December 11 Old Well at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill1789 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (structure pictured), one of the oldest public universities in the United States and the only one to award degrees in the 18th century, was chartered.1886 The London-based football club Arsenal, then known as Dial Square, played their first match on the Isle of Dogs.1920 Irish War of Independence: Following an Irish Republican Army ambush of an Auxiliary patrol, British forces burned and looted numerous buildings in Cork.2006 Criticized worldwide as a "meeting of Holocaust deniers", the International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust opened in Tehran.Averroes (d.1198)KamehamehaV (b.1830; d.1872)Carl von In der Maur (d.1913)Big Mama Thornton (b.1926)More anniversaries: December 10December 11December 12ArchiveBy emailList of days of the yearAbout