On this day... December 11:

On this day...

December 11: Republic Day in Burkina Faso (1958) 630 – Muslims led by Muhammad conquered Mecca from the Quraysh. 1789 – The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (The Old Well pictured), one of the oldest public universities in the United States and the only one to award degrees in the 18th century, received its charter. 1905 – In support of the December Uprising in Moscow, the Council of Workers' Deputies of Kiev stage a mass uprising, establishing the Shuliavka Republic in the city. 1962 – Convicted murderers Ronald Turpin and Arthur Lucas were the last two persons to be executed in Canada. 2006 – The first action in the Mexican Drug War took place as President Felipe Calderón ordered Mexican military and Federal Police units into the state of Michoacán.