351 Historic Events for December 11
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| 1913 |
Birth |
Carlo Ponti, Milan Italy, married to Sophia Loren/director (2 Women)
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| 1913 |
Birth |
Jean Marais, Cherbourgh France, actor (Donkey Skin, Orpheus)
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| 1914 |
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Stockton Street Tunnel (SF) completed
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| 1915 |
Birth |
Anna van Beers, [Graeve], actress (A Woman like Eve)
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| 1916 |
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David Lloyd George forms British war govt
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| 1917 |
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German-occupied Lithuania proclaims independence from Russia
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| 1917 |
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13 black soldiers hanged for alleged participation in Houston riot
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| 1918 |
Death |
Ivan Cankar, Slavic author (Hlapec Jernej), dies at 42
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| 1918 |
Birth |
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russia, writer (Cancer Ward, Nobel 1970)
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| 1919 |
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Boll weevil monument dedicated in Enterprise, Ala
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| 1920 |
Birth |
Eddy Firestone, SF Calif, actor (Eddy-Mixed Doubles)
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| 1922 |
Birth |
Grace Paley, writer (1970 Arts and Letters Award)
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| 1922 |
Birth |
Peter Birch, Bronx, choreographer (Jane Froman's USA Canteen)
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| 1923 |
Birth |
Betsy Blair, actress (Marty)
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| 1924 |
Birth |
Marie Windsor, [Emily Marie Bertelson], Utah, actress (Double Deal)
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| 1925 |
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Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Quas Primas
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| 1926 |
Birth |
Big Mama Thornton, blues singer (Ball and Chain, Stronger than Dirt)
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| 1926 |
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Josephine Baker goes up in Amsterdam
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| 1926 |
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Queensland win their 1st Sheffield Shield cricket match, v NSW
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| 1927 |
Birth |
Stein Eriksen, Norway, giant slalom (Olympic-gold-1952)
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| 1928 |
Birth |
Tomas Gutierrez Alea, filmmaker
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| 1928 |
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Buenos Aires police thwart an attempt on Pres-elect Herbert Hoover
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| 1928 |
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NL Pres John Heydler proposes designated hitter for pitchers
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| 1929 |
Birth |
S P "Fergie" Gupte, cricketer (brilliant Indian leg-spinner)
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| 1930 |
Birth |
Leonard Friedman, violinist
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