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November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in Leap Year s) in the Gregorian Calendar , with 50 days remaining.
Events
- 1215 - The Fourth Lateran Council meets, adopting the doctrine of Transubstantiation , meaning that bread and wine are transformed into the body and blood of Christ.
- 1500 - Treaty Of Granada - Louis XII Of France and Ferdinand II Of Aragon agree to divide the Kingdom Of Naples between them.
- 1620 - In what is now Provincetown Harbor near Cape Cod , the Mayflower Compact is signed on the Mayflower , establishing the basic laws for the Plymouth Colony .
- 1634 - Following pressure from Anglican bishop John Atherton , the Irish House Of Commons passes "''An Act for the Punishment for the Vice of Buggery''" ( Anal Sex ).
- 1675 - Gottfried Leibniz demonstrated Integral Calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of ''y'' = ''f''(''x'') Function .
- 1675 - Guru Gobind Singh becomes the Tenth Guru of the Sikhs .
- 1831 - In Jerusalem, Virginia , Nat Turner is hanged after inciting a violent Slave Uprising .
- 1833 - Former United States President John Quincy Adams is first chief executive involved in a railroad accident when the Camden & Amboy train he is riding derails due to a broken axle caused by an overheated journal box in the meadows near Hightstown, New Jersey . He is uninjured and continues his trip onto Washington, D.C. the following day.
- 1834 - Hans Christian Andersen 's '' The Ugly Duckling '' was first published.
- 1839 - The Virginia Military Institute is founded in Lexington, Virginia.
- - Union General William Tecumseh Sherman begins burning Atlanta, Georgia to the ground in preparation for his march south.
- 1865 - Treaty Of Sinchula is signed in which Bhutan ceded the areas east of the Teesta River to the British East India Company .
- 1887 - Anarchist Haymarket Martyrs August Spies , Albert Parsons , Adolph Fischer and George Engel are Executed .
- 1887 - Construction of the Manchester Ship Canal starts at Eastham .
- 1889 - Washington is admitted as the 42nd U.S. State .
- 1911 - Many cities in the midwest broke their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls through. (see The 11/11/11 Cold Wave ).
- signs an Armistice agreement with the Allies in a Railroad car outside of Compiègne in France . The war officially stops at 11:00.
- 1918 - Józef Piłsudski comes to Warsaw and assumes supreme military power in Poland . Poland regains its independence.
- 1918 - Emperor Charles I Of Austria abdicates.
- 1919 - The Centralia Massacre in Centralia, Washington results the deaths of four members of the American Legion and the lynching of a local leader of the IWW .
- 1921 - The Tomb Of The Unknowns is dedicated by US President Warren G. Harding at Arlington National Cemetery .
- 1923 - First try for a putsch by Hitler in Munich (Germany).
- 1930 - Patent number US1781541 was awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention, the Einstein Refrigerator .
- , a very strong Dust Storm strips Topsoil from desiccated farmlands.
- - The Royal Navy launches the first Aircraft Carrier strike in history, on the Italian fleet at Taranto .
- 1940 - The German cruiser '' Atlantis '' captures Top Secret British mail, and sends it to Japan .
- kills 144 in U.S. Midwest .
- 1962 - Kuwait 's National Assembly ratifies the Constitution of Kuwait.
- 1963 - Brian Epstein signs contract for The Beatles to make three appearances on the Ed Sullivan show.
- 1965 - Rhodesia (now called Zimbabwe ) was declared independent by the white minority regime of Ian Smith .
- 1966 - NASA launches spaceship Gemini 12 .
- , Cambodia , three American prisoners of war are released by the Viet Cong and turned over to "new left" antiwar activist Tom Hayden .
- initiated. The goal was to interdict men and supplies on the Ho Chi Minh Trail , through Laos into South Vietnam .
- 1968 - A second Republic is declared in the Maldives .
- 1970 - First broadcast of Sesame Street .
- - The United States Army turns over the massive Long Binh military base to South Vietnam .
- 1975 - Angola becomes independent from Portugal .
- 1975 - Governor-General Sir John Kerr dismisses the government of Gough Whitlam and commissions Malcolm Fraser as caretaker Prime Minister , and announces a general election to be held in early December.
- 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.
- 1992 - The Church Of England votes to allow women to become priests.
- 1994 - The first live internet video Webcast in the Netherlands was produced by Stef van der Ziel, Rudo de Jong and Gerad Harens.
- 1997 - Mary McAleese inaugurated as the eighth President of Ireland .
- 1999 - A six-storey apartment block collapses in Foggia , Italy , killing 62.
