On December 11th in History
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On December 11th in 1971 - The Libertarian Party of the United States is formed.
On December 11th in 1980 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter signed into law legislation creating $1.6 billion environmental "superfund" that would be used to pay for cleaning up chemical spills and toxic waste dumps.
On December 11th in 1981 - Muhammad Ali fought his last fight. He lost his 61st fight to Trevor Berbick.
On December 11th in 1985 - The U.S. House of Representatives joined the U.S. Senate by giving final congressional approval to the Gramm-Rudman deficit-reduction law.
On December 11th in 1985 - General Electric Company agreed to buy RCA Corporation for $6.3 billion. Also included in the deal was NBC Radio and Television.
On December 11th in 1990 - Ivana Trump was divorced from Donald Trump after 12 years of marriage.
On December 11th in 1991 - Salman Rushdie, under an Islamic death sentence for blasphemy, made his first public appearance since 1989 in New York, at a dinner marking the 200th anniversary of the First Amendment (which guarantees freedom of speech in the U.S.).
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