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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.
Events
308 - The Congress of Carnuntum : Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire , the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Maxentius and Licinius to be Augusti , while rival contender Constantine I is declared Caesar of Britain and Gaul .
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 .
1500 - Treaty of Granada - Louis XII of France and Ferdinand II of Aragon agree to divide the Kingdom of Naples between them.
1620 - In what is now Provincetown Harbor near Cape Cod , the Mayflower Compact is signed on the Mayflower , establishing the basic laws for the Plymouth Colony . (Old Style date; November 21 per New Style date.)
1634 - Following pressure from Anglican bishop John Atherton , the Irish House of Commons passes "An Act for the Punishment for the Vice of Buggery ".
1673 - Second Battle of Khotyn in Ukraine , Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth forces under the command of Jan Sobieski . defeat the Ottoman army. In this battle, rockets of Kazimierz Siemienowicz were successfully used.
1675 - Gottfried Leibniz demonstrated integral calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of y = f (x ) function .
1724 - Joseph Blake , alias Blueskin, a highwayman known for attacking "Thief-Taker General" (and thief) Jonathan Wild at the Old Bailey , is hanged in London .
1750 - The F.H.C. Society, also known as the Flat Hat Club , was formed at Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia. It was the first college fraternity.
1778 - Cherry Valley Massacre : an attack by Loyalists and Seneca Indian forces on a fort and village in eastern New York during the American Revolutionary War , killing more than forty civilians and soldiers.
1805 - Napoleonic Wars : Battle of Dürenstein - 8000 French troops attempted to slow the retreat of a vastly superior Russian and Austrian force.
1831 - In Jerusalem, Virginia , Nat Turner is hanged after inciting a violent slave uprising .
1839 - The Virginia Military Institute is founded in Lexington, Virginia .
1864 - American Civil War : Sherman's March to the Sea - Union General William Tecumseh Sherman begins burning Atlanta, Georgia to the ground in preparation for his march south .
1865 - Treaty of Sinchula is signed in which Bhutan ceded the areas east of the Teesta River to the British East India Company .
1880 - Australian Bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol .
1887 - Anarchist Haymarket Martyrs August Spies , Albert Parsons , Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed .
1887 - Construction of the Manchester Ship Canal starts at Eastham .
1889 - Washington is admitted as the 42nd U.S. state .
1911 - Many cities in the U.S. Midwest broke their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls through. (see The 11/11/11 cold wave ).
1918 - World War I ends: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car outside of Compiègne in France . The war officially stops at 11:00 (The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month).
1918 - Józef Piłsudski comes to Warsaw and assumes supreme military power in Poland . Poland regains its independence.
1918 - Emperor Charles I of Austria relinquishes power.
1919 - The Centralia Massacre in Centralia, Washington results the deaths of four members of the American Legion and the lynching of a local leader of the IWW .
1921 - The Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated by US President Warren G. Harding at Arlington National Cemetery .
1924 - Prime Minister Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the first Greek Republic .
1926 - U.S. Route 66 is established.
1930 - Patent number US1781541 was awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention, the Einstein refrigerator .
1933 - Dust Bowl : In South Dakota , a very strong dust storm strips topsoil from desiccated farmlands.
1940 - World War II : Battle of Taranto - The Royal Navy launches the first aircraft carrier strike in history, on the Italian fleet at Taranto .
1940 - The German cruiser Atlantis captures top secret British mail, and sends it to Japan .
1940 - Armistice Day Blizzard : An unexpected blizzard kills 144 in U.S. Midwest .
1942 - World War II: Nazi Germany completed their occupation of France .
1960 - A military coup against President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam was crushed .
1962 - Kuwait 's National Assembly ratifies the Constitution of Kuwait.
1965 - In Rhodesia (modern-day Zimbabwe ), the white-minority government of Ian Smith unilaterally declares independence .
1966 - NASA launches spaceship Gemini 12 .
1967 - Vietnam War : In a propaganda ceremony in Phnom Penh , Cambodia , three American prisoners of war are released by the Viet Cong and turned over to "new left" antiwar activist Tom Hayden .
1968 - Vietnam War: Operation Commando Hunt initiated. The goal was to interdict men and supplies on the Ho Chi Minh Trail , through Laos into South Vietnam .
1968 - A second republic is declared in the Maldives .
1972 - Vietnam War: Vietnamization - The United States Army turns over the massive Long Binh military base to South Vietnam .
