December 11 in history: • 1899 – Second Boer War: In the Battle of Magersfontein, Boers defeated British forces trying to relieve the Siege of Kimberley. → go there • 1925 – Pope Pius XI promulgated the encyclical Quas primas, establishing the Feast of Christ the King. → go there • 1972 – Apollo 17 (Lunar Roving Vehicle pictured), the last Apollo mission, landed on the Moon. → go there • 2005 – Demonstrations in Cronulla, a suburb of Sydney, against recent violence towards locals turned into a series of race riots. → go there • 2008 – American stockbroker Bernie Madoff was arrested and charged with securities fraud in a $64.8 billion Ponzi scheme, the largest in history. → go there Died 1655: Pieter Nuyts Wiki link Born 1750: Isaac Shelby Wiki link Born 1882: Max Born Wiki link Born 1968: Emmanuelle Charpentier Wiki link Pictured: Lunar Roving Vehicle, driven by [[Gene Cernan]].