On This Day December 11th

 

OTD

December 11th is the 345th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 20 days remain until the end of the year.

 

 Events

361 – Julian enters Constantinople as the sole Roman Emperor.

1640 – The Root and Branch petition, signed by 15,000 Londoners calling for the abolition of the episcopacy, is presented to the Long Parliament.

1792 – French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France was imprisoned for treason by the National Convention.

1899 – Second Boer War: In the Battle of Magersfontein, the Boers, commanded by General Piet Cronjé, inflict a defeat on the forces of the British Empire commanded by Lord Methuen trying to relieve the Siege of Kimberley.

1913 – More than two years after it was stolen from the Louvre, Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is recovered in Florence, Italy. The thief, Vincenzo Peruggia, is immediately arrested.

1927 – Guangzhou Uprising: Communist Red Guards launched an uprising in Guangzhou, China, taking over most of the city and announcing the formation of a Guangzhou Soviet.

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

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

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

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.

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

 

Birthdays

1725 – George Mason, American lawyer and politician (d. 1792)

1810 – Alfred de Musset, French dramatist, poet, and novelist (d. 1857)

1843 – Robert Koch, German microbiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1910)

1882 – Max Born, German physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)

1904 – Marge, American cartoonist (d. 1993)

1924 – Doc Blanchard, American football player and colonel (d. 2009)

1931 – Rita Moreno, Puerto Rican actress, singer, and dancer

1944 – Teri Garr, American actress and comedian

1955 – Gene Grossman, American economist and academic

1958 – Nikki Sixx, American bass player, songwriter, and producer

1968 – Emmanuelle Charpentier, a French researcher in microbiology, genetics and biochemistry and Nobel laureate

1973 – Mos Def, American rapper

1996 – Hailee Steinfeld is an American actress, singer, and songwriter.

 

Holiday Spotlight

Holiday Food Drive for Needy Animals Day

  Animal welfare is by no means a recent concept in human history. Philosophers like Aristotle believed that domestic animals were born with a purpose and that we should appreciate their social and economic contributions to humankind. Established movements for animal protection in the modern world appeared in the early 18th and 19th centuries, beginning with bills against animal cruelty in countries like the U.K. and the U.S. The Royal Society for the Protection and Care of Animals (R.S.P.C.A.) was founded in 1824 in the U.K. to advocate for animal rights and inspire others to treat them with compassion and respect. In the U.S., the first animal shelter was founded in 1869 as part of an initiative started by Caroline Earle White and 30 female activists.

 The 1970s marked the birth of the animal rights movement after Australian philosopher Peter Singer wrote ‘Animal Liberation.’ Singer’s book sparked a debate about the ethical treatment of animals in the modern world. In 1980, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) was formed in Maryland, U.S. The organization aimed to show Americans how easy it was to transition to a vegan lifestyle and practice cruelty-free shopping habits. PETA employed radical measures to push its agenda, including using fake blood, body paint, and other theatrical devices that often courted controversy.

 By the late 1990s, the animal rights movement was no longer on the fringes of society. Lawyers, doctors, and various academics joined the conversation. Animal lovers started a Holiday Food Drive for the Needy Animals Day to help these shelters receive aid through pet pantries and donation drives.

 

Other Include

Anniversary of the Statute of Westminster

Green Monday

International Mountain Day

Kaleidoscope Day

Magnum P.I. Day

National App Day

National Have a Bagel Day

National Noodle Ring Day

UNICEF Birthday

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