On This Day — November 11

🕰️ Notable Events on November 11

• 2014 — Fifty-eight people are killed in a bus crash in the Sukkur District in southern Pakistan's Sindh province. Wikipedia ↗
• 2012 — A strong earthquake with the magnitude 6.8 hits northern Burma, killing at least 26 people. Wikipedia ↗
• 2006 — 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. Wikipedia ↗
• 2004 — New Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Warrior is dedicated at the National War Memorial, Wellington. Wikipedia ↗
• 2004 — The Palestine Liberation Organization confirms the death of Yasser Arafat from unidentified causes. Mahmoud Abbas is elected chairman of the PLO minutes later. Wikipedia ↗
• 2001 — Journalists Pierre Billaud, Johanne Sutton and Volker Handloik are killed in Afghanistan during an attack on the convoy they are traveling in. Wikipedia ↗
• 2000 — Kaprun disaster: One hundred fifty-five skiers and snowboarders die when a cable car catches fire in an alpine tunnel in Kaprun, Austria. Wikipedia ↗
• 1999 — The House of Lords Act is given Royal Assent, restricting membership of the British House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage. Wikipedia ↗
• 1993 — A sculpture honoring women who served in the Vietnam War is dedicated at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Wikipedia ↗
• 1992 — The General Synod of the Church of England votes to allow women to become priests. Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — Antigua and Barbuda joins the United Nations. Wikipedia ↗
• 1975 — Australian constitutional crisis of 1975: Australian Governor-General Sir John Kerr dismisses the government of Gough Whitlam, appoints Malcolm Fraser as caretaker Prime Minister and announces a general election to be held in early December. Wikipedia ↗
• 1975 — Independence of Angola. Wikipedia ↗
• 1972 — Vietnam War: Vietnamization: The United States Army turns over the massive Long Binh military base to South Vietnam. Wikipedia ↗
• 1968 — Vietnam War: Operation Commando Hunt initiated. The goal is to interdict men and supplies on the Ho Chi Minh trail, through Laos into South Vietnam. Wikipedia ↗
• 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. Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — NASA launches Gemini 12. Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — In Rhodesia (modern-day Zimbabwe), the white-minority government of Ian Smith unilaterally declares independence. Wikipedia ↗
• 1962 — Kuwait's National Assembly ratifies the Constitution of Kuwait. Wikipedia ↗
• 1961 — Thirteen Italian Air Force servicemen, deployed to the Congo as a part of the UN peacekeeping force are massacred by a mob in Kindu. Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — A military coup against President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam is crushed. Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — World War II: France's zone libre is occupied by German forces in Case Anton. Wikipedia ↗
• 1940 — World War II: In the Battle of Taranto, the Royal Navy launches the first all-aircraft ship-to-ship naval attack in history. Wikipedia ↗
• 1940 — World War II: The German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis captures top secret British mail from the Automedon, and sends it to Japan. Wikipedia ↗
• 1934 — The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia is opened. Wikipedia ↗
• 1930 — Patent number US1781541 is awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention, the Einstein refrigerator. Wikipedia ↗
• 1926 — The United States Numbered Highway System is established. Wikipedia ↗
• 1923 — Adolf Hitler was arrested in Munich for high treason for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch. Wikipedia ↗
