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1962 American missionary and apologist Francis Schaeffer wrote in a letter: 'Our trusting the Lord does not mean that there are not times of tears. I think it is a mistake as Christians to act as though trusting the Lord and tears are not compatible.'

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News: 100 years ago
1903 - British forces under MacDonald & Young march into Tibet.

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News: 50 years ago
1953 - KTVA TV channel 11 in Anchorage (CBS) becomes Alaska's 1st TV station.

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News: 25 years ago
1978 - Six masked men bound 10 employees at Lufthansa cargo area at New York Kennedy Airport & made off with $5.8 million in cash & jewelry.

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News: 10 years ago
1993 - Eduardo Frei elected President of Chile.

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News: 5 years ago
1998 - It was reported by linuxtoday.com that Microsoft.com: Getting UNIX Out the Microsoft Door.

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News: 1 year ago
2002- The Catholic News Service reported that the second year of Christianity's third millennium will go down in religious history as the year the clergy sexual abuse crisis rocked the U.S. Catholic Church to its foundations.

Source: http://www.catholicnews.com/data/briefs/cns/20021211.htm

December 11th happenings in history!

Medicine:

1844 - 1st dental use of nitrous oxide, Hartford CT.

News:
1816 - Indiana becomes 19th state.

1866 - 1st yacht race across the Atlantic Ocean.

1872 - 1st black US Governor took office, Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (Louisiana).

1906 - US President Roosevelt attacks abuses in the Congo.

1909 - Colored moving pictures demonstrated at Madison Square Garden, New York NY.

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

1917 - German-occupied Lithuania proclaims independence from Russia.

1928 - Buenos Aires police thwart an attempt on President-elect Herbert Hoover.

1937 - Italy withdraws from League of Nations.

1979 - Great Britain grants independence to Zimbabwe (Rhodesia).

1981- UN Security Council chose Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru as 5th Secretary-General.

1986 - South Africa censors press.

1990 - 13 die in 83 vehicle accident in Chattanooga TN (I-75), due to fog.

1991- William Kennedy Smith found not guilty of rape.

1992 - Nor'easter storm hits New York, doing $650 million+ worth of dam.

1997 - Federal judge orders Microsoft not to bundle IE4 in Windows.

Religion:

1620 - 103 Mayflower pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock.

1983 - 1st visit to Lutheran church by a pope (John Paul II in Rome).

Sports:

1966 - Al Nelson sets NFL record returning missed field goal, 100 yards.

1981 - Muhammad Ali's 61st & last fight, losing to Trevor Berbick.

War:

1941 - Germany & Italy declare war on US.

1941 - Japanese occupy Guam.

1941 - Dutch government in London declares war on Italy.

1961 - Adolf Eichmann is found guilty of war crimes, in Israel.

1961 - JFK provides US military helicopters & crews to South Vietnam.

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Compiled by Ramesh C. Reddy

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