Finnish game developer Rovio Entertainment releases the hit mobile game Angry Birds internationally on iOS. Date: December 11, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 11 📅 Events on this day in 2009 📅 On This Day (Today)
At least 125 people are killed and up to 200 injured in bombings in the Alawite village of Aqrab, Syria. Date: December 11, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 11 📅 Events on this day in 2012 📅 On This Day (Today)
New York City Subway bombing: A pipe bomb partially detonates in the New York City Subway, in the Times Square–42nd Street/Port Authority Bus Terminal. Four people are injured, including the perpetrator. Date: December 11, 2017 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 11 📅 Events on this day in 2017 📅 On…
The results of the 2019 Bougainvillean independence referendum are announced. The results are overwhelmingly one-sided. Over 98% of voters vote for Bougainville's independence. Date: December 11, 2019 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 11 📅 Events on this day in 2019 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Food and Drug Administration issues an Emergency Use Authorization on the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, the first COVID-19 vaccine to be approved by the agency. Date: December 11, 2020 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 11 📅 Events on this day in 2020 📅 On This Day (Today)
The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death. Date: December 10, 1901 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 10 📅 Events on this day in 1901 📅 On This Day (Today)
The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt. Date: December 10, 1902 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 10 📅 Events on this day in 1902 📅 On This Day (Today)
U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize in any field. Date: December 10, 1906 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 10 📅 Events on this day in 1906 📅…
The worst night of the Brown Dog riots in London, when 1,000 medical students, protesting against the existence of a memorial for animals that have been vivisected, clash with 400 police officers. Date: December 10, 1907 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 10 📅 Events on this day in 1907 📅…
Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. Date: December 10, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 10 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today)