December 11

Today in History
• 1620 - Mayflower Pilgrims come ashore at in Plymouth Bay
• 1719 - 1st recorded display of Aurora Borealis in north American colonies (New England)
• 1792 - France's King Louis XVI goes on trial, accused of high treason
• 1816 - Indiana becomes 19th state of the Union
• 1844 - 1st dental use of nitrous oxide in Hartford, Connecticut
• 1913 - "Mona Lisa" recovered 2 years after it was stolen from the Louvre Museum
• 1932 - San Francisco's coldest day (27°F) - it snows
• 1941 - Germany and Italy declare war on USA


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Anniversary of the Statute of Westminster
• Burkina Faso Republic Day
• Holiday Food Drive for the Needy Animals Day
• International Mountain Day
• International Shareware Day
• National App Day
• Noodle Ring Day
• UNICEF Birthday

Birthdays
• 1475 - Leo X, Giovanni de' Medici, Italy, Pope, 1513 - 1521
• 1709 - Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans, Queen consort of Spain
• 1725 - George Mason, American statesman (Bill of Rights)
• 1781 - David Brewster, Scottish physicist and inventor (kaleidoscope)
• 1797 - Hiram Paulding, Rear Admiral Union Navy
• 1843 - Robert Koch, German pioneering bacteriologist (TB, cholera, Nobel Prize 1905)
• 1882 - Max Born, Germany, physicist, quantum mechanics, Nobel 1954
• 1931 - Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, leader B-sect/guru of rich