WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2019

1620-103 Mayflower pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock

1792-France's King Louis XVI go on trial, accused of treason

1872-First black U.S. governor takes office, Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (Louisiana)

1903-British forces under MacDonald, Young march into Tibet

1917-13 black soldiers hanged for alleged participation in Houston riot

1931-Japan leaves the Golden Standard

1937-Italy withdraws from League of Nations

1941-Germany, Italy declare war on U.S.

1942-Australian/Dutch guerrilla troops evacuated to Timor near Australia

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

1951-Joe Dimaggio announces his baseball retirement

1961-Adolf Eichmann found guilty of war crimes in Israel

1961-Elvis Presley's "Blue Hawaii" album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 20 weeks

1979-Great Britain grants independence to Zimbabwe (Rhodesia)

1981-Argentine President/General Roberto Viola flees

1985-Dow Jones closes above 1,500 for first time (1,511.70)