1975 - Australian constitutional crisis of 1975 : Australian Governor-General Sir John Kerr dismisses the government of Gough Whitlam and commissions Malcolm Fraser as caretaker Prime Minister , and announces a general election to be held in early December .
1992 - The Church of England votes to allow women to become priests .
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 were traveling on top off.
2004 - New Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Warrior dedicated at the National War Memorial , Wellington .
2004 - Yasser Arafat is confirmed dead by the Palestine Liberation Organization , of unidentified causes. Mahmoud Abbas is elected chairman of the PLO minutes later.
2006 - The New Zealand war memorial monument was unveiled by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in London , United Kingdom , commemorating the loss of soldiers from the New Zealand Army and the British Army .
Births
995 - Gisela of Swabia , Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1041 )
1050 - Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1106 )
1154 - King Sancho I of Portugal (d. 1212 )
1155 - King Alfonso VIII of Castile (d. 1214 )
1220 - Alphonse of Toulouse , son of Louis VIII of France (d. 1271 )
1493 - Paracelsus , doctor (d. 1541 )
1493 - Bernardo Tasso , Italian poet (d. 1569 )
1569 - Martin Ruland the Younger , German physician and alchemist (d. 1611)
1599 - Prince Octavio Piccolomini, Duke of Amalfi , Austrian field marshal (d. 1656 )
1599 - Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg , Queen of Sweden (d. 1655 )
1633 - George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax , British statesman (d. 1695 )
1668 - Johann Albert Fabricius , German scholar and bibliographer (d. 1736 )
1743 - Carl Peter Thunberg , Swedish naturalist (d. 1828 )
1744 - Abigail Adams , First Lady of the United States (d. 1818 )
1748 - King Charles IV of Spain (d. 1819 )
1791 - Josef Munzinger , Swiss Federal Councillor (d. 1855 )
1792 - Mary Anne Evans , English wife of Benjamin Disraeli (d. 1872 )
1821 - Fyodor Dostoyevsky , Russian novelist (d. 1881 )
1836 - Thomas Bailey Aldrich , American poet and novelist (d. 1907 )
1852 - Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf , Austro-Hungarian field marshal (d. 1925 )
1858 - Marie Bashkirtseff , Russian painter (d. 1884 )
1863 - Paul Signac , French painter (d. 1935 )
1864 - Alfred Hermann Fried , Austrian pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1921 )
1869 - Gaetano Bresci , Italian-American anarchist (d. 1901 )
1869 - King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (d. 1947 )
1872 - David I. Walsh , 46th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1947 )
1882 - King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden (d. 1973 )
1883 - Ernest Ansermet , Swiss conductor (d. 1969 )
1885 - George Smith Patton, Jr. , American general (d. 1945 )
1887 - Roland Young , American actor (d. 1953 )
1891 - Rabbit Maranville , American baseball player (d. 1954 )
1898 - Rene Clair , French film director (d. 1981 )
1899 - Pat O'Brien , American film actor (d. 1983 )
1900 - Halina Konopacka , Polish athlete (d. 1989 )
1901 - F. Van Wyck Mason , American author (d. 1978 )
1901 - Magda Goebbels , wife of Nazi minister of propaganda, Josef Goebbels (d. 1945 )
1901 - Sam Spiegel , Austrian-born American film producer (d. 1985 )
1904 - Alger Hiss , American government official and spy (d. 1996 )
1904 - J. H. C. Whitehead , British mathematician (d. 1960 )
1909 - Robert Ryan , American actor (d. 1973 )
1912 - Thomas C. Mann , American diplomat (d. 1999 )
1914 - Howard Fast , American author (d. 2003 )
1914 - Henry Wade , American lawyer (d. 2001 )
1915 - William Proxmire , American politician (d. 2005 )
1918 - Stubby Kaye , American comic actor (d. 1997 )
1919 - Kalle Päätalo , Finnish novelist (d. 2000 )
1920 - Roy Jenkins , British politician (d. 2003 )
1921 - Terrell Bell , American politician (d. 1996 )
1922 - Kurt Vonnegut , American novelist (d. 2007 )
1925 - June Whitfield , British comedian
1925 - Jonathan Winters , American comedian and actor
1926 - Harry Lumley , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1998 )
1927 - Mose Allison , American jazz pianist and singer
1928 - Carlos Fuentes , Mexican writer
1928 - Gracita Morales , Spanish actress (d. 1995 )
1929 - Hans Magnus Enzensberger , German writer
1929 - LaVern Baker , American singer (d. 1997 )
1930 - Hank Garland , American guitar virtuoso (d. 2004 )
1930 - Hugh Everett , American physicist (d. 1982 )
1930 - Vernon Handley , English conductor
1934 - Jim Perry , Canadian-American television personality.
