On this day timelines December 11th

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On this day timelines December 11th
Events
1972 – Apollo 17 becomes the sixth and last Apollo mission to land on the Moon.
Births
1908 – Manoel de Oliveira, Portuguese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1911 – Val Guest, English-American director, producer, screenwriter, and composer (d. 2006)
1911 – Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2006)
1954 – Jermaine Jackson, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Jackson 5)
1958 – Tom Shadyac, American comedian, director, screenwriter, producer, author and actor
1958 – Nikki Sixx, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (Mötley Crüe, Sixx:A.M., Sister)
1973 – Mos Def, American rapper and actor (Black Star and Soulquarians)
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