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History December 11

359 Honoratus, first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople, takes office, after the Emperor Constantius creates a new senate for the East

1620 Mayflower Pilgrims come ashore in Plymouth Bay, traditionally thought to be at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts [NS: Dec 21]

1930 As the economic crisis grows, the Bank of the United States closes its doors.

1936 Britain's King Edward VIII abdicates the throne to marry American Wallis Warfield Simpson.

1941 The United States declares war on Italy and Germany.

1945 A Boeing B-29 Superfortress shatters all records by crossing the United States in five hours and 27 minutes.

1967 The Concorde, a joint British-French venture and the world's first supersonic airliner, is unveiled in Toulouse, France.

1972 Challenger, the lunar lander for Apollo 17, touches down on the moon's surface, the last time that men visit the moon.

2008 Bernard "Bernie" Madoff arrested and charged with securities fraud in what was called a $50-billion Ponzi scheme.

2012 British physicist, Stephen Hawking, wins the $3 million Fundamental Physics Prize, the most lucrative academic prize in the world

2014 World's 1st penis transplant procedure by a team from Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa

2015 "Playboy" magazine publishes its last nude issue, features Pamela Anderson on the cover

2020 America's FDA authorizes the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

2020 US Supreme Court rejects lawsuit by Texas to overturn Jo Biden's election in four battleground states, endorsed by 17 Republican attorney generals


Born on December 11

1940 Donna Mills, actress (Knots Landing TV series, Play Misty for Me movie).

1944 Teri Garr, actress, dancer (Tootsie, Mr. Mom).

1944 Brenda Lee, singer; her 37 US chart hits in the 1960s is surpassed only by Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Ray Charles and Connie Francis ("I'm Sorry," "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree").

1950 Christina Onassis, businesswoman; inherited and operated the Onassis shipping businessh.


Joke of the day

What’s the difference between your wife and your job?






After five years, your job will still suck.