Novmber 11 is:
- November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 50 days remaining until the end of the year. YES!!
- World War I is commemorated on this day, commonly known as Remembrance Day. The ceasefire went into effect at 11:00am CET in 1918, the date of which (and sometimes the commemoration of) is known as Armistice Day.
- Veterans Day is an annual American holiday honoring military veterans. A federal holiday.
It is also celebrated as Armistice Day or Remembrance Day in other parts of the world, falling on November 11, the anniversary of the signing of the Armistice that ended World War I. (Major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 with the German signing of the Armistice.)
- Novmber 11 also traditionnally marks the so-called 5th season in Germany - the carnaval season (it's been one day now and i have already enough of having these idiotic carnival songs popping ot of my radio all day long...) wayto go until end of february...
- 1215 – The Fourth Lateran Council meets, defining the doctrine of transubstantiation, the process by which bread and wine are transformed into the body and blood of Christ. I GUESS THIS IS SOME PICE OF INFO E ALL NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ;-)
- 1500 – Treaty of Granada – Louis XII of France and Ferdinand II of Aragon agree to divide the Kingdom of Naples between them.
- 1750 – The F.H.C. Society, also known as the Flat Hat Club, is formed at Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia. It is the first college fraternity.
- 1805 – Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Dürenstein – 8000 French troops attempt to slow the retreat of a vastly superior Russian and Austrian force.
- 1869 – The Victorian Aboriginal Protection Act is enacted in Australia, giving the government control of indigenous people's wages, their terms of employment, where they could live, and of their children, effectively leading to the Stolen Generations.
- 1880 – Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol. SMEHOE I THOUGHT NED KELLY WAS A COMIC FIGURE??? THANKS WIKI!
- 1889 – Washington is admitted as the 42nd U.S. state.
- 1919 – Lāčplēša day – Latvian forces defeat the Freikorps at Riga in the Latvian War of Independence.
- 1926 – U.S. Route 66 is established.
- 1942 – World War II: Nazi Germany completes its occupation of France. THIS YEAR - THE GERMAN HEAD OF STATE, CHANCELOR ANFELA MERKEL WAS THE FIRST GERMAN TO ASSIST THIS COMMEMORATION.
- 2000 – In Kaprun, Austria, 155 skiers and snowboarders die when a cable car catches fire in an alpine tunnel.
- 2001 – Journalists Pierre Billaud, Johanne Sutton and Volker Handloik are killed in Afghanistan during an attack on the convoy they are traveling in.
- 2004 – The Palestine Liberation Organization confirms the death of Yasser Arafat from unidentified causes. Mahmoud Abbas is elected chairman of the PLO minutes later.
- 2008 – The RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) sets sail on her final voyage to Dubai.
BIRTHS:
- 1821 – Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist (d. 1881)
- 1836 – Thomas Bailey Aldrich, American poet and novelist (d. 1907)
- 1869 – Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American anarchist (d. 1901)
- 1899 – Pat O'Brien, American film actor (d. 1983)
- 1960 – Stanley Tucci, American actor and director
- 1962 – Demi Moore, American actress
- 1962 – James Morrison, Australian musician
- 1964 – Calista Flockhart, American actress
- 1974 – Leonardo DiCaprio, American actor
DEATHS:
- 1972 – Berry Oakley, Bass Player and founder, Allman Brothers Band (b. 1948)
- 1984 – Martin Luther King, Sr., American civil rights leader (b. 1899)
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