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DECEMBER 11, 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.
The Root and Branch Petition was a petition presented to the Long Parliament on 11 December 1640. The petition had been signed Read More
DECEMBER 11, 1925
Pope Pius XI promulgated the encyclical Quas primas, establishing the Feast of Christ the King.
Pope Pius XI was head of the Catholic Church from 6 February 1922 until his death in February 1939. He was also Read More
DECEMBER 11, 1886
The London-based football club Arsenal, then known as Dial Square, played their first match on the Isle of Dogs.
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who almost Read More
DECEMBER 11, 1972
Apollo 17, the last Apollo mission, landed on the Moon.
Apollo 17 was the eleventh and final mission of NASA's Apollo program, the sixth and most recent time humans have set foot Read More
DECEMBER 11, 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.
The Mexican drug war is an ongoing asymmetric armed conflict between the Mexican government and various drug trafficking syndicates. When the Mexican Read More
DECEMBER 11, 1907
The original Parliament House in Wellington, New Zealand, was destroyed by fire (pictured).
Parliament House, in Lambton Quay, Wellington, is the main building of the New Zealand Parliament Buildings. It contains the Parliament's debating chamber, Read More
DECEMBER 11, 1998
With its pilot believed to have been suffering from spatial disorientation, Thai Airways Flight 261 crashed in a swamp on approach to Surat Thani Airport, resulting in 101 deaths.
Spatial disorientation is the inability to determine position or relative motion, commonly occurring during periods of challenging visibility, since vision is the Read More
DECEMBER 11, 1899
Second Boer War: In the Battle of Magersfontein, Boers defeated British forces trying to relieve the Siege of Kimberley.
The Second Boer War, also known as the Boer War, Transvaal War, Anglo–Boer War, or South African War, was a conflict fought Read More
DECEMBER 11, 861
The Abbasid caliph al-Mutawakkil was assassinated by his guards, beginning the Anarchy at Samarra.
The Abbasid Caliphate or Abbasid Empire was the third caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was founded by a dynasty Read More
DECEMBER 11, 2008
American stockbroker Bernie Madoff was arrested and charged with securities fraud in a $64.8 billion Ponzi scheme, the largest in history.
Bernard Lawrence Madoff was an American financial criminal and financier who was the admitted mastermind of the largest known Ponzi scheme in Read More
DECEMBER 11, 2005
Demonstrations in Cronulla, a suburb of Sydney, against recent violence towards locals turned into a series of race riots.
Cronulla is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Boasting numerous surf beaches and swimming spots, the Read More
DECEMBER 11, 1920
Irish War of Independence: Following an Irish Republican Army ambush of an Auxiliary patrol, British forces burned and looted numerous buildings in Cork.
The Irish War of Independence, also known as the Anglo-Irish War, was a guerrilla war fought in Ireland from 1919 to 1921 Read More

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