{"id":16705,"date":"2023-11-11T03:42:39","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T22:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/?p=16705"},"modified":"2023-11-07T16:04:25","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T10:34:25","slug":"history-of-11-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/history-of-11-november\/","title":{"rendered":"History of 11 November"},"content":{"rendered":"

History of 11 November<\/h2>\n

1918<\/strong> – World War I came to an end when the Allies and Germany signed an armistice. This day became recognized as Veteran’s Day in the United States.<\/p>\n

1918<\/strong> – Poland was reestablished shortly after the surrender of Germany.<\/p>\n

1920<\/strong> – The body of an unknown British soldier was buried in Westminster Abbey. The service was recorded with the first electronic recording process developed by Lionel Guest and H.O. Merriman.<\/p>\n

1921<\/strong> – The Tomb of the Unknowns was dedicated at Arlington Cemetery in\u00a0Virginia\u00a0by\u00a0U.S. President Harding.<\/p>\n

1938<\/strong> – Kate Smith first sang Irving Berlin’s “God Bless America” on network radio.<\/p>\n

1940<\/strong> – The Jeep made its debut.<\/p>\n

1942<\/strong> – During World War II, Germany completed its occupation of France.<\/p>\n

1946<\/strong> – The New York Knickerbockers (now the Knicks) played their first game at Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n

1952<\/strong> – The first video recorder was demonstrated by John Mullin and Wayne Johnson in Beverly Hills,\u00a0CA.<\/p>\n

1965<\/strong> – The government of Rhodesia declared its independence from Britain. The country later became known as Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n

1965<\/strong> – Walt Disney announced a project in Florida.<\/p>\n

1966<\/strong> – The\u00a0U.S.\u00a0launched\u00a0Gemini 12<\/i>\u00a0from Cape Kennedy,\u00a0FL. The craft circled the Earth 59 times before returning.<\/p>\n

1972<\/strong> – The\u00a0U.S.\u00a0Army turned over its base at Long Bihn to the South Vietnamese army. The event symbolized the end of direct involvement in the Vietnam War by the\u00a0U.S.\u00a0military.<\/p>\n

1975<\/strong> – Civil war broke out when Angola gained independence from Portugal.<\/p>\n

1981<\/strong> – Stuntman Dan Goodwin scaled the outside of the 100-story John Hancock Center in Chicago in about six hours.<\/p>\n

1981<\/strong> – The\u00a0U.S.S. Ohio<\/i>\u00a0was commissioned at the Electric Boat Division in Groton, CT. It was the first Trident class submarine.<\/p>\n

1984<\/strong> – The Reverend Martin Luther King Sr. died in Atlanta at age 84.<\/p>\n

1984<\/strong> –\u00a0U.S.\u00a0President Ronald Reagan accepted the Vietnam Veterans Memorial as a gift to the nation from the\u00a0Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund.<\/p>\n

1984<\/strong> – Gary Coleman, at age 13, underwent his second kidney transplant in Los Angeles. He had his first transplant at age 5.<\/p>\n

1986<\/strong> – Sperry Rand and Burroughs merged to form “Unisys,” becoming the second-largest computer company.<\/p>\n

1987<\/strong> – Vincent Van Gogh’s “Irises” was sold for a then-record 53.9 million dollars in New York.<\/p>\n

1988<\/strong> – Police in Sacramento,\u00a0CA, found the first of seven bodies buried on the grounds of a boardinghouse. Dorothea Puente was later charged in the deaths of nine people, convicted of three murders and sentenced to life in prison.<\/p>\n

1990<\/strong> – Stormie Jones, the world’s first heart-liver transplant recipient, died at a Pittsburgh hospital at age 13.<\/p>\n

1991<\/strong> – The\u00a0U.S.\u00a0stationed its first diplomat in Cambodia in 16 years to help the nation arrange democratic elections.<\/p>\n

1992<\/strong> – Russian President Boris Yeltsin told\u00a0U.S.\u00a0senators in a letter that Americans had been held in prison camps after World War II. Some were “summarily executed,” but others were still living in his country voluntarily.<\/p>\n

1992<\/strong> – The Church of England voted to ordain women as priests.<\/p>\n

1993<\/strong> – Walt Disney Co. announced plans to build a\u00a0U.S.\u00a0history theme park in a\u00a0Virginia suburb of Washington. The plan was halted later due to local opposition.<\/p>\n

1993<\/strong> – In Washington,\u00a0DC, the Vietnam Women’s Memorial was dedicated to honoring the more than 11,000 women who had served in the Vietnam War.<\/p>\n

1994<\/strong> – In Gaza, a suicide bomber detonated his explosives at an Israeli military checkpoint killing three soldiers.<\/p>\n

1996<\/strong> – The\u00a0Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund\u00a0unveiled “The Wall That Heals.” The work was a half-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial that would tour communities throughout the\u00a0United States.<\/p>\n

1997<\/strong> – The Eastman Kodak Company announced that it was laying off 10,000 employees.<\/p>\n

1997<\/strong> – Roger Clemens (Toronto Blue Jays) became the third major league player to win the Cy Young Award four times.<\/p>\n

1998<\/strong> – Jay Cochrane set a record for the longest blindfolded skywalk. He walked on a tightrope between the towers of the