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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. JonesMusician
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
See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
December 10 - December 12 - November 11 - January 11 -- other historical anniversaries