TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2007

Today is Tuesday, December 11, the 345th day of 2007. There are 20 days left in the year.

384 _ St. Damasus I ends his reign as Catholic pope

1618 _ Russia and Poland signs the peace treaty of Dailino

1620 _ 103 Mayflower pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock

1792 _ France's King Louis XVI went on trial, accused of treason

1903 _ British forces under MacDonald and Young march into Tibet

1931 _ Japan leaves the Golden Standard

1936 _ King Edward VIII abdicates throne to marry Mrs. Wallis Simpson; Duke of York becomes King George VI

1937 _ Italy withdraws from the League of Nations

1941 _ Japanese occupy Guam

1945 _ Het Parool publishes 1st Captain Rob-strip

1946 _ U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) established

1961 _ JFK provides U.S. military helicopters and crews to South Vietnam

1967 _ People's front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) established

1981 _ The U.N. Security Council chose Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru as 5th secretary-general