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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_11" title="December 11">December 11</a></b>: 
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/861" title="861">861</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbasid_Caliphate" title="Abbasid Caliphate">Abbasid</a> caliph <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Mutawakkil" title="Al-Mutawakkil">al-Mutawakkil</a> was assassinated by his guards, beginning the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchy_at_Samarra" title="Anarchy at Samarra">Anarchy at Samarra</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1640" title="1640">1640</a> – A crowd of 1,500 people presented the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_and_Branch_petition" title="Root and Branch petition">Root and Branch petition</a></b> to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Parliament" title="Long Parliament">Long Parliament</a>, calling for abolishing the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Episcopal_polity" title="Episcopal polity">episcopacy</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_England" title="Church of England">Church of England</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1907" title="1907">1907</a> – The original <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_House,_Wellington" title="Parliament House, Wellington">Parliament House</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington" title="Wellington">Wellington</a>, New Zealand, was destroyed by fire.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1925" title="1925">1925</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pius_XI" title="Pope Pius XI">Pope Pius XI</a> promulgated the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclical" title="Encyclical">encyclical</a> <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quas_primas" title="Quas primas">Quas primas</a></b></i>, establishing the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feast_of_Christ_the_King" title="Feast of Christ the King">Feast of Christ the King</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008" title="2008">2008</a> – American stockbroker <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Madoff" title="Bernie Madoff">Bernie Madoff</a></b> was arrested and charged with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Securities_fraud" title="Securities fraud">securities fraud</a> in a <span class="nowrap">$64.8 billion</span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponzi_scheme" title="Ponzi scheme">Ponzi scheme</a>, the largest in history.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Fath_ibn_Khaqan" title="Al-Fath ibn Khaqan">Al-Fath ibn Khaqan</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 861); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamehameha_V" title="Kamehameha V">Kamehameha V</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1830; <abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1872); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuelle_Charpentier" title="Emmanuelle Charpentier">Emmanuelle Charpentier</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1968)</p>