December 11
Today in America's Present Past
1620 | Myles Standish and a group of 18 settlers are confronted by 30 Native Americans, which became known as the “First Encounter.”
1725 | Founder George Mason was born.
1750 | Revolutionary War hero Isaac Shelby was born.
1816 | Statehood: Indiana granted statehood.
1838 | Composer Whitney Eugene Thayer was born.
1862 | Civil War: The Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia.
1880 | Entrepreneur Oliver Winchester died.
1882 | Politician Fiorello La Guardia was born.
1889 | Entrepreneur Walter Knott was born.
1906 | POTUS: Republican President Roosevelt delivered a speech against abuses in the Congo.
1908 | Composer Elliott Carter was born.
1911 | Sculptor Thomas Ball died.
1928 | POTUS: Buenos Aires police thwart assassination attempt on President-elect Herbert Hoover.
1928 | Inventor Lewis Howard Latimer died.
1937 | Author and poet Jim Harrison was born in Grayling, Michigan.
1939 | Author Thomas McGuane was born in Wyandotte, Michigan.
1941 | WWII: The U.S. Congress declared War on Germany.
1943 | Politician John Kerry was born.
1958 | Musician Nikki Sixx was born.
1964 | Musician Sam Cooke shot to death.
1967 | Film: “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” debuted.
1971 | Entrepreneur Maurice “Mac” McDonald died.
1973 | Rapper Mos def was born.
1980 | TV: “Magnum P.I.” debuted.
1987 | Film: “Wall Street” debuted.
2008 | Model Bettie Page died.
2017 | War on Terror: Attempted suicide terrorist bomb attack in New York wounded three.
2021 | Author Anne Rice died.