what is significant about December 11?

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what was significant about December 11?

Answer 1

On December 11, 1919, the citizens of Enterprise, Alabama erected a monument to the boll weevil, the pest that devastated their fields but forced residents to end their dependence on cotton and to pursue mixed farming and manufacturing. A beetle measuring an average length of six millimeters, the insect entered the United States via Mexico in the 1890s and reached southeastern Alabama in 1915. It remains the most destructive cotton pest in North America.

Answer 2

Events, births, deaths, holidays and more that occured on December 11th are available on Wikipedia, the free, online encyclopedia at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_11

Hope this helps!

Answer 3

A LOT!!!

359 - The first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople, Honoratus, took office.
1282 - 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 penultimate, but in effect he was the last ruler. In Welsh, he is remembered by the alliterative soubriquet Llywelyn Ein Llyw Olaf (Llywelyn, Our Last Leader).
1602 - 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/celebrations on Fête de l'Escalade are usually held on December 11 or the closest weekend.)
1792 - French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the National Convention.
1816 - Indiana becomes the 19th U.S. state.
1872 - P.B.S. Pinchback is sworn in as the first black member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
1886 - 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 - 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 - British troops take Jerusalem from the troops of the Ottoman Empire
1931 - 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 New Zealand, and the Union of South Africa.
1934 - A fire at the Hotel Kerns in Lansing, Michigan, kills 34 people.
1936 - 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 - Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italy leaves the League of Nations
1941 - World War II: Germany and Italy declare war on the United States.
1946 - The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is established.
1951 - Joe DiMaggio announces his retirement from baseball.
1958 - Upper Volta declares its independence from France, and becomes an autonomous republic in the French Community.
1961 - Melvin Calvin Awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry for process of photosynthesis.
1964 - An unknown terrorist fired a mortar shell at the United Nations building in New York City during a speech by Che Guevara
1971 - The Libertarian Party of the United States is formed.
1972 - Apollo 17 becomes the sixth mission to land on the Moon.
1980 - The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (known as either CERCLA or Superfund) is enacted by the U.S. Congress.
1981 - In his last fight, Muhammad Ali is defeated by Trevor Berbick.
1981 - Javier Pérez de Cuéllar becomes UN Secretary-General
1981 - El Mozote massacre: Salvadoran armed forces kill an estimated 900 civilians in an anti-guerrilla campaign during the country's civil war.
1993 - Forty-eight people are killed when a block of the Highland Towers collapses near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
1994 - First Chechen War: Russian President Boris Yeltsin orders Russian troops into Chechnya
1994 - A bomb assembled by Ramzi Yousef explodes on Philippine Airlines Flight 434, killing a Japanese businessman.
1997 - The Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change opens for signature.
1998 - A Thai Airways Airbus A310-200 crashes near Surat Thani Airport, killing 101.
2000 - Real Madrid football club is awarded 20th Century's Best Club award by FIFA.
2001 - The People's Republic of China joins the World Trade Organization.
2005 - The Buncefield Oil Depot in Hemel Hempstead is rocked by explosions, causing a huge oil fire.
2005 - 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 - The International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust is opened in Tehran, Iran by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Answer 4

5 days after my Birthday

Answer 5

Wlkipedia lists a host of events that occurred on this date.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_11

Answer 6

# 359 - The first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople, Honoratus, took office.
# 1282 - 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 penultimate, but in effect he was the last ruler. In Welsh, he is remembered by the alliterative soubriquet Llywelyn Ein Llyw Olaf (Llywelyn, Our Last Leader).
# 1602 - 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/celebrations on Fête de l'Escalade are usually held on December 11 or the closest weekend.)
# 1792 - French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the National Convention.
# 1816 - Indiana becomes the 19th U.S. state.
# 1872 - P.B.S. Pinchback is sworn in as the first black member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
# 1886 - 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 - 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 - British troops take Jerusalem from the troops of the Ottoman Empire
# 1931 - 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 New Zealand, and the Union of South Africa.
# 1934 - A fire at the Hotel Kerns in Lansing, Michigan, kills 34 people.
# 1936 - 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 - Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italy leaves the League of Nations
# 1941 - World War II: Germany and Italy declare war on the United States.
# 1946 - The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is established.
# 1951 - Joe DiMaggio announces his retirement from baseball.
# 1958 - Upper Volta declares its independence from France, and becomes an autonomous republic in the French Community.
# 1961 - Melvin Calvin Awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry for process of photosynthesis.
# 1964 - An unknown terrorist fired a mortar shell at the United Nations building in New York City during a speech by Che Guevara
# 1971 - The Libertarian Party of the United States is formed.
# 1972 - Apollo 17 becomes the sixth mission to land on the Moon.
# 1980 - The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (known as either CERCLA or Superfund) is enacted by the U.S. Congress.
# 1981 - In his last fight, Muhammad Ali is defeated by Trevor Berbick.
# 1981 - Javier Pérez de Cuéllar becomes UN Secretary-General
# 1981 - El Mozote massacre: Salvadoran armed forces kill an estimated 900 civilians in an anti-guerrilla campaign during the country's civil war.
# 1993 - Forty-eight people are killed when a block of the Highland Towers collapses near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
# 1994 - First Chechen War: Russian President Boris Yeltsin orders Russian troops into Chechnya
# 1994 - A bomb assembled by Ramzi Yousef explodes on Philippine Airlines Flight 434, killing a Japanese businessman.
# 1997 - The Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change opens for signature.
# 1998 - A Thai Airways Airbus A310-200 crashes near Surat Thani Airport, killing 101.
# 2000 - Real Madrid football club is awarded 20th Century's Best Club award by FIFA.
# 2001 - The People's Republic of China joins the World Trade Organization.
# 2005 - The Buncefield Oil Depot in Hemel Hempstead is rocked by explosions, causing a huge oil fire.
# 2005 - 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 - The International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust is opened in Tehr

Answer 7

It was my birthday back in 1944.

Answer 8

Not a thing.