Apollo 17 becomes the sixth and final Apollo mission to land on the Moon. Apollo 17 wrapped up NASA’s Apollo program in December 1972, marking…
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11 December 2005
Cronulla riots: Thousands of White Australians demonstrate against ethnic violence resulting in a riot against anyone thought to be Lebanese in Cronulla, New South Wales;…
11 December 1792
French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the National Convention. Louis XVI was the last reigning monarch of…
11 December 2008
Bernard Madoff is arrested and charged with securities fraud in a $50 billion Ponzi scheme.
11 December 2005
Cronulla riots: Thousands of White Australians demonstrate against ethnic violence resulting in a riot against anyone thought to be Lebanese in Cronulla, New South Wales;…
11 December 1968
The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, featuring the Rolling Stones, Jethro Tull, the Who, Taj Mahal, Marianne Faithfull, and the Dirty Mac with Yoko…
11 December 2008
Bernard Madoff is arrested and charged with fraud in a $50 billion Ponzi scheme. The Madoff investment scandal was a major case of stock and…
11 December 1997
The Kyoto Protocol is ready for signature. The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty which extends the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change…
11 December 1934
One of the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous, Bill Wilson, takes his last drink. On December 11, 1934, William Griffith Wilson took his last drink of…