On This Day in History December 11, 2019

Historical Events 1620  102 Mayflower Pilgrims and about 30 crew land at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts [NS, Dec 21] 1792  France's King Louis XVI goes on trial, accused of high treason and crimes against the state 1913  "Mona Lisa" recovered 2 years after it was stolen from the Louvre Museum 1931  Statute of Westminster gives complete legislative independence to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland (Free State), and Newfoundland (not then part of Canada) 1936  Edward VIII announces in a radio broadcast that he is abdicating the British throne to marry Wallis Simpson 1946  UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) established (Nobel 1965) 1997  Delegates from 150 industrial nations attending a UN climate conference in Kyoto, Japan, reach agreement to control heat-trapping greenhouse gases More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918 - 2008) Annie Jump Cannon (1863 - 1941) Leo X (1475 - 1521) Robert Koch (1843 - 1910) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Bettie Page (1923 - 2008) Ravi Shankar (1920 - 2012) More Famous Deaths