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Births, Deaths and Events in History - 2009-01-8



Births


1465-12-11 - Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (d. 1489)
1475-12-11 - Pope Leo X (d. 1521)
1566-12-11 - Manuel Cardoso, Portuguese composer (d. 1650)
1680-12-11 - Emanuele d'Astorga, Italian composer (d. 1736)
1712-12-11 - Francesco Algarotti. Italian philosopher (d. 1764)
1725-12-11 - George Mason, American statesman (d. 1792)
1761-12-11 - Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian physicist (d. 1835)
1781-12-11 - Sir David Brewster, British physicist (d. 1868)
1801-12-11 - Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German writer (d. 1836)
1803-12-11 - Hector Berlioz, French composer (d. 1869)
1810-12-11 - Alfred de Musset, French poet (d. 1857)
1838-12-11 - John Labatt, Irish-Canadian brewer (d. 1915)
1843-12-11 - Robert Koch, German bacteriologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1910)
1858-12-11 - Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Russian theatre director (d. 1943)
1863-12-11 - Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer (d. 1941)
1873-12-11 - Josip Plemelj, Slovenian mathematician (d. 1967)
1880-12-11 - Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer (d. 1951)
1882-12-11 - Subramanya Bharathy, Indian poet (d. 1921)
1882-12-11 - Max Born, German physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1970)
1882-12-11 - Fiorello LaGuardia, American statesman (d. 1947)
1883-12-11 - Victor McLaglen, British-born American actor (d. 1959)
1889-12-11 - Walter Knott, American farmer (d. 1981).
1890-12-11 - Carlos Gardel, tango singer (d. 1935)
1890-12-11 - Mark Tobey, American painter (d. 1976)
1905-12-11 - Gilbert Roland, American actor (d. 1994)
1905-12-11 - Robert Henriques, British writer (d. 1967)
1908-12-11 - Elliott Carter, American composer
1910-12-11 - Noel Rosa, Brazilian songwriter (d. 1937)
1911-12-11 - Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian writer, Nobel laureate (d. 2006)
1911-12-11 - Val Guest, British film director (d. 2006)
1912-12-11 - Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer (d. 2007)
1913-12-11 - Jean Marais, French actor (d. 1998)
1916-12-11 - Dámaso Pérez Prado, Cuban-born bandleader (d. 1989)
1918-12-11 - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian writer, Nobel laureate
1919-12-11 - Marie Windsor, American actress (d. 2000)
1922-12-11 - Grace Paley, American writer
1922-12-11 - Dilip Kumar, Indian actor
1923-12-11 - Betsy Blair, American actress
1925-12-11 - Paul Greengard, American neuroscientist, Nobel laureate
1926-12-11 - Big Mama Thornton, American singer (d. 1984)
1930-12-11 - Jean-Louis Trintignant, French actor
1931-12-11 - Rita Moreno, Puerto Rican actress
1931-12-11 - Pierre Pilote, Canadian ice hockey player
1931-12-11 - Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Indian guru (d. 1990)
1933-12-11 - Aquilino Pimentel, Jr., Filipino politician
1935-12-11 - Ron Carey, American actor (d. 2007)
1935-12-11 - Pranab Mukherjee, Indian politician
1935-12-11 - Elmer Vasko, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1998)
1936-12-11 - Taku Yamasaki, Japanese politician
1937-12-11 - Jim Harrison, American writer
1938-12-11 - McCoy Tyner, American jazz pianist
1938-12-11 - Enrico Macias, Algerian-born French singer
1939-12-11 - Tom Hayden, American politician
1939-12-11 - Thomas McGuane, American writer
1940-12-11 - David Gates, American musician (Bread)
1942-12-11 - Donna Mills, American actress
1943-12-11 - John Kerry, American politician
1944-12-11 - Teri Garr, American film actress
1944-12-11 - Lynda Day George, American actress
1944-12-11 - Brenda Lee, American singer
1950-12-11 - Christina Onassis, American heiress (d. 1988)
1953-12-11 - Bess Armstrong, American actress
1954-12-11 - Jermaine Jackson, American musician
1954-12-11 - Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson, Icelandic engineer
1958-12-11 - Nikki Sixx, American musician (Mötley Crüe)
1959-12-11 - Lisa Gastineau, American reality show star
1962-12-11 - Ben Browder, American actor
1962-12-11 - Nele Karajlić, Bosnian singer
1964-12-11 - Michel Courtemanche, Quebec comedian
1964-12-11 - John Mark Karr, American who claimed involvement in JonBenét Ramsey case
1964-12-11 - David Schools, American musician (Widespread Panic)
1964-12-11 - Cosy Sheridan, American singer
1964-12-11 - Carolyn Waldo, Canadian synchronized swimmer
1966-12-11 - Gary Dourdan, American actor
1966-12-11 - Leon Lai, Cantopop singer/actor
1967-12-11 - DJ Yella, American music producer
1969-12-11 - Vishwanathan Anand, Indian chess grandmaster
1969-12-11 - Stig Inge Bjørnebye, Norwegian footballer
1969-12-11 - Sean Grande, American sportscaster
1972-12-11 - Daniel Alfredsson, Swedish ice hockey player
1972-12-11 - Dana Macsim, Romanian television news reporter
1973-12-11 - Mos Def, American emcee and actor
1974-12-11 - Rey Mysterio, American professional wrestler
1974-12-11 - Ben Shephard, English TV personality
1975-12-11 - Gerben de Knegt, Dutch cyclist
1977-12-11 - Mark Streit, Swiss ice hockey player
1979-12-11 - Rider Strong, American actor
1980-12-11 - Arya, Indian actor
1981-12-11 - Zacky Vengeance, American musician (Avenged Sevenfold)
1981-12-11 - Nikki Benz, Canadian actress
1981-12-11 - Hamish Blake, Australian comedian
1981-12-11 - Javier Saviola, Argentine footballer
1988-12-11 - Murugan Thiruchelvam, English chess prodigy
1989-12-11 - Donnie Lewis, American actor

