On This Day for December 11 - Abdication of King Edward VIII, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, click here to view. December 11 FEATURED BIOGRAPHY Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn READ MORE   FEATURED EVENT 1936 Abdication of King Edward VIII READ MORE   Advertisement Advertisement   MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY 2008: American model Bettie Page , whose provocative photographs were credited with helping to usher in the 1960s sexual revolution, died in Los Angeles. [Sort fact from fiction in our pop culture quiz.] 1998: The Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives recommended three articles of impeachment against President Bill Clinton , to which would be added a fourth article the following day, for actions taken in connection with his affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. [Test your knowledge of U.S. political scandals.] 1994: Russian troops invaded Chechnya in an effort to suppress a rebel Chechen government led by Dzhokhar Dudayev. [Test your knowledge of Russian history.] 1981: American boxer Muhammad Ali fought his last professional bout, losing to Trevor Berbick in a decision. [How much do you know about boxing?] 1978: Nearly $6 million in cash and jewels was stolen from the air cargo building of the German airline Lufthansa at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City; at the time, the Lufthansa heist , as it became known, was the largest-ever cash theft in the United States. [Take our criminality and famous outlaws quiz.] 1967: The acclaimed American film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, a lesson in racial tolerance and etiquette, premiered in New York City; it starred Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy (in his last movie), and Sidney Poitier. [Test your knowledge of cinema.] SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1943 John Kerry United States senator and secretary of state 1922 Dilip Kumar Indian actor 1935 Pranab Mukherjee president of India 1931 Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh Indian spiritual leader 1969 Viswanathan Anand Indian chess player 1918 Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn Russian author SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY   Advertisement   FOLLOW: To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, click here. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2020 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Privacy Policy • Help