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1936 : Abdication of King Edward VIII


On December 11, 1936, the British monarchy is experiencing a constitutional crisis. Edward VIII abdicated in favor of his brother, Albert, Duke of York, who became king as George VI. Edward VIII pays for his six-year love affair with a twice divorced American commoner, Wallis Simpson. Removed from power, Edward was then free to marry the woman he loved.

1946 : Creation of the UNICEF


The UN created the United Nations Children's Fund, called "UNICEF". The UNICEF's mission is to defend children's rights, help them for their basic needs and give them more opportunities to be fully developped. It focuses on improving health, nutrition, education and hygiene.
As part of this program for children, the Declaration of the Rights of the Child is adopted by the General Assembly in 1959, followed thirty years later by the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

1972 : Last landing on the moon


In 1969, Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon - "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.".
Three years after this historic event, the Apollo program signed its sixth and final mission that took a man on the moon. It was also the most scientifically rich mission, with a geologist, three spacewalks and the collect of 110 kilograms of lunar rocks.

1981 : 900 killed in a massacre in El Salvador


The Salvadoran forces killed over 900 people in an anti-guerrilla in the village of El Mozote and surrounding areas.

1994 : First Chechen War


Russian President Boris Yeltsin orders troops into Chechnya.

2008 : Bernard Madoff arrested


Bernard Madoff is arrested and charged with a $50 billion fraud

Novità del giorno : 11 Dicembre

National Day of the Democratic People's Republic of Burkina Faso
National Day
International Mountain Day
In 2010 the International Mountain Day theme is "Mountain Minorities and Indigenous Peoples"

Citazione del giorno : 11 Dicembre

Woody Allen
Quand j'ai été kidnappé, mes parents ont tout de suite agi : ils ont loué ma chambre.

Compleanni : 11 Dicembre

Hector Berlioz, Compositore francese (1803)
Alfred de Musset, Scrittore francese (1810)
Robert Koch, Medico, Biologo (1843)
Annie Jump Cannon, Astronomo (1863)
Max Born, Fisico tedesco, Premio Nobel (1882)
Naguib Mahfouz, Scrittore egiziano (1911)
Jean Marais, Attore (1913)
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Scrittore russo (1918)
Jean-Louis Trintignant, Attore francese (1930)
Rita Moreno, Cantante portoricana (1931)
Jim Harrison, Scrittore americano (1937)
Enrico Macias, Auteur, compositeur et interprète algérien (1938)
John Kerry, Politico americano (1943)
Teri Garr, Attrice americana (1947)
Jermaine Jackson, Cantante (1954)
Rachel Portman, Compositrice inglese (1960)
Gary Dourdan, Attore (1966)
Arya, Attore indiano (1980)

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Kōkaku, Imperatore del Giappone (1840)
Charles Émile Picard, Matematico (1941)
Maurice "Mac" McDonald, Fast-food pioniere (1971)
Vincent du Vigneaud, Biochimico statunitense, premio Nobel (1978)
Betty Page, Pin-up americana (2008)
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