• 1921 — The Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated by US President Warren G. Harding at Arlington National Cemetery. Wikipedia ↗
• 1919 — The Industrial Workers of the World attack an Armistice Day parade in Centralia, Washington, ultimately resulting in the deaths of five people. Wikipedia ↗
• 1919 — Latvian forces defeat the West Russian Volunteer Army at Riga in the Latvian War of Independence. Wikipedia ↗
• 1918 — World War I: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car in the forest of Compiègne. Wikipedia ↗
• 1918 — Józef Piłsudski assumes supreme military power in Poland - symbolic first day of Polish independence. Wikipedia ↗
• 1918 — Emperor Charles I of Austria relinquishes power. Wikipedia ↗
• 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. Wikipedia ↗
• 1889 — The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States. Wikipedia ↗
• 1887 — August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair. Wikipedia ↗
• 1880 — Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol. Wikipedia ↗
• 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. Wikipedia ↗
• 1865 — Treaty of Sinchula is signed whereby Bhutan cedes the areas east of the Teesta River to the British East India Company. Wikipedia ↗
• 1864 — American Civil War: General William Tecumseh Sherman begins burning Atlanta to the ground in preparation for his march to the sea. Wikipedia ↗
• 1839 — The Virginia Military Institute is founded in Lexington, Virginia. Wikipedia ↗
• 1831 — In Jerusalem, Virginia, Nat Turner is hanged after inciting a violent slave uprising. Wikipedia ↗
• 1813 — War of 1812: Battle of Crysler's Farm: British and Canadian forces defeat a larger American force, causing the Americans to abandon their Saint Lawrence campaign. Wikipedia ↗
• 1805 — Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Dürenstein: Eight thousand French troops attempt to slow the retreat of a vastly superior Russian and Austrian force. Wikipedia ↗
• 1778 — Cherry Valley massacre: Loyalists and Seneca Indian forces attack a fort and village in eastern New York during the American Revolutionary War, killing more than forty civilians and soldiers. Wikipedia ↗
• 1750 — Riots break out in Lhasa after the murder of the Tibetan regent. Wikipedia ↗
• 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. Wikipedia ↗
• 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. Wikipedia ↗
• 1675 — Gottfried Leibniz demonstrates integral calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of y = ƒ(x). Wikipedia ↗
• 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 made by Kazimierz Siemienowicz are successfully used. Wikipedia ↗
• 1634 — Following pressure from Anglican bishop John Atherton, the Irish House of Commons passes An Act for the Punishment for the Vice of Buggery. Wikipedia ↗
• 1620 — The Mayflower Compact is signed in what is now Provincetown Harbor near Cape Cod. Wikipedia ↗
• 1500 — Treaty of Granada: Louis XII of France and Ferdinand II of Aragon agree to divide the Kingdom of Naples between them. Wikipedia ↗
• 1215 — The Fourth Lateran Council meets, defining the doctrine of transubstantiation, the process by which bread and wine are, by that doctrine, said to transform into the body and blood of Christ. Wikipedia ↗
• 1100 — Henry I of England marries Matilda of Scotland, the daughter of Malcolm III of Scotland and a direct descendant of the Saxon king Edmund Ironside. Wikipedia ↗
• 308 — At Carnuntum, Emperor emeritus Diocletian confers with Galerius, Augustus of the East, and Maximianus, the recently returned former Augustus of the West, in an attempt to end the civil wars of the Tetrarchy. Wikipedia ↗

