December 11 in History
1936
December 11, 1936:King Edward VIII of Great Britain abdicates his throne because of strong opposition towards his intention to marry Wallis Warfield Simpson, a divorcee from the United States.
1941
December 11, 1941:Adolf Hitler declares war against the United States on behalf of Germany.
1946
December 11, 1946:The United Nations Children’s Fund, popularly referred to as UNICEF, is established by the United Nations.
1964
December 11, 1964:Soul singer Sam Cooke dies after he is shot in the chest thrice by Bertha Franklin, a Los Angeles motel manager who claims he threatened to kill her for interfering in his attempt to rape a woman in the motel.
1967
December 11, 1967:The American comedy-drama film, “Guess Who's Coming to Dinner” is released.
1978
December 11, 1978:The Lufthansa airline’s cargo building at the JFK International Airport in New York City is robbed of close to $6 million in cash and jewellery.
1981
December 11, 1981:Boxer Muhammad Ali loses his final professional match to Trevor Berbick.
1998
December 11, 1998:The US House of Representative’s Judiciary Committee recommends three articles of impeachment against President Bill Clinton for his sex scandal involving Monica Lewinsky.
2014
December 11, 2014:The world’s first successful penis transplant is carried out in South Africa, led by urologist Andre van der Merwe.
2015
December 11, 2015:The last Playboy magazine to feature a nude woman is published with actress Pamela Anderson as the model.