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Historical Events
on December 11th
- Lead Story
- Edward VIII abdicates,1936
- American Revolution
- British delay Washington's march to Valley Forge,1777
- Automotive
- NYC authorities jettison plans for expressway across Lower Manhattan,1962
- Civil War
- Federals occupy Fredericksburg,1862
- Cold War
- Soviets declare nudity a sign of "western decadence",1969
- Crime
- The Unabomber kills his first victim,1985
- Disaster
- Toronto endures record snowstorm,1944
- General Interest
- UNICEF founded,1946
- Yeltsin orders Russian forces into Chechnya,1994
- Hollywood
- Tootsie actress Teri Garr born,1944
- Literary
- Alexander Solzhenitsyn is born,1918
- Music
- Sam Cooke dies under suspicious circumstances in LA,1964
- Old West
- Buffalo Bill Cody makes his first stage appearance,1872
- Presidential
- Madison presents trade agreement to Congress,1815
- Sports
- Muhammad Ali vs. Trevor Berbick,1981
- Vietnam War
- First U.S. helicopters arrive in South Vietnam.,1961
- Paratroopers depart South Vietnam,1969
- World War I
- Yuan Shih-kai accepts Chinese throne,1915
- World War II
- Germany declares war on the United States,1941
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