November 11

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on November 11. From 1900 until now. November 11 is under the sign of Scorpio. Famous birthdays on this day include Leonardo DiCaprio (1974), Demi Moore (1962) and Calista Flockhart (1964). Several movies were released around November 11 over the years, such as Close Encounters of the Third Kind in 1977 directed by Steven Spielberg and Malcolm X in 1992 directed by Spike Lee.
But much more happened on November 11 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

Colombia - Independence of Cartagena, from the Spanish Army in (1918)
Remembrance Day in the Commonwealth of Nations, including United Kingdom, Australia and Canada.
Lacplesis' Day (1919) in Latvia: the official date for commemoration of Latvian soldiers, who had died for the country's freedom.
Armistice Day in France and Belgium: end of World War I (1918)
Poland - Independence Day (1918)
R.C. Saints - Martin of Tours
Angola - Independence Day (1975)
Opening of carnival season in Germany ("Karneval"/"Fasching" on 11-11, at 11:11), the Netherlands, and other countries
Also see November 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
United States - Veterans Day (Formerly "Armistice Day")
South Korea - Pepero Day
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Events

2018 Israel-Palestine confrontation (November 2018): Seven Palestinians, including commander Nour Baraka and three other militants, are killed during a raid by the Israel Defense Forces in the southeastern Gaza Strip, that was supported by air attacks. One IDF officer was killed and another was injured. Over a dozen rockets were subsequently fired from Gaza, three of which were shot down. (KUNA) (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
2017 Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017): 2017 Western Iraq campaign: The Iraqi Armed Forces launch an offensive to recapture the last ISIL stronghold in Iraq, Rawa. (BBC)Mass graves containing at least 400 bodies have been found near Hawija, an Iraqi city that was occupied by ISIL until last month. (BBC)
2016 Syrian Civil War: Armed opposition militants fired shells containing chlorine and white phosphorus at the 1070 Apartments project in Aleppo. (Al Masdar News)
2015 Syrian Civil War, Spillover of the Syrian Civil War: The Israeli Air Force reportedly conducts an airstrike near Damascus International Airport, in Syria's capital, the target apparently a weapons shipment reportedly intended for Lebanese terrorist organization Hezbollah, according to Syrian opposition groups. (Times of Israel) (The Jerusalem Post)
2014 War in North-West Pakistan: A gunfight and two bombings leave at least 15 militants and 5 soldiers dead. (AFP via Gulf News)
2013 A general strike in Nepal against next week's election shuts down schools, markets and industries. (AP via New Zealand Herald)
2012 Syrian opposition groups sign a deal in Qatar to form a coalition against president Bashar al-Assad. (Reuters)
2011 Arab Spring:
2010 November 12 ampndash The G-20 summit is held in Seoul, South Korea. Korea becomes the first non-G8 nation to host a G-20 leaders summit.
2009 At the Greensville Correctional Center in In Jarratt, Virginia, USA, John Allen Muhammad is executed by lethal injection. Muhannad was convicted of sniper shootings that killed 10 people and terrified the Washington, D.C., region in 2002.
2008 RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) sets sail on her final voyage to Dubai.
2007 Prince William, an officer in the Blues and Royals, laid a wreath for the first time by the Cenotaph as his grandmother The Queen and his father The Prince of Wales, looked on. (AP)
2006 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II unveils the New Zealand War Memorial in London, United Kingdom, commemorating the loss of soldiers from the New Zealand Army and the British Army.
2005 Three British prisoners are freed in Iran after pressure from the British Foreign Office. The trio were seized at by Iranian Navy patrol boats on 28 October, when they sailed their boat to the disputed island of Abu Musa, which is claimed by both Iran and the United Arab Emirates. (BBC)
2004 New Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Warrior is dedicated at the National War Memorial, Wellington.
2003 The US Senate backs legislation imposing sanctions on Syria the bill allows the president to adjust sanctions as a function of Syria's co-operativeness.
2002 A three day general strike begins in Nepal. According to ''Outlook India'', ampquotthe capital Kathmandu virtually came to a standstillnbsp... Maoists have called the strike to oppose the King's appointment of Lokendra Bahadur Chand... as prime minister after dismissing the government of Sher Bahadur Deuba.ampquot Also, 30 Maoist guerrillas were killed in a renewed assault on the revolutionary forces the country's government is currently fighting against. See also politics of Nepal.
