The Kyoto Protocol, an agreement committing countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, opens for signature. Date: December 11, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 11 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today)
Thai Airways Flight 261 crashes near Surat Thani Airport, killing 101. The pilot flying the Airbus A310-200 is thought to have suffered spatial disorientation. Date: December 11, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 11 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today)
SATA Air Açores Flight 530M crashes into Pico da Esperança on São Jorge Island in the Azores, killing 35. Date: December 11, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 11 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today)
China joins the World Trade Organization (WTO). Date: December 11, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 11 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today)
Cronulla riots: Thousands of White Australians demonstrate against ethnic violence resulting in a riot against anyone thought to be Lebanese in Cronulla, New South Wales; these are followed up by retaliatory ethnic attacks on Cronulla. Date: December 11, 2005 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 11 📅 Events on this day…
The Buncefield Oil Depot catches fire in Hemel Hempstead, England. Date: December 11, 2005 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 11 📅 Events on this day in 2005 📅 On This Day (Today)
Felipe Calderón, the president of Mexico, launches a military-led offensive to put down the drug cartel violence in the state of Michoacán. This effort is often regarded as the first event in the Mexican drug war. Date: December 11, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 11 📅 Events on this…
The International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust is opened in Tehran, Iran, by then-president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; nations such as Israel and the United States express concern. Date: December 11, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 11 📅 Events on this day in 2006 📅 On This…
Insurgency in the Maghreb: Two car bombs explode in Algiers, Algeria, one near the Supreme Constitutional Court and the other near the offices of the United Nations. Date: December 11, 2007 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 11 📅 Events on this day in 2007 📅 On This Day (Today)
Bernie Madoff is arrested and charged with securities fraud in a $50 billion Ponzi scheme. Date: December 11, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 11 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today)