FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2009

Today is Friday, December 11, the 345th day of 2009. There are 20 days left in the year.

1620 _ 103 Mayflower pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock

1688 _ England's King James II arrested

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

1917 _ German-occupied Lithuania proclaims independence from Russia

1931 _ Japan leaves the Golden Standard

1941 _ Germany and Italy declare war on U.S.

1946 _ U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) established (Nobel, 1965)

1961 _ Adolf Eichmann is found guilty of war crimes, in Israel

1961 _ Elvis Presley's ``Blue Hawaii" album goes to No. 1 and stays No. 1 for 20 weeks

1981 _ Muhammad Ali's 61st and last fight, losing to Trevor Berbick