On this day in History - December 11

1913 – More than two years after it was stolen from the Louvre, Leonardo da Vinci’s painting Mona Lisa is recovered in Florence, Italy. The thief, Vincenzo Peruggia, is immediately arrested.

1934 – Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, takes his last drink and enters treatment for the final time.

1962 – Arthur Lucas, convicted of murder, is the last person to be executed in Canada.