This day in History - December 11

351 Historic Events for December 11
1899 Death Andrew "Andy" Wauchope, British general-major, dies in battle
1899 Birth Vera von der Heydt, psychoanalyst
1899 Death Lord Winchester, British marquis/major, dies in battle
1899 Event Battle of Magers' fountain - Boer leader Cronj‚ vs Gen Methuen
1901 Event Marconi sends 1st transatlantic radio signal, Cornwall to Nfld
1902 Death Matthias Hohner, German manufacturer (harmonica), dies at 68
1903 Event British forces under MacDonald and Young march into Tibet
1903 Death Patrick McShane, cricket player/ump (1884-85 Ashes series), dies
1904 Birth Joe Coral, bookmaker
1905 Event 120ø F (49ø C), Rivadavia, Argentina (South American record)
1905 Event British govt of Campbell-Bannerman forms
1905 Birth Eugen Fink, German philosopher
1905 Birth Gilbert Roland, [Luis Alonso], Juarez Mex, actor (Juarez, Barbarosa)
1905 Birth Koos van de Griend, composer
1906 Event US president Roosevelt attacks abuses in the Congo
1906 Birth Birago Diop, Senegalees writer/ambassador (Leurres et Lueurs)
1907 Birth Norbert Rosseau, composer
1908 Event Frederick Delius' "In a Summer Garden," premieres
1908 Birth Elliott Cook Carter Jr, NYC, composer (Tom and Lily)
1909 Event Canadian Football exhibition game played in Van Cortlandt Park in Bronx, Hamilton Tigers beat Ottawa Rough Riders, 11-6 before 15,000
1909 Event Colored moving pictures demonstrated at Madison Square Garden, NYC
1910 Birth Robert Grieve, civil servant
1911 Death Thomas Ball, US sculptor/painter/singer, dies at 92
1911 Birth Nagib Machfus, Egyptian writer (Nobel 1988)
1911 Birth Vincent Henry Kemp, poet