On this day: December 11

POSTED: 08:24 PM PST Dec 10, 2012    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Dec 10, 2012 

The world's first motor show opens in Paris, Marie Curie receives her second Nobel Prize, Muhammad Ali fights his last fight, and Bernie Madoff is arrested, all on this day.

OTD December 11 - Paris motor show
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1894: The world's first motor show, Exposition Internationale de Velocipedie et de Locomotion Automobile, opens in Paris on Champs Elysees with nine exhibitors.

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