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🏛️ Public Holidays

US: Veterans Day

Also observed in: Armistice Day (BE,CA,FR) · Armistice (FR) · Independence Day (PL) · Narodowe Święto Niepodległości (PL) · Remembrance Day (CA) · Saint Martin's Day (AT) · Wapenstilstand (BE)

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🕰️ On This Day in History

  • 2014 — Fifty-eight people are killed in a bus crash in the Sukkur District in southern Pakistan's Sindh province.
  • 2012 — A strong earthquake with the magnitude 6.8 hits northern Burma, killing at least 26 people.
  • 2006 — Queen Elizabeth II unveils the New Zealand War Memorial in London, United Kingdom, commemorating the loss of soldiers from the New...
  • 2004 — New Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Warrior is dedicated at the National War Memorial, Wellington.
  • 2004 — The Palestine Liberation Organization confirms the death of Yasser Arafat from unidentified causes. Mahmoud Abbas is elected chairman of...

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🎂 Notable Births

  • 1995 — Josh Aloiai, New Zealand rugby league player
  • 1994 — Connor Price, Canadian actor
  • 1994 — Ellie Simmonds, English swimmer
  • 1993 — Jamaal Lascelles, English footballer
  • 1992 — Sofía Luini, Argentine tennis player

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