- 2000 - In Kaprun , Austria , 155 skiers and snowboarders die when a cable car catches fire in an alpine tunnel.
- 2004 - New Zealand Tomb Of The Unknown Warrior dedicated at the National War Memorial , Wellington
- 2004 - Yasser Arafat is confirmed dead by the Palestine Liberation Organization , of unidentified causes. Mahmoud Abbas is elected chairman of the PLO minutes later.
- 2004 - Mary McAleese inaugurated for a second term as President of Ireland .
- 2005 - David Irving , a British historian, is arrested in Austria on a 1989 warrant for offenses related to Holocaust denial.
Births
- 1050 - Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1106 )
- 1154 - King Sancho I Of Portugal (d. 1212 )
- 1155 - King Alfonso VIII Of Castile (d. 1214 )
- 1220 - Alphonse Of Toulouse , son of Louis VIII Of France (d. 1271 )
- 1493 - Paracelsus , doctor (d. 1541 )
- 1493 - Bernardo Tasso , Italian poet (d. 1569 )
- 1599 - Prince Octavio Piccolomini, Duke Of Amalfi , Austrian field marshal (d. 1656 )
- 1633 - George Savile, 1st Marquess Of Halifax , British statesman (d. 1695 )
- 1668 - Johann Albert Fabricius , German classical scholar and bibliographer (d. 1736 )
- 1743 - Carl Peter Thunberg , Swedish naturalist (d. 1828 )
- 1744 - Abigail Adams , First Lady Of The United States (d. 1818 )
- 1748 - King Charles IV Of Spain (d. 1819 )
- 1764 - Barbara Juliana, Baroness Von Krüdener , Russian writer (d. 1824 )
- 1791 - Josef Munzinger , Swiss Federal Councillor (d. 1855 )
- 1792 - Mary Anne Evans , English wife of Benjamin Disraeli (d. 1872 )
- 1821 - Fyodor Dostoyevsky , Russian novelist (d. 1881 )
- 1828 - Sri Deep Narayan Mahaprabhuji , Hindu saint (d. 1963 )
- 1836 - Thomas Bailey Aldrich , American poet and novelist (d. 1907 )
- 1852 - Franz Conrad Von Hötzendorf , Austro-Hungarian field marshal (d. 1925 )
- 1863 - Paul Signac , French painter (d. 1935 )
- 1864 - Alfred Hermann Fried , Austrian pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1921 )
- 1869 - King Victor Emmanuel III Of Italy (d. 1947 )
- 1882 - King Gustav VI Adolf Of Sweden (d. 1973 )
- 1883 - Ernest Ansermet , Swiss conductor (d. 1969 )
- 1885 - George Patton , American general (d. 1945 )
- 1887 - Roland Young , American actor (d. 1953 )
- 1889 - Clifton Webb , American actor (d. 1966 )
- 1891 - Rabbit Maranville , baseball player (d. 1954 )
- 1897 - Lucky Luciano , American gangster (d. 1962 )
- 1898 - Rene Clair , French film director (d. 1981 )
- 1899 - Pat O'Brien , American film actor (d. 1983 )
- 1900 - Halina Konopacka , Polish athlete (d. 1989 )
- 1901 - F. Van Wyck Mason , American author (d. 1978 )
- 1903 - Sam Spiegel , Austrian-born film producer (d. 1985 )
- 1904 - Alger Hiss , American government official and spy (d. 1994 )
- 1904 - J. H. C. Whitehead , British mathematician (d. 1960 )
- 1909 - Robert Ryan , American actor (d. 1973 )
- 1912 - Thomas C. Mann , American diplomat (d. 1999 )
- 1914 - Howard Fast , American author (d. 2003 )
- 1914 - Henry Wade , American lawyer (d. 2001 )
- 1915 - William Proxmire , U.S. Senator (d. 2005 )
- 1918 - Stubby Kaye , American comic actor (d. 1997 )
- 1919 - Martin Balsam , American actor (d. 1996 )
- 1919 - Kalle Päätalo , Finnish novelist (d. 2000 )
- 1920 - Roy Jenkins , British politician (d. 2003 )
- 1921 - Terrell Bell , American politician
- 1922 - Kurt Vonnegut , Jr., American novelist
- 1925 - June Whitfield , British comedienne
- 1925 - Jonathan Winters , American comedian and actor
- 1928 - LaVern Baker , American singer (d. 1997 )
- 1928 - Carlos Fuentes , Mexican writer
- 1929 - Hans Magnus Enzensberger , German writer
- 1937 - Stephen Lewis , Canadian politician and diplomat
- 1938 - Ants Antson , Estonian speed skater
- 1939 - Denise Alexander , American actress
- 1940 - Barbara Boxer , U.S. Senator
