Once Upon A Time – December 11 – 1913 – Mona Lisa Painting Recovered 2 years After Being Stolen From The Louvre Museum

1792 France’s King Louis XVI goes on trial, accused of high treason and crimes against the state

1913 “Mona Lisa” recovered two years after it was stolen from the Louvre Museum

1931 Statute of Westminster gives complete legislative independence to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland (Free State), and Newfoundland (not then part of Canada)

1946 United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is established by resolution 57(I) of the UN General Assembly

1997 Delegates from 150 industrial nations attending a UN climate conference in Kyoto, Japan, reach agreement to control heat-trapping greenhouse gases

Historical Events Today
Today in Film & TV
1967 “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner”, directed by Stanley Kramer, starring Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier and Katharine Hepburn, premieres in NYC (Hepburn – Academy Award for Best Actress 1968)

Today in Music
1946 Hank Williams begins to record on Sterling label

Today in Sport
1951 Joe DiMaggio announces his retirement from baseball

Famous Weddings
1924 Photographer Alfred Stieglitz (60) marries artist Georgia O’Keeffe (37) in Cliffside Park, New Jersey

1946 “Bill Haley & His Comets” rock ‘n’ roll musician Bill Haley (21) weds Dorothy Crowe; divorce in 1952

1993 Canada’s PM Stephen Harper (34) weds Laureen Teskey (30)