What Happened on November 11?
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EVENTS ON NOVEMBER 11
Washington (state)
Year:
1889
The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.
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Midwestern United States
Year:
1911
Many cities in the Midwestern United States break their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls through.
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Charles I of Austria
Year:
1918
Emperor Charles I of Austria relinquishes power.
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Anarchism in the United States
Year:
1887
Four convicted anarchists were executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.
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Bushranger
Year:
1880
Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.
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Duar War
Year:
1865
Treaty of Sinchula is signed whereby Bhutan cedes the areas east of the Teesta River to the British East India Company.
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Victoria (state)
Year:
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.
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Józef Piłsudski
Year:
1918
Józef Piłsudski assumes supreme military power in Poland – symbolic first day of Polish independence.
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World War I
Year:
1918
World War I: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car in the forest of Compiègne.
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United States Numbered Highway System
Year:
1926
The United States Numbered Highway System is established.
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BIRTHS ON NOVEMBER 11
Denise Alexander
Year of birth:
1939
Denise Alexander, American actress (died 2025)
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Alfred Hermann Fried
Year of birth:
1864
Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1921)
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Vittorio Brambilla
Year of birth:
1937
Vittorio Brambilla, Italian race car driver (died 2001)
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Rudy LaRusso
Year of birth:
1937
Rudy LaRusso, American basketball player (died 2004)
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Stephen Lewis
Year of birth:
1937
Stephen Lewis, Canadian politician and diplomat, 14th Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations
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Barbara Boxer
Year of birth:
1940
Barbara Boxer, American journalist and politician
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Paul Signac
Year of birth:
1863
Paul Signac, French painter and educator (died 1935)
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Janet Erskine Stuart
Year of birth:
1857
Janet Erskine Stuart, English nun and educator (died 1914)
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Jonathan Fenby
Year of birth:
1942
Jonathan Fenby, English journalist and businessman
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Thomas Joseph Byrnes
Year of birth:
1860
Thomas Joseph Byrnes, Australian politician, 12th Premier of Queensland (died 1898)
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DEATHS ON NOVEMBER 11
Jerome Kern
Year of death:
1945
Jerome Kern, American composer (born 1885)
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Munir Ertegun
Year of death:
1944
Munir Ertegun, Turkish diplomat (born 1883)
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Loukas Kanakaris-Roufos
Year of death:
1949
Loukas Kanakaris-Roufos, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Foreign Minister (born 1878)
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Alexandros Diomidis
Year of death:
1950
Alexandros Diomidis, Greek banker and politician, 145th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1875)
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Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine
Year of death:
1953
Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine (born 1866)
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Muhittin Akyüz
Year of death:
1940
Muhittin Akyüz, Turkish general and diplomat (born 1870)
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Bob Marshall (wilderness activist)
Year of death:
1939
Bob Marshall, American author and activist (born 1901)
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Henry Gunther
Year of death:
1918
Henry Gunther, American soldier, believed to be the last man killed in World War I (born 1895)
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George Lawrence Price
Year of death:
1918
George Lawrence Price, Canadian soldier, last casualty of the British Empire of World War I (born 1892)
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Pavel Chistyakov
Year of death:
1919
Pavel Chistyakov, Russian painter and educator (born 1832)
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HOLIDAYS ON NOVEMBER 11
Public holidays in Colombia
Independence of Cartagena (Colombia)
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Veterans Day
End of World War I-related observances: Veterans Day, called Armistice Day until 1954, when it was rededicated to honor American military (Army, Navy, Marine, and Air Force) veterans. (United States)
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Remembrance Day
End of World War I-related observances: Remembrance Day (United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations, including Australia and Canada)
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Lāčplēsis Day
Lāčplēsis Day, celebrates the victory over the Bermontians at the Battle of Riga in 1919. (Latvia)
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Carnival
Opening of carnival ("Karneval"/"Fasching"), on 11-11, at 11:11. (Germany, the Netherlands, and other countries)
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St. Martin's Day
St. Martin's Day (Sint Maarten, Kingdom of the Netherlands)
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Singles' Day
Singles' Day (China)
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National Education Day (India)
National Education Day (India)
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Armistice Day
End of World War I-related observances: Armistice Day (France, Belgium and Serbia)
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National Independence Day (Poland)
End of World War I-related observances: National Independence Day (Poland), commemorates the anniversary of Poland's assumption of independent statehood in 1918
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