1936 - Jack Keller , American songwriter (d. 2005 )
1937 - Stephen Lewis , Canadian politician and diplomat
1938 - Ants Antson , Estonian speed skater
1938 - Haruhiro Yamashita , Japanese gymnast
1939 - Denise Alexander , American actress
1940 - Barbara Boxer , American politician
1941 - Jesse Colin Young , American singer and songwriter (The Youngbloods )
1943 - Doug Frost , Australian swimming coach
1944 - Kemal Sunal ,Turkish actor
1945 - Daniel Ortega , President of Nicaragua
1945 - Vince Martell , American guitarist (Vanilla Fudge )
1946 - Chris Dreja , British musician (The Yardbirds )
1946 - Al Holbert , American race car driver and team owner (d. 1988 }
1950 - Mircea Dinescu , Romanian poet
1950 - Jim Peterik , American musician and songwriter (Survivor )
1950 - Ed Ordynski , Australian rally driver
1950 - Rudy Sarzo , Cuban bass guitarist
1951 - Kim Peek , American megasavant
1951 - Marc Summers , American game show host
1953 - Marshall Crenshaw , American musician
1953 - Andy Partridge , English musician (XTC )
1953 - Kostas Skandalidis , Greek politician
1954 - Mary Gaitskill , American novelist
1955 - Dave Alvin , American songwriter and guitarist
1958 - Luz Casal , Spanish singer
1958 - Carlos Lacamara , Cuban-born American Actor
1959 - Lee Haney , American bodybuilder
1960 - Peter Parros , American actor
1960 - Stanley Tucci , American actor and director
1960 - Chuck Hernandez , Pitching coach for the Detroit Tigers
1961 - Jan Kuehnemund , American guitarist
1962 - Mic Michaeli , Swedish keyboardist
1962 - Demi Moore , American actress
1962 - James Morrison , Australian musician
1964 - Calista Flockhart , American actress
1964 - Anabel Alonso , Spanish actress
1965 - Max Mutchnick , American TV writer and producer
1966 - Alison Doody , Irish actress
1967 - Gil de Ferran , Brazilian race car driver
1968 - David L Cook , American singer and comedian
1969 - Carson Kressley , American television personality
1969 - Kristen Wilson , American actress
1970 - Lee Battersby , Australian author
1971 - Jennifer Celotta , American TV producer and writer
1971 - Paul Chaloner , English TV e-sports commentator
1972 - Adam Beach , Canadian actor
1972 - Tyler Christopher , American actor
1972 - Leslie Mann , American actress
1973 - Jason White , American musician (Green Day )
1974 - Leonardo DiCaprio , American actor
1974 - Wajahatullah Wasti , Pakistani cricketer
1974 - Static Major , American singer (d. 2008 )
1975 - Angelica Vale Mexican actress
1976 - Lisa Gleave , American actress and model
1976 - Jason Grilli , American baseball player
1976 - Jesse Keeler , Canadian musician
1977 - Ben Hollioake , English cricketer (d. 2002 )
1977 - Maniche , Portuguese footballer
1978 - Lou Vincent , New Zealand cricketer
1980 - Willie Parker , American football player
1981 - Natalie Glebova , Miss Universe 2005
1981 - Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg
1982 - Brittny Gastineau , American socialite
1983 - Philipp Lahm , German footballer
1983 - Matt Garza , American baseball player
1984 - Hilton Armstrong , American basketball player
1985 - Jessica Sierra , American Idol season 4 finalist
1985 - Robin Uthappa , Indian cricket player
1986 - François Trinh-Duc , French rugby player
1987 - Yuya Tegoshi , Japanese Idol (member of NEWS and Tegomass )
1988 - Alexandra Kyle , American actress
1989 - Reina Tanaka , Japanese pop singer
1991 - Christa B. Allen , American actress
1992 - Trey Smith , American actor
Deaths
397 - Martin of Tours , French saint
405 - Arsacius , intruding archbishop of Constantinople
537 - Pope Silverius , saint
826 - Theodore the Studite , saint
865 - Petronas the Patrician , Byzantine General
1623 - Philippe de Mornay , French writer (b. 1549 )
1638 - Cornelis Corneliszoon van Haarlem , Dutch painter (b. 1562 )
1675 - Guru Teg Bahadur Ji , 9th sikh guru
1686 - Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé , French general (b. 1621 )
1686 - Otto von Guericke , German scientist, inventor, and politician (b. 1602 )
1724 - Joseph Blake (alias Blueskin), English highwayman (executed) (b. c. 1700 )