🎂 Notable Births on November 11

• 1995 — Josh Aloiai, New Zealand rugby league player Wikipedia ↗
• 1994 — Connor Price, Canadian actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1994 — Ellie Simmonds, English swimmer Wikipedia ↗
• 1993 — Jamaal Lascelles, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1992 — Sofía Luini, Argentine tennis player Wikipedia ↗
• 1991 — Christa B. Allen, American actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1990 — James Segeyaro, Papua New Guinean rugby league player Wikipedia ↗
• 1990 — Tom Dumoulin, Dutch road bicycle racer Wikipedia ↗
• 1990 — Georginio Wijnaldum, Dutch footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1989 — Adam Rippon, American figure skater Wikipedia ↗
• 1989 — Reina Tanaka, Japanese singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1989 — Lewis Williamson, Scottish race car driver Wikipedia ↗
• 1988 — David Depetris, Argentinian-Slovak footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1988 — Mikako Komatsu, Japanese voice actress and singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1988 — Kyle Naughton, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1987 — Vinny Guadagnino, American actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1987 — Chanelle Hayes, English model and singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — Jon Batiste, American singer and pianist Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — Victor Cruz, American football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — Mark Sanchez, American football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — François Trinh-Duc, French rugby player Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Osvaldo Alonso, Cuban footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Austin Collie, American football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Tiidrek Nurme, Estonian runner Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Jessica Sierra, American singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Robin Uthappa, Indian cricketer Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Stephen Hunt, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Birkir Már Sævarsson, Icelandic footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Arouna Koné, Ivorian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Philipp Lahm, German footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Japanese voice actor and singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1982 — Gonzalo Canale, Argentinian-Italian rugby player Wikipedia ↗
• 1982 — Jeremy Williams, English model, actor, and poet Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Willie Parker, American football player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Edmoore Takaendesa, Zimbabwean-German rugby player Wikipedia ↗
• 1978 — Lou Vincent, New Zealand cricketer Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Ben Hollioake, Australian-English cricketer (d. 2002) Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Maniche, Portuguese footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Marsha Mehran, Iranian-American author (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
• 1976 — Jason Grilli, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1976 — Jesse F. Keeler, Canadian bass player Wikipedia ↗
• 1975 — Daisuke Ohata, Japanese rugby player Wikipedia ↗
• 1974 — Jon B., American singer-songwriter and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1974 — Leonardo DiCaprio, American actor and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1974 — Static Major, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2008) Wikipedia ↗
• 1974 — Wajahatullah Wasti, Pakistani cricketer Wikipedia ↗
• 1973 — Jason White, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1971 — David DeLuise, American actor and director Wikipedia ↗
• 1971 — Tomas Pačėsas, Lithuanian basketball player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1968 — David L. Cook, American singer-songwriter and comedian Wikipedia ↗
• 1967 — Gil de Ferran, Brazilian race car driver Wikipedia ↗
• 1967 — David Doak, Northern Irish video game designer Wikipedia ↗
• 1967 — Frank John Hughes, American actor, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — Benedicta Boccoli, Italian model and actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — Vince Colosimo, Australian actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — Alison Doody, Irish model and actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Max Mutchnick, American screenwriter and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Kim Stockwood, Canadian singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Margarete Bagshaw, American painter and potter (d. 2015) Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Calista Flockhart, American actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — Billy Gunn, American wrestler and actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1962 — Mario Fenech, Maltese-Australian rugby league player and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
• 1962 — Georgios Mitsibonas, Greek footballer (d. 1997) Wikipedia ↗
• 1962 — Demi Moore, American actress, director, and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1962 — James Morrison, Australian trumpet player and composer Wikipedia ↗
• 1961 — Yuri Milner, Russian entrepreneur, venture capitalist and physicist Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — Colin Harvey, English author and critic (d. 2011) Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — Chuck Hernandez, American baseball player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — Paquito Ochoa, Jr., Filipino lawyer and politician, 37th Executive Secretary of the Philippines Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — Cristina Odone, Kenyan-Italian journalist and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — Peter Parros, American actor, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — Stanley Tucci, American actor and director Wikipedia ↗
• 1959 — Lee Haney, American bodybuilder Wikipedia ↗
• 1959 — Richard Rowe, English jockey and trainer Wikipedia ↗
