea Party
Considered as one of the key events in the American Revolution, the Tea Party occurred when protesters in Boston, a territory controlled by the British, dumped heavily taxed British tea into Boston Harbor.

1707 Last eruption of Mount Fuji
The highest volcano in Japan erupted for the last time in what is known as the Hōei Eruption. The eruption lasted for 17 days.
 
Births On This Day, December 16th 🎂

1917 Arthur C. Clarke
English author

1901 Margaret Mead
American anthropologist

1866 Wassily Kandinsky
Russian/French painter

1775 Jane Austen
English author

1485 Catherine of Aragon

Deaths On This Day, December 16th 🪦

1988 Sylvester
American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer

1980 Colonel Sanders
American businessman founded KFC

1965 W. Somerset Maugham
French/English author, playwright

1515 Afonso de Albuquerque
Portuguese Admiral

705 Wu Zetian
Chinese empress
 

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