- 1943 - Doug Frost , Australian swimming coach
- 1944 - Jesse Colin Young , American musician ( The Youngbloods )
- 1945 - Daniel Ortega , President Of Nicaragua
- 1950 - Mircea Dinescu , Romanian poet
- 1953 - Marshall Crenshaw , American musician
- 1959 - Lee Haney , American bodybuilder
- 1960 - Peter Parros , American actor
- 1960 - Stanley Tucci , American actor and film director
- 1961 - Corinne Hermès , French singer
- 1962 - Demi Moore , American actress
- 1962 - James Morrison , Australian musician
- 1964 - Judith Edelman , American musician
- 1964 - Calista Flockhart , American actress
- 1966 - Alison Doody , Irish actress
- 1967 - Gil De Ferran , Brazilian race car driver
- 1969 - Carson Kressley , American fashion expert
- 1970 - Lee Battersby , Australian author
- 1973 - Jason White , American musician ( Green Day )
- 1974 - Leonardo DiCaprio , American actor
- 1974 - Wajahatullah Wasti , Pakistani cricketer
- 1976 - Mike Leon Grosch , German singer and finalist of Deutschland Sucht Den Superstar 3
- 1977 - Ben Hollioake , English cricketer (d. 2002 )
- 1979 - Courtenay Semel , American reality TV star; daughter of Terry Semel
- 1980 - Willie Parker , American football player
- 1981 - Natalie Glebova , Russian-Canadian beauty queen
- 1981 - Bryant McFadden , American football player
- 1982 - Brittny Gastineau , American socialite and model
- 1985 - Kalan Porter , Canadian singer
Deaths
- 397 - Martin Of Tours , French saint
- 405 - Arsacius , intruding archbishop of Constantinople
- 537 - Pope Silverius , saint
- 1028 - Constantine VIII Of The Byzantine Empire (b. 960 )
- 1623 - Philippe De Mornay , French writer (b. 1549 )
- 1686 - Louis II De Bourbon, Prince De Condé , French general (b. 1621 )
- 1686 - Otto Von Guericke , German scientist, inventor, and politician (b. 1602 )
- 1812 - Platon Levshin , Metropoitan of Moscow (b. 1737 )
- 1831 - Nat Turner , American slave rebel (b. 1800 )
- 1855 - Søren Kierkegaard , Danish philosopher (b. 1813 )
- 1880 - Ned Kelly , Australian bushranger (hanged)
- 1880 - Lucretia Mott , American feminist and abolitionist (b. 1793 )
- 1884 - Alfred Brehm German zoologist (b. 1827 )
- 1887 - Haymarket martyrs:
- 1887 - George Engel (b. 1836 )
- 1887 - Adolph Fischer (b. 1858 )
- 1887 - Albert Parsons (b. 1848 )
- 1887 - August Spies (b. 1855 )
- 1917 - Liliuokalani Of Hawaii , Queen of Hawaii (b. 1838 )
- 1918 - George Lawrence Price , Canadian soldier, last person to be killed in W.W.I.
- 1931 - Shibusawa Eiichi , Japanese industrialist (b. 1840 )
- 1939 - Jan Opletal , czech student, victim of nazi violence in Prague
- 1945 - Jerome David Kern , American composer (b. 1885 )
- 1969 - Ernest Ansermet , Swiss conductor (b. 1883 )
- 1972 - Berry Oakley , Bass Player and founder, Allman Brothers Band (b. 1948 )
- 1973 - David "Stringbean" Akeman , American banjo player (b. 1915 )
- 1973 - Artturi Ilmari Virtanen , Finnish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895 )
- 1974 - Alfonso Leng , Chilean composer (b. 1894 )
- 1975 - Theodosius Dobzhansky , Ukrainian geneticist (b. 1900 )
- 1976 - Alexander Calder , American artist (b. 1898 )
- 1977 - Greta Keller , Vienna-born cabaret singer and actress (b. 1903 )
- 1979 - Dimitri Tiomkin , Ukrainian-born composer (b. 1894 )
- 1997 - Rodney Milburn , American athlete (b. 1950 )
- 1999 - Mary Kay Bergman , American voice actress (b. 1961 )
- 1999 - Jacobo Timmerman , Argentine writer and journalist (b. 1923 )
- 2004 - Yasser Arafat , Palestinian leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1929 )
- 2005 - Lord Lichfield , British photographer
- 2005 - Peter Drucker , American management theorist (b. 1909 )
Holidays and observances
External links
November 10 - November 12 - October 11 - December 11 -- Listing Of All Days
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