{"id":208386,"date":"2020-01-01T13:47:40","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T13:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/day\/december-11\/"},"modified":"2024-01-14T00:38:42","modified_gmt":"2024-01-14T00:38:42","slug":"december-11","status":"publish","type":"otd_day","link":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/day\/december-11\/","title":{"rendered":"December 11: Facts & Historical Events On This Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

December 11th is known as Mountain Day as well as UNICEF Birthday.

Today marks day 345 of the year, and we have days remaining in 2025, and days to go until Christmas Day.

If today is important to you in any way, then you should check out these facts and events that happened on December 11th throughout history.

Did you know that on this day in 1866, the first yacht race across the Atlantic Ocean began? The idea started as a drunken bet between some wealthy Americans a couple of months before.

Keep reading for more fun & interesting facts about December 11^{th in history!\r\n\r\n}

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What memorable events happened on December 11 in history? Keep reading to find out!\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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2020\r\n\r\n
The US FDA approved the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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2019\r\n\r\n
Climate activist Greta Thunberg was named Time magazine’s Person of the Year.\r\n\r\n
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2017\r\n\r\n
A trial for Huntington’s disease procured positive results.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
This was a breakthrough trial, as it was the first time a drug had suppressed the effects of an incurable brain disorder.\r\n\r\n
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2013\r\n\r\n
British physicist Stephen Hawking won the $3 million Fundamental Physics Prize, the most profitable academic prize in the world.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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2009\r\n\r\n
Tiger Woods announced his indefinite leave from professional golf to focus on his marriage.\r\n\r\n
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1998\r\n\r\n
American science fiction movie “Star Trek: Insurrection” was released in the US.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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1987\r\n\r\n
Wall Street film directed by Oliver Stone starring Michael Douglas and Charlie Sheen, was released.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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1972\r\n\r\n
The final Apollo mission, Apollo 17, successfully landed on the moon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Apollo 17 was the sixth mission in NASA’s Apollo program. The crew spent three days on the moon’s surface, where they conducted scientific experiments and gathered samples.\r\n\r\n
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1964\r\n\r\n
Time magazine called Susan Sontag “one of Manhattan’s brightest intellectuals” in a review of her groundbreaking essay “Notes on Camp.”\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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1964\r\n\r\n
An attack was made at the UN General Assembly in New York City.\r\n\r\n
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While Che Guevara was making a speech, an anonymous terrorist fired a rocket launcher at the building. However, it missed and fell into the river 200 yards from the building.\r\n\r\n
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1951\r\n\r\n
Legendary baseball player Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees announced his retirement.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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1936\r\n\r\n
Edward VIII officially announced his abdication.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Despite having signed the official declaration the day prior, Edward did not announce it publicly until later. He made the proclamation in a radio broadcast which shocked the country.\r\n\r\n
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1866\r\n\r\n
The first yacht race across the Atlantic Ocean began.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
After a drunken night between some wealthy yacht owners in New York, the intoxicated men made a challenge and bet $30k each on an Atlantic yacht race – winner take all.\r\n\r\n
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1816\r\n\r\n
Indiana became the 19th state to join the United States of America.\r\n\r\n
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1620\r\n\r\n
Thirty Native Americans attacked Myles Standish and a group of eighteen settlers. This became known as the “First Encounter.”\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Famous Births\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Are you celebrating your birthday today? If so, did you know that you share the same birthday as Hailee Steinfeld? See what other famous people were born on this day.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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