November 11

November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 51 days remaining.

Events

• 308 - Congress of Carnuntum, where Diocletian came out of retirement to attempt to negotiate an agreement to preserve the Tetrarchy
• 1620 - Mayflower Compact signed, establishing the basic laws for the Plymouth Colony.
• 1648 - France and Netherlands agree to divide the island of Sint Maarten/Saint Martin
• 1864 - General William Tecumseh Sherman begins burning Atlanta, Georgia to the ground
• 1889 - Washington is admitted as the 42nd U.S. state.
• 1918 - World War I ends, and this day is thereafter celebrated as "Armistice Day," "Remembrance Day," "Veterans Day," "Victory Day," or "World War I Memorial Day," depending on your location.
• 1921 - Tomb of the Unknowns dedicated at Arlington National Cemetery
• 1940
  • The Royal Navy launches the first aircraft carrier strike in history, on the Italian fleet at Taranto
  • The German Hilfskreuzer (cruiser) Atlantis captures top secret[?] British mail, and sends it to Japan
• 1965 - Rhodesia proclaims itself independent.
• 1968 - Maldives become a republic
• 1975 - Angola becomes independent from Portugal
• 1975 - Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam is sacked by the Australian Governor General, Sir John Kerr during the Australian constitutional crisis of 1975.
• 1992 - The Church of England votes to allow women to become priests.

Births

• 1050 - Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (+ 1106)
• 1493 - Paracelsus, physician
• 1744 - Abigail Adams, First Lady
• 1792 - Mary Anne Evans, wife of Benjamin Disraeli
• 1821 - Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist (+ 1881)
• 1863 - Paul Signac, painter (+ 1935)
• 1864 - Alfred Hermann Fried[?], pacifist and recipient of the Nobel Peace Price[?] 1911 (+ 1921)
• 1869 - King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (+ 1947)
• 1882 - King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden (+ 1973)
• 1885 - George Patton, American general (+ 1945)
• 1887 - Roland Young[?], actor (+ 1953)
• 1889 - Clifton Webb, actor (+ 1966)
• 1897 - Charles 'Lucky' Luciano[?], mobster (+ 1962)
• 1901 - F. Van Wyck Mason, author
• 1903 - Sam Spiegel[?], film producer (+ 1985)
• 1904 - Alger Hiss, American government official, spy (+ 1994)
• 1909 - Robert Ryan[?], actor (+ 1973)
• 1914 - Howard Fast, author
• 1920 - Roy Jenkins, British politician (+ 2003)
• 1922 - Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., American novelist
• 1925 - June Whitfield, British comedienne
• 1925 - Jonathan Winters, comedian, actor
• 1927 - Mose Allison, jazz musician
• 1928 - LaVern Baker
• 1929 - Hans Magnus Enzensberger[?], poet
• 1944 - Jesse Colin Young[?], musician ("The Youngbloods")
• 1945 - Daniel Ortega, Sandinista, President of Nicaragua
• 1953 - Marshall Crenshaw[?], musician
• 1962 - Demi Moore (born "Demetria Guynes"), actress
• 1959 - Lee Haney, American body builder
• 1964 - Calista Flockhart, American actress
• 1974 - Leonardo DiCaprio, American actor
• 1980 - ManicGypsy Wikipedian

Deaths

• 397 - Martin of Tours, French saint
• 537 - St. Silverius, Pope
• 1028 - Constantine VIII of the Byzantine Empire
• 1285 - Peter III of Aragon
• 1643 - Claudio Monteverdi, Italian composer
• 1831 - Nat Turner, American leader of a slave rebellion
• 1855 - Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher
• 1880 - Ned Kelly hanged
• 1945 - Jerome David Kern, American composer
• 1974 - Alfonso Leng, Chilean composer
• 1975 - Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ukrainian geneticist
• 1979 - Dimitri Tiomkin, composer
• 1989 - Kenneth Maclean Glazier, Sr.[?], minister, librarian, Secretary of the Liberal Party in Alberta
• 1999 - Jacobo Timmerman, writer, journalist
• 2000 - Hugh Paddick, British actor

Holidays and observances

• Poland - the Independence Day
• Opening of carnival season in Germany (on 11-11, at 11:11)
• Remembrance Day in Canada
• Armistice Day in Europe
• Veteran's Day in the United States (Formerly "Armistice Day")

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