Deaths


1121-12-11 - Al-Afdal Shahanshah, Caliph of Egypt (b. 1066)
1226-12-11 - Robert de Ros, English politician (b. 1177)
1282-12-11 - Llywelyn the Last, King of Gwynedd
1282-12-11 - Michael VIII Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1225)
1532-12-11 - Pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1455)
1694-12-11 - Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1630)
1737-12-11 - John Strype, English historian (b. 1643)
1757-12-11 - Edmund Curll, English bookseller (b. 1675)
1797-12-11 - Richard Brocklesby, English physician (b. 1722)
1840-12-11 - Emperor Kokaku of Japan (b. 1771)
1880-12-11 - Oliver Fisher Winchester, American businessman and politician (b. 1810)
1892-12-11 - William Milligan, Scottish theologian (b. 1821)
1909-12-11 - Innokenty Annensky, Russian poet (b. 1855)
1918-12-11 - Ivan Cankar, Slovenian writer (b. 1876)
1920-12-11 - Olive Schreiner, South African writer (b. 1855)
1938-12-11 - Christian Lous Lange, Norwegian pacifist and recipient of Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
1941-12-11 - John Gillespie Magee, Jr., American poet and aviator (b. 1922)
1941-12-11 - Charles Émile Picard, French mathematician (b. 1856)
1945-12-11 - Charles Fabry, French physicist (b. 1867)
1950-12-11 - Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer (b. 1893)
1957-12-11 - Musidora (Jeanne Roques), French actress (b. 1889)
1959-12-11 - Jim Bottomley, American baseball player (b. 1900)
1964-12-11 - Sam Cooke, American singer (b. 1931)
1964-12-11 - Percy Kilbride, American actor (b. 1888)
1978-12-11 - Vincent du Vigneaud, American chemist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)
1983-12-11 - Sir Neil Ritchie, British General (b. 1897)
1984-12-11 - Oskar Seidlin, German-born American scholar (b. 1911)
1989-12-11 - Louise Dahl-Wolfe, American photographer (b. 1895)
1991-12-11 - Robert Q. Lewis, American game show host and actor (b. 1921)
1991-12-11 - Artur Lundkvist, Swedish author and critic (b. 1906)
1994-12-11 - Philip Phillips, American archaeologist (b. 1900)
1996-12-11 - Willie Rushton, English cartoonist (b. 1937)
1998-12-11 - André Lichnerowicz, Polish-French physicist (b. 1915)
1998-12-11 - Lynn Strait, American singer (b. 1968)
2000-12-11 - Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Pakistani politician, diplomat and author (b. 1915)
2000-12-11 - David Lewis, American actor (b. 1916)
2003-12-11 - Ahmadou Kourouma, Côte d'Ivoire writer (b. 1927)
2004-12-11 - M.S. Subbulakshmi, Indian singer (b. 1916)
2004-12-11 - Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand running coach (b. 1917)
2006-12-11 - Elizabeth Bolden, American, oldest verified person in the world at the time of her death (b. 1890)