1812 - Platon Levshin , Metropoitan of Moscow (b. 1737 )
1831 - Nat Turner , American slave rebel (b. 1800 )
1855 - Søren Kierkegaard , Danish philosopher (b. 1813 )
1862 - James Madison Porter , American politician (b. 1793 )
1880 - Ned Kelly , Australian bushranger (hanged) (b. c. 1855 )
1880 - Lucretia Mott , American feminist and abolitionist (b. 1793 )
1884 - Alfred Brehm German zoologist (b. 1827 )
1887 - Haymarket defendants:
1917 - Liliuokalani of Hawaii , Queen of Hawaii (b. 1838 )
1918 - George Lawrence Price , Canadian soldier, last person to be killed in W.W.I. (b. 1892 )
1931 - Shibusawa Eiichi , Japanese industrialist (b. 1840 )
1938 - Typhoid Mary , carrier of the typhoid disease (b. 1869 )
1939 - Jan Opletal , Czech student, victim of Nazi violence in Prague
1945 - Jerome Kern , American composer (b. 1885 )
1972 - Berry Oakley , Bass Player and founder, Allman Brothers Band (b. 1948 )
1973 - David "Stringbean" Akeman , American banjo player (b. 1915 )
1973 - Artturi Ilmari Virtanen , Finnish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895 )
1974 - Alfonso Leng , Chilean composer (b. 1894 )
1976 - Alexander Calder , American artist (b. 1898 )
1977 - Greta Keller , Vienna-born cabaret singer and actress (b. 1903 )
1977 - Abraham Sarmiento, Jr. , Filipino journalist & political activist (b. 1950 )
1979 - Dimitri Tiomkin , Ukrainian-born composer (b. 1894 )
1988 - William Ifor Jones , Welsh conductor & organist (b. 1900 )
1990 - Alexis Minotis , Greek actor (b. 1898 )
1990 - Yiannis Ritsos , Greek poet, proposed nine times for the Nobel Prize for Literature , winner of the Lenin Peace Prize (b. 1909 )
1990 - Attilio Demaría , Argentinian footballer (b. 1909 )
1993 - Erskine Hawkins , American trumpet player and big band leader (b. 1914 )
1994 - John A. Volpe , 61st and 63rd Governor of Massachusetts , 2nd United States Secretary of Transportation (b. 1908 )
1994 - Pedro Zamora , Cuban-American AIDS activist (b. 1972 )
1994 - Tadeusz Żychiewicz , Polish journalist, art historian and publicist (b. 1922 )
1997 - Rodney Milburn , American athlete (b. 1950 )
1998 - Frank Brimsek , American ice hockey player (b. 1913 )
1999 - Mary Kay Bergman , American voice actress (b. 1961 )
1999 - Jacobo Timmerman , Argentine writer and journalist (b. 1923 )
2004 - Yasser Arafat , Palestinian leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1929 )
2004 - Richard Dembo , French director and screenwriter (b. 1948 )
2005 - Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield , British photographer (b. 1939 )
2005 - Peter Drucker , American management theorist (b. 1909 )
2005 - Moustapha Akkad , Syrian-American film producer and director (b. 1930 )
2006 - Belinda Emmett , Australian actress (b. 1974 )
2006 - Harry Lehotsky , pastor and activist (b. 1957 )
Holidays and observances
Several nations celebrate, in some way, the end of World War I , the ceasefire of which went into effect at 11:00am CET on this day in 1918 .
Armistice Day in New Zealand , France and Belgium
St. Martin's Day in the Netherlands, Germany, Flanders, Austria, Portugal and Malta
Veterans Day in the United States (called Armistice Day until 1952 , when the name was changed, and the holiday was re-geared toward all military veterans)
Remembrance Day in the Commonwealth of Nations , including Australia and Canada .
Twins Day (1987 ) in Taiwan : a festival for biological twins and other multiples. The eleventh day of the eleventh month (11-11) consists of the same numeral in pairs and symbolizes their characteristics.
Poland - Independence Day (1918 )
Colombia - Independence of Cartagena, Colombia , from Spain (1811 )
Lāčplēsis Day (1919 ) in Latvia : the official date for commemoration of Latvian soldiers, who had died for the country's freedom.
Angola - Independence Day (1975 )
Opening of carnival season in Germany ("Karneval"/"Fasching" on 11-11, at 11:11), the Netherlands, and other countries
South Korea - Pepero Day
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