Tukuk-OS📅 December 11
15 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on December 11? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2024 — Urfan Sharif and Beinash Batool were found guilty of the murder of Sara Sharif, and were sentenced to life imprisonment.
- 2008 — American stockbroker Bernie Madoff was arrested and charged with securities fraud in a $64.8 billion Ponzi scheme, the largest in history.
- 2008 — American stockbroker Bernie Madoff was arrested and charged with securities fraud in a $64.8 billion Ponzi scheme, the largest in history.
- 2006 — The first action in the Mexican drug war began as President Felipe Calderón ordered Mexican soldiers and Federal Police units into the state of Michoacán.
- 2006 — Criticized worldwide as a "meeting of Holocaust deniers", the International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust opened in Tehran.
Holocaust denialInternational Conference to Review the Global Vision of the HolocaustTehran
- 2005 — Demonstrations in Cronulla, a suburb of Sydney, against recent violence towards locals turned into a series of race riots.
- 1972 — Apollo 17 (Lunar Roving Vehicle pictured), the last Apollo mission, landed on the Moon.
- 1925 — Pope Pius XI promulgated the encyclical Quas primas, establishing the Feast of Christ the King.
- 1920 — Irish War of Independence: Following an Irish Republican Army ambush of an Auxiliary patrol, British forces burned and looted numerous buildings in Cork.
Irish War of IndependenceIrish Republican Army (1919–1922)Auxiliary Division
- 1907 — The original Parliament House in Wellington, New Zealand, was destroyed by fire (pictured).
- 1899 — Second Boer War: In the Battle of Magersfontein, Boers defeated British forces trying to relieve the Siege of Kimberley.
- 1886 — The London-based football club Arsenal, then known as Dial Square, played their first match on the Isle of Dogs.
Association footballArsenal F.C.History of Arsenal F.C. (1886–1966)
- 1789 — The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (structure pictured), one of the oldest public universities in the United States and the only one to award degrees in the 18th century, was chartered.
University of North Carolina at Chapel HillOldest public university in the United States
- 1640 — A crowd of 1,500 people presented the Root and Branch petition to the Long Parliament, calling for abolishing the episcopacy of the Church of England.
- 861 — The Abbasid caliph al-Mutawakkil was assassinated by his guards, beginning the Anarchy at Samarra.
Births
- 2000 — Onyeka Okongwu, American basketball player
- 1997 — Matthew Tkachuk, American ice hockey player
- 1996 — Hailee Steinfeld, American actress, singer and songwriter
- 1995 — Abbi Grant, Scottish footballer
- 1993 — Yalitza Aparicio, Mexican actress
- 1992 — Tiffany Alvord, American singer-songwriter
- 1992 — Malcolm Brogdon, American basketball player
- 1990 — Alexa Demie, American actress and singer
- 1989 — Kellie Harrington, Irish boxer
- 1988 — Tim Southee, New Zealand cricketer
- 1987 — Violetta Bock, German politician
- 1987 — Clifton Geathers, American football player
Deaths
- 2024 — David Bonderman, American billionaire businessman (born 1942)
- 2024 — Khalil Haqqani, Afghan politician and warlord (born 1966)
- 2024 — Purushottam Upadhyay, Indian musician, singer and composer (born 1934)
- 2023 — Andre Braugher, American actor (born 1962)
- 2021 — Anne Rice, American author (born 1941)
- 2020 — James Flynn, New Zealand intelligence researcher. (born 1934)
- 2017 — Keith Chegwin, British TV presenter (born 1957)
- 2015 — Abish Kekilbayev, Kazakh academic and politician (born 1939)
- 2015 — H. Arnold Steinberg, Canadian businessman, philanthropist, and academic (born 1933)
- 2015 — Hema Upadhyay, Indian painter and sculptor (born 1972)
- 2015 — John "Hot Rod" Williams, American basketball player (born 1962)
- 2015 — Ken Woolley, Australian architect (born 1933)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Cian
- Christian feast day: Daniel the Stylite
- Christian feast day: María de las Maravillas de Jesús
- Christian feast day: Pope Damasus I
- Christian feast day: Sabinus of Piacenza
- Christian feast day: Victoricus, Fuscian, and Gentian
- Christian feast day: December 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Establishment of Kurdish Women's Union (Iraqi Kurdistan)
- Indiana Day (United States)
- International Mountain Day
- National Tango Day (Argentina)
- Pampanga Day (Pampanga province, Philippines)
- Republic Day, the day when Upper Volta became an autonomous republic in the French Community in 1958. (Burkina Faso)
Public holidays in Burkina FasoRepublic of Upper VoltaFrench Community
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