2001 Journalists Pierre Billaud, Johanne Sutton and Volker Handloik are killed in Afghanistan during an attack on the convoy they are traveling in.
2000 Kaprun disaster: 155 skiers and snowboarders die when a cable car catches fire in an alpine tunnel in Kaprun, Austria.
1999 The House of Lords Act is given Royal Assent, restricting membership of the British House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage.
1997 CBS News anchor Dan Rather has renewed his contract to 2002
1996 Braves John Smoltz wins NL Cy Young Award
1995 In New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, the casino venture files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
1994 Progress M-25 launched to space station Mir
1993 Pope John Paul II hospitalized for 2 days for fractured shoulder
1992 Anglican Church and Church of England OK female priests
1990 Shadowlands opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 169 performances
1989 Prince of Central Park closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 4 performances
1988 Oldest known insect fossils (390 million yrs) reported in Science
1987 Roza closes at Royale Theater NYC after 12 performances
1986 Suriname government proclaims gold purification
1985 1st AIDS theme TV movie - An Early Frost
1984 3 Musketeers opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 9 performances
1983 1st US cruise missiles arrive in Great Britain
1982 5th space shuttle mission-Columbia 5-launches first commercial flight.
1981 Oh, Brother! closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 3 performances
1980 Crew of Soyuz 35 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 37.
1979 Boston Court issues occupancy permit for Cambridge Buddhist Center
1978 Maumoon Abdul Gayoom succeeded Ibrahim Nasir as the president of the Republic of Maldives. He has since been re-elected for six consecutive 5-year terms.
1975 Angola gains independence from Portugal (National Day)
1973 Egypt and Israel sign a United States-sponsored cease-fire accord.
1972 Dow Jones Index moves above 1,000 for 1st time
1971 Man-made earthslide at Kawasaki Japan, kills 15
1970 Baltimore Oriole Boog Powell wins AL MVP
1969 Beatles with Billy Preston release Get Back in the UK
1968 John Lennon andYoko Ono appear nude on cover of 2 Virgins album
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.
1966 Gemini 12 (Lovell & Aldrin) launched on 4-day flight
1965 Heavyweight Cassius Clay KOs Floyd Patterson in Las Vegas
1962 Kuwait's National Assembly ratifies the Constitution of Kuwait.
1961 Adulterous couple up mestkar through Staphorst riding
1960 Largest New York Knicks' 49th Steet Madison Square Gardens crowd-18,499.
1959 1st episode of Rocky & His Friends airs
1958 La Plume de Ma Tante opens at Royale Theater NYC for 835 performances
1957 Demolition begins on cable car barn at California and Hyde (San Francisco)
1953 Jimmy Dykes succeeds Marty Marion as Baltimore Orioles manager
1950 The Mattachine Society is founded in Los Angeles as the first gay-liberation organization.
1949 WTTV TV channel 4 in Bloomington-Indianapol, IN (IND) 1st broadcast
1944 New York Rangers set NHL record of 25 games without a win (0-21-4).
1943 Spud Chandler wins AL MVP; Stan Musial wins NL MVP
1942 745 French Jews deported to Auschwitz
1940 1,000s Paris students lay reath at Grave of Unknown Soldier
1939 Kate Smith first sings Irving Berlin's "God Bless America".
1938 German and Austrian Jewish suffer 1 billion Mark damage in Nazi
1937 Messerschmidt ME-109V13 flies world record 610.4 km/h
1935 American Explorer 2 balloon sets altitude record of 72,000 feet over South Dakota.
1934 WOC-AM in Davenport Iowa splits from WHO-WOC and becomes KICK-AM
1933 "Great Black Blizzard" first great dust storm in the Great Plains of the USA.
1931 Cornerstones laid for Opera House and Veterans Building.
1928 KXO-AM in El Centro CA begins radio transmissions
1926 Eddie Collins is released as White Sox manager
1925 Night of Kersten - Colijn Dutch government falls by SGP-amendement
1924 Martin Beck Theater opens at 302 W 45th St, New York City
1923 Eternal flame lit for tomb of unknown solder, Arc de Triumph
1921 President Harding dedicates Tomb of Unknown Soldier (Arlington Cemetary)
1920 The Unknown Warrior is buried in Westminster Abbey.
1919 Pope Benedictus XV states Roman Catholics political / business views
1918 Armistice Day-WW I ends (at 11 AM on Western Front)
1914 24 ampndash World War I ampndash The Battle of Basra results in British Empire forces taking Basra from the Ottoman Empire.
1909 Construction of navy base at Pearl Harbor begins
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