SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2010

Today is Saturday, December 11, the 345th day of 2010. There are 20 days left in the year.

1620 _ 103 Mayflower pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock

1901 _ Marconi sends first transatlantic radio signal, Cornwall to Newfoundland

1931 _ Japan leaves the Golden Standard

1937 _ Italy withdraws from League of Nations

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

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

1946 _ Spain suspended from U.N.

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

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

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