How Many Days Until December 11?

This day in history: December 11

1. 1920

   Irish War of Independence: Following an Irish Republican Army ambush of an Auxiliary patrol, British forces burned and looted numerous buildings in Cork.

2. 1925

   Pope Pius XI promulgated the encyclical Quas primas, establishing the Feast of Christ the King.

3. 1972

   Apollo 17, the last Apollo mission, landed on the Moon.

4. 2005

   Demonstrations in Cronulla, a suburb of Sydney, against recent violence towards locals turned into a series of race riots.

5. 2006

   The first action in the Mexican drug war began as President Felipe Calderón ordered Mexican soldiers and Federal Police units into the state of Michoacán.

6. 2006

   Criticized worldwide as a "meeting of Holocaust deniers", the International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust opened in Tehran.

7. 2008

   American stockbroker Bernie Madoff was arrested and charged with securities fraud in a $64.8 billion Ponzi scheme, the largest in history.

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