Daily Calendar for Sunday, December 11, 2022

Events

• One of earliest recorded sightings of northern lights in North America– 1719
• Edward Bevan’s venetian blinds patented, London, England– 1769
• Indiana is admitted to the Union as the 19th state– 1816
• Bijou Theater, first in the United States to be lit by electricity, opened in Boston, Massachusetts– 1882
• First public demonstration in U.S. of colored moving pictures, New York City– 1909
• Monument to the boll weevil, which had forced farmers to diversify, erected in Enterprise, Alabama– 1919
• The Bank of the United States in New York failed, one of many signs of the looming depression– 1930
• The Statute of Westminster was the last of the Imperial Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain applicable to all the Dominions. It granted Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, Australia, the Union of South Africa and the Irish Free State what amounted to independence– 1931
• British King Edward VIII abdicated throne to marry Wallis Simpson– 1936
• George VI became King of England after his brother abdicated the throne– 1936
• The Chesterfield Supper Club, featuring Perry Como, among others, debuted on the radio– 1944
• United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) was established by the United Nations General Assembly– 1946
• Joe DiMaggio retired from baseball after 13 seasons with the NY Yankees– 1951