December 11th Events |
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| December 11th, 2007 (December 11 2007) | Event | Two car bombs go off at the Constitutional Court building in Algiers and the United Nations office. An estimated 45 people are killed in the bombings. | |
| December 11th, 2006 (December 11 2006) | Event | The International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust is opened in Tehran, Iran by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. | |
| December 11th, 2005 (December 11 2005) | Event | The Buncefield Oil Depot in Hemel Hempstead is rocked by explosions, causing a huge oil fire. | |
| December 11th, 2005 (December 11 2005) | Event | Cronulla riots: Thousands of White Australians demonstrate 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. | |
| December 11th, 2001 (December 11 2001) | Event | The People s Republic of China joins the World Trade Organization. | |
| December 11th, 1998 (December 11 1998) | Event | A Thai Airways Airbus A310-200 crashes near Surat Thani Airport, killing 101. | |
| December 11th, 1997 (December 11 1997) | Event | The Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change opens for signature. | |
| December 11th, 1994 (December 11 1994) | Event | First Chechen War: Russian President Boris Yeltsin orders Russian troops into Chechnya. | Boris Yeltsin Quotes |
| December 11th, 1993 (December 11 1993) | Event | Forty-eight people are killed when a block of the Highland Towers collapses near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. | |
| December 11th, 1981 (December 11 1981) | Event | El Mozote massacre: Salvadoran armed forces kill an estimated 900 civilians in an anti-guerrilla campaign during the country s civil war. | |
| December 11th, 1980 (December 11 1980) | Event | The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (known as either CERCLA or Superfund) is enacted by the U.S. Congress. | |
| December 11th, 1972 (December 11 1972) | Event | Apollo 17 becomes the sixth mission to land on the Moon. | |
| December 11th, 1971 (December 11 1971) | Event | The Libertarian Party of the United States is formed. | |
| December 11th, 1964 (December 11 1964) | Event | Che Guevara speaks at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. An unknown terrorist fires a mortar shell at the building during the speech. | |
| December 11th, 1960 (December 11 1960) | Event | A violent clash occurred with French forces cracking down on protesters in French Algeria during a visit by French president Charles de Gaulle. | Charles de Gaulle Quotes |
| December 11th, 1958 (December 11 1958) | Event | Upper Volta gains self-government from France, and becomes an autonomous republic in the French Community. | |
| December 11th, 1946 (December 11 1946) | Event | The United Nations International Children s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is established. | |
| December 11th, 1941 (December 11 1941) | Event | World War II: Germany and Italy declare war on the United States. The United States, in turn, declares war on Germany and Italy. | |
| December 11th, 1937 (December 11 1937) | Event | Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italy leaves the League of Nations. | |
| December 11th, 1936 (December 11 1936) | Event | Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII 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. | |
| December 11th, 1931 (December 11 1931) | Event | The British Parliament enacts the Statute of Westminster, establishing legislative equality between the self-governing dominions of the Commonwealth of Australia, the Dominion of Canada, the Irish Free State, Dominion of Newfoundland, the Dominion of New Zealand, and the Union of South Africa. | |
| December 11th, 1927 (December 11 1927) | Event | Guangzhou Uprising: Communist 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. | |
| December 11th, 1925 (December 11 1925) | Event | Quas Primas encyclical is promulgated, introducing the Feast of Christ the King. | |
| December 11th, 1917 (December 11 1917) | Event | British troops take Jerusalem from the troops of the Ottoman Empire. | |
| December 11th, 1907 (December 11 1907) | Event | New Zealand Parliament Buildings almost completely destroyed by fire. | |
| December 11th, 1905 (December 11 1905) | Event | A workers uprising occurs, establishing the Shuliavka Republic in Kiev. | |
| December 11th, 1872 (December 11 1872) | Event | P.B.S. Pinchback becomes the first black member of the U.S. House of Representatives. | |
| December 11th, 1816 (December 11 1816) | Event | Indiana becomes the 19th U.S. state. | |
| December 11th, 1792 (December 11 1792) | Event | French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the National Convention. | |
| December 11th, 1789 (December 11 1789) | Event | The University of North Carolina is chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly. | |
| December 11th, 1602 (December 11 1602) | Event | 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. Commemorations/celebrations on Fete de l Escalade are usually held on December 11 or the closest weekend. | Philip Roth Quotes |
| December 11th, 1282 (December 11 1282) | Event | Llywelyn the Last (born in c.1228), the last native Prince of Wales, is killed at Cilmeri, near Builth Wells, south Wales. | |
| December 11th, 0359 (December 11 0359) | Event | Honoratus, the first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople, takes office. | |