• 1959 — Christian Schwarzenegger, Swiss criminologist and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1959 — Carl Williams, American boxer (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1958 — Kathy Lette, Australian-English author Wikipedia ↗
• 1958 — Luz Casal, Spanish singer-songwriter and actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1958 — Kazimieras Černis, Lithuanian astronomer and astrophysicist Wikipedia ↗
• 1958 — Carlos Lacámara, Cuban-American actor and playwright Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — Ian Craig Marsh, English guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1955 — Dave Alvin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1955 — Jigme Singye Wangchuk, King of Bhutan Wikipedia ↗
• 1954 — Steve Brain, English rugby player Wikipedia ↗
• 1954 — Mary Gaitskill, American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. Wikipedia ↗
• 1954 — Roger Slifer, American author, illustrator, screenwriter, and producer (d. 2015) Wikipedia ↗
• 1953 — Marshall Crenshaw, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1953 — Andy Partridge, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer (XTC) Wikipedia ↗
• 1951 — Kim Peek, American megasavant (d. 2009) Wikipedia ↗
• 1951 — Marc Summers, American television host and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1951 — Fuzzy Zoeller, American golfer Wikipedia ↗
• 1950 — Mircea Dinescu, Romanian journalist and poet Wikipedia ↗
• 1950 — Jim Peterik, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1949 — Ismail Petra of Kelantan, former Sultan of Kelantan Wikipedia ↗
• 1949 — Kathy Postlewait, American golfer Wikipedia ↗
• 1948 — Andrzej Czok, Polish mountaineer (d. 1986) Wikipedia ↗
• 1948 — Vincent Schiavelli, American actor (d. 2005) Wikipedia ↗
• 1948 — Robert John "Mutt" Lange, British-South African record producer and songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1946 — Al Holbert, American race car driver (d. 1988) Wikipedia ↗
• 1945 — Chris Dreja, English guitarist and songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1945 — Vince Martell, American singer and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1945 — Daniel Ortega, Nicaraguan politician, President of Nicaragua Wikipedia ↗
• 1943 — Doug Frost, Australian swim coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — Jonathan Fenby, English journalist and businessman Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — Roy Fredericks, Guyanese-American cricketer and politician (d. 2000) Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — Diane Wolkstein, American author and radio host (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1940 — Barbara Boxer, American journalist and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1940 — Dennis Coffey, American guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1939 — Denise Alexander, American actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1937 — Vittorio Brambilla, Italian race car driver (d. 2001) Wikipedia ↗
• 1937 — Stephen Lewis, Canadian politician and diplomat, 14th Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations Wikipedia ↗
• 1937 — Alicia Ostriker, American poet and scholar Wikipedia ↗
• 1936 — Jack Keller, American songwriter and producer (d. 2005) Wikipedia ↗
• 1935 — Bibi Andersson, Swedish actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1933 — Martino Finotto, Italian race car driver (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
• 1933 — Peter B. Lewis, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1932 — Germano Mosconi, Italian journalist (d. 2012) Wikipedia ↗
• 1930 — Hugh Everett III, American physicist and mathematician (d. 1982) Wikipedia ↗
• 1930 — Vernon Handley, English conductor (d. 2008) Wikipedia ↗
• 1930 — Mildred Dresselhaus, American physicist and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1929 — LaVern Baker, American singer (d. 1997) Wikipedia ↗
• 1929 — Hans Magnus Enzensberger, German author and poet Wikipedia ↗
• 1929 — Martin Jacomb, English lawyer, businessman, and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1928 — Ernestine Anderson, American singer (d. 2016) Wikipedia ↗
• 1928 — Carlos Fuentes, Mexican novelist and essayist (d. 2012) Wikipedia ↗
• 1927 — Mose Allison, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2016) Wikipedia ↗
• 1927 — Martin Špegelj, Croatian general and politician, 2nd Croatian Minister of Defence (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
• 1926 — Harry Lumley, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1998) Wikipedia ↗
• 1926 — Maria Teresa de Filippis, Italian race car driver (d. 2016) Wikipedia ↗
• 1925 — John Guillermin, English-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015) Wikipedia ↗
• 1925 — June Whitfield, English actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1925 — Jonathan Winters, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1922 — Kurt Vonnegut, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (d. 2007) Wikipedia ↗
• 1921 — Terrel Bell, American sergeant, academic, and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of Education (d. 1996) Wikipedia ↗
• 1920 — Roy Jenkins, Welsh-English captain, academic, and politician, President of the European Commission (d. 2003) Wikipedia ↗
• 1920 — Walter Krupinski, German captain and pilot (d. 2000) Wikipedia ↗
• 1919 — Kalle Päätalo, Finnish soldier and author (d. 2000) Wikipedia ↗
• 1918 — Stubby Kaye, American entertainer (d. 1997) Wikipedia ↗
• 1916 — Robert Carr, English engineer and politician, Lord President of the Council (d. 2012) Wikipedia ↗
• 1915 — William Proxmire, American soldier, journalist, and politician (d. 2005) Wikipedia ↗
• 1915 — Anna Schwartz, American economist and author (d. 2012) Wikipedia ↗
• 1914 — James Gilbert Baker, American astronomer, optician, and academic (d. 2005) Wikipedia ↗
• 1914 — Taslim Olawale Elias, Nigerian academic and jurist, 2nd Chief Justice of Nigeria (d. 1991) Wikipedia ↗

📅 National Days on November 11 (Calendar.cx)

Also observed on November 11

🏛️ Public Holidays

US: Veterans Day Also 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)

✡️ Religious Observances

• Jewish: Rosh Chodesh Kislev