November 11 in History
What happened on November 11 in history?
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on november 11 in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened on november 11 in history.
?>2008
RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2)sets sail on her final voyage, bound for Dubai.
2006
Queen Elizabeth II unveils New Zealand War Memorial in London.
2004
New Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Warrior dedicated at the National War Museum, Wellington.
2004
Palestine Liberation organization confirms the death of its longtime chairman Yasser Arafat; cause of death has never been conclusively determined.
2001
Journalists Pierre Billaud (France), Johanne Sutton (France) and Voker Handloik (Germany) killed in Afghanistan during an attack on the convoy in which they were traveling.
1999
House of Lords Act reforming Britain’s House of Lords, given Royal Assent; the act removed the right to hereditary seats (sitting members were permitted to remain).
1993
Sculpture honoring women who served in the Vietnam War dedicated at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC.
1987
An unidentified buyer buys Vincent Van Gogh’s painting 'Irises' from the estate of Joan Whitney Payson for $53.9 million at Sotheby’s in New York.
1973
Israel and Egypt sign a cease-fire.
1973
The Soviet Union is kicked out of World Cup soccer for refusing to play Chile.
1970
U.S. Army Special Forces raid the Son Tay prison camp in North Vietnam but find no prisoners.
1966
The United States launches Gemini 12, a two-man orbiter, into orbit.
1953
The polio virus is identified and photographed for the first time in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1944
Private Eddie Slovik is convicted of desertion and sentenced to death for refusing to join his unit in the European Theater of Operations.
1940
Britain’s Royal Navy attacks the Italian fleet at Taranto.
1938
Irving Berlin’s 'God Bless America' is performed for the first time by singer Kate Smith.
1935
Albert Anderson and Orvil Anderson set a new altitude record in South Dakota, when they float to 74,000 feet in a balloon.
1933
The first of the great dust storms of the 1930s hits North Dakota.
1922
Canada’s Vernon McKenzie urges to fight U.S. propaganda with taxes on U.S. magazines.
1921
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington Cemetery is dedicated.
1919
The first two-minutes’ silence is observed in Britain to commemorate those who died in the Great War.
1918
The German leaders sign the armistice ending World War I.
1909
Construction begins on the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.
1889
Washington becomes the 42nd state of the Union.
1831
Nat Turner, a slave who led a revolt against slave owners, is hanged in Jerusalem, Virginia.
1778
Indians, led by William Butler, massacre the inhabitants of Cherry Valley, N.Y.
1499
Pretender to the throne Perkin Warbeck is executed.