Declared


2007-12-11 - Roman festivals - One of the four Agonalia, this day in honour of Sol Indiges; also the Septimontium festival

Events


1282-12-11 - Llywelyn ap Gruffydd or Gruffudd (b. c. 1228) the last native Prince of Wales, was killed at Cilmeri, near Builth Wells, south Wales. He was the last prince of an independent Wales before its conquest by King Edward I of England. Some would say he was the
1602-12-11 - 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. (This actually takes place after midnight, in the early morning of December 12, but commemorations/celeb
1792-12-11 - French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the National Convention.
1816-12-11 - Indiana becomes the 19th U.S. state.
1872-12-11 - P.B.S. Pinchback is sworn in as the first black member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
1886-12-11 - Dial Square FC, a football club from Woolwich, London that will eventually become known as Arsenal FC, play their first match, a 6-0 win over Eastern Wanderers.
1927-12-11 - 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.
1917-12-11 - British troops take Jerusalem from the troops of the Ottoman Empire
1931-12-11 - The British Parliament enacts the Statute of Westminster, which establishes a status of legislative equality between the self-governing dominions of the Commonwealth of Australia, the Dominion of Canada, the Irish Free State, Newfoundland, the Dominion of
1934-12-11 - A fire at the Hotel Kerns in Lansing, Michigan, kills 34 people.
1936-12-11 - 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.
1937-12-11 - Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italy leaves the League of Nations
1941-12-11 - World War II: Germany and Italy declare war on the United States.
1946-12-11 - The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is established.
1951-12-11 - Joe DiMaggio announces his retirement from baseball.
1958-12-11 - Upper Volta declares its independence from France, and becomes an autonomous republic in the French Community.
1961-12-11 - Melvin Calvin Awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry for process of photosynthesis.
1964-12-11 - An unknown terrorist fired a mortar shell at the United Nations building in New York City during a speech by Che Guevara
1971-12-11 - The Libertarian Party of the United States is formed.
1972-12-11 - Apollo 17 becomes the sixth mission to land on the Moon.
1980-12-11 - The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (known as either CERCLA or Superfund) is enacted by the U.S. Congress.
1981-12-11 - In his last fight, Muhammad Ali is defeated by Trevor Berbick.
1981-12-11 - Javier Pérez de Cuéllar becomes UN Secretary-General
1981-12-11 - El Mozote massacre: Salvadoran armed forces kill an estimated 900 civilians in an anti-guerrilla campaign during the country's civil war.
1993-12-11 - Forty-eight people are killed when a block of the Highland Towers collapses near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
1994-12-11 - First Chechen War: Russian President Boris Yeltsin orders Russian troops into Chechnya
1994-12-11 - A bomb assembled by Ramzi Yousef explodes on Philippine Airlines Flight 434, killing a Japanese businessman.
1997-12-11 - The Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change opens for signature.
1998-12-11 - A Thai Airways Airbus A310-200 crashes near Surat Thani Airport, killing 101.
2000-12-11 - Real Madrid football club is awarded 20th Century's Best Club award by FIFA.
2001-12-11 - The People's Republic of China joins the World Trade Organization.
2005-12-11 - The Buncefield Oil Depot in Hemel Hempstead is rocked by explosions, causing a huge oil fire.
2005-12-11 - 2005 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.
2006-12-11 - The International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust is opened in Tehran, Iran by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.



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