Saint Damasus I c. 305 – 11 December 384 Bishop of Rome from October 366 to his death in 384. He presided over the Council of Rome of 382 that determined the canon or official list of sacred scripture.

"Smell the roses. Smell the coffee. Whatever it is that makes you happy." Rita Moreno born December 11, 1931 Puerto Rican actress, dancer, and singer

Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton December 11, 1926 – July 25, 1984 American singer and songwriter of blues and R&B. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxoG...

"Only a well-fed, well-housed, well-schooled people can enjoy the blessings of liberty." Fiorello Henry La Guardia December 11, 1882 – September 20, 1947 99th mayor of New York City

December 11, 2020 – The Food and Drug Administration issues an Emergency Use Authorization on the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, the first COVID-19 vaccine to be approved by the agency.

December 11, 2017 – New York City Subway bombing: A pipe bomb partially detonates in the New York City Subway, in the Times Square–42nd Street/Port Authority Bus Terminal. Four people are injured, including the perpetrator.

December 11, 2008 – Bernie Madoff is arrested and charged with securities fraud in a $50 billion Ponzi scheme.

December 11, 1978 – The Lufthansa heist is committed by a group led by Lucchese family associate Jimmy Burke. It was the largest cash robbery ever committed on American soil, at that time.

December 11, 1972 – Apollo 17 becomes the sixth and final Apollo mission to land on the Moon.

December 11, 1946 – The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is established.

December 11, 1941 – World War II: Germany and Italy declare war on the United States, following the Americans' declaration of war on the Empire of Japan in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The United States, in turn, declares war on them.

December 11, 1934 – Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, takes his last drink and enters treatment for the final time.

December 11, 1920 – Irish War of Independence: In retaliation for a recent IRA ambush, British forces burn and loot numerous buildings in Cork city. Many civilians report being beaten, shot at, robbed and verbally abused by British forces.

December 10, 901 – Guglielmo Marconi transmits the first transatlantic radio signal from Poldhu, Cornwall, England to Saint John's, Newfoundland.

December 11, 1792 – French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the National Convention.

December 11, 1282 – Battle of Orewin Bridge: Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, the last native Prince of Wales, is killed at Cilmeri near Builth Wells in mid-Wales.

December 11, 1945 A B-29 Superfortress set a new coast-to-coast time record, flying from Burbank, California to Brooklyn, New York in 5 hours, 27 minutes and 6 seconds

December 11, 1945 United Steelworkers voted unanimously to begin a nationwide steel strike on January 14. 700,000 workers planned to walk out to back up demands for a $2-a-day increase in wages.

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December 10, 1945 The Nobel Prizes were awarded in Stockholm. Cordell Hull (United States) for Peace.

December 10, 1541 – Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham are executed for having affairs with Catherine Howard, Queen of England and wife of Henry VIII.

December 10, 1684 – Isaac Newton's derivation of Kepler's laws from his theory of gravity, contained in the paper De motu corporum in gyrum, is read to the Royal Society by Edmond Halley.

December 10, 1906 President Theodore Roosevelt is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize in any field.

December 10, 1936 – Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII signs the Instrument of Abdication.

December 10, 1948 – The Human Rights Convention is signed by the United Nations.

Melville Louis Kossuth "Melvil" Dewey December 10, 1851 – December 26, 1931 American librarian and educator who invented the Dewey Decimal system of library classification.

Victor McLaglen 10 December 1886 – 7 November 1959 British-American actor and boxer. "Not that I'm tired. I'm as fresh as a daisy. -You look more like a black-eyed Susan to me. Let's go."

'Maybe where there's clarity of air, there's clarity of thought." Chester Robert Huntley December 10, 1911 – March 20, 1974 American television newscaster, best known for co-anchoring NBC's evening news program, The Huntley–Brinkley Report, for 14 years beginning in 1956.

"Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real." Thomas Merton OCSO January 31, 1915 – December 10, 1968 American Trappist monk, writer, theologian, mystic, poet, social activist and scholar of comparative religion.

December 10 Our Lady of Loreto

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"Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real." Thomas Merton OCSO January 31, 1915 – December 10, 1968 American Trappist monk, writer, theologian, mystic, poet, social activist and scholar of comparative religion.

'Maybe where there's clarity of air, there's clarity of thought." Chester Robert Huntley December 10, 1911 – March 20, 1974 American television newscaster, best known for co-anchoring NBC's evening news program, The Huntley–Brinkley Report, for 14 years beginning in 1956.

Victor McLaglen 10 December 1886 – 7 November 1959 British-American actor and boxer. "Not that I'm tired. I'm as fresh as a daisy. -You look more like a black-eyed Susan to me. Let's go."

Melville Louis Kossuth "Melvil" Dewey December 10, 1851 – December 26, 1931 American librarian and educator who invented the Dewey Decimal system of library classification.

December 10, 1948 – The Human Rights Convention is signed by the United Nations.

December 10, 1936 – Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII signs the Instrument of Abdication.

December 10, 1906 President Theodore Roosevelt is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize in any field.

December 10, 1684 – Isaac Newton's derivation of Kepler's laws from his theory of gravity, contained in the paper De motu corporum in gyrum, is read to the Royal Society by Edmond Halley.

December 10, 1541 – Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham are executed for having affairs with Catherine Howard, Queen of England and wife of Henry VIII.

December 10, 1945 The Nobel Prizes were awarded in Stockholm. Cordell Hull (United States) for Peace.

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December 9, 1945 General George S. Patton broke his neck in a relatively minor auto accident near Mannheim, Germany that left him paralyzed from the neck down.

December 8, 1531 – The Virgin of Guadalupe first appears to Juan Diego at Tepeyac, Mexico City.

December 9 Saint Juan Diego Nahua peasant and Marian visionary.

December 9, 1775 – American Revolutionary War: British troops and Loyalists, misinformed about Patriot militia strength, lose the Battle of Great Bridge, ending British rule in Virginia