A Brief History
This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on December 11th. For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event.
Digging Deeper
On December 11, 629, the Prophet of Allah and founder of the Muslim religion, Muhammad, led an army of 10,000 converts to Islam into Mecca and conquered the city with minimal casualties.
On December 11, 1941, dictators Adolf Hitler of Germany and Benito Mussolini of Italy made an enormous blunder, perhaps one that cost them the World War II, when they declared war on the United States.
On December 11, 1981, during a time of renewed tension in the Cold War, the United States was eager to help “friendly” countries resist communist rebellions and the USSR was doing all they could to “convert” non-communist countries to Marxism.
On December 11, 2005, racial tensions exploded into violence in the Sidney suburb of Cronulla, New South Wales, Australia, with rioting by White Australians against anyone they perceived to be of Lebanese descent.
On December 11, 2009, Rovio Entertainment from Finland released Angry Birds, a video game that took the world by storm.
On December 11, 2012, an Alawite village in Syria, Aqrab, was the scene of horrific tragedy as terrorist bombs went off and killed about 125 people and injured an additional 200.
On December 11, 2015, we listed some of the ultimate flashy cars.
On December 11, 2017, New York City once again became the target of an Islamic radical terrorist, this time an immigrant from Bangladesh.
Fantasy-drama fans had their chance to be among the first in Cleveland to see The Shape of Water on Monday, December 11, 2017 at 7:00 PM at Cedar Lee Theatre in Cleveland Heights, Ohio!
Question for students (and subscribers) to ponder: Which event that occurred on today’s date would you like to learn more about?
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Historical Evidence
For more information, please see…
Andrews, John and Matt Baker. Timeline of World History. Thunder Bay Press, 2020.
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