December 11

December 11 is the 345th day (346th on leap years) of the year. There are 20 days remaining.

Births:

• 1801 - [Christian Dietrich Grabbe]?, German writer
• 1803 - [Hector Berlioz]?, French composer
• 1843 - Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch (German bacteriologist)
• 1918 - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian author
• 1944 - [Booker T. Jones]?Musician?

Deaths:

• 1945 - [Charles Fabry]?, French physicist

Events:

• 1205? - In England, [John Grey]?, Bishop of Norwich, was elected Archbishop of Canterbury.
• 1816 - Indiana becomes the 19th state.
• 1937 - [Edward VIII]?'s abdication as King of Great Britain became effective; he gave up the throne in order to marry American divorcee [Wallis Simpson]?
• 1937 - Italy leaves the League of Nations
• 1941 - Germany and Italy declare war on the United States.
• 1946 - The [United Nations Childrens Emergency Fund]? (UNICEF) is established.
• 1972: Apollo 17 lands on the Moon
• 2001: DrinkOrDie raids

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See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

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