THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2014

Today is Thursday, December 11, the 345th day of 2011. There are 20 days left in the year.

1620 ― 103 Mayflower pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock

1792 ― France’s King Louis XVI went on trial, accused of treason

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

1967 ― People’s front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) established

1978 ― Six masked men bound 10 employees at Lufthansa cargo area at New York Kennedy Airport and made off with $5.8 million in cash and jewelry

1981 ― Muhammad Ali’s 61st and last fight, losing to Trevor Berbick

1986 ― South Africa censors press

1997 ― Federal judge orders Microsoft not to bundle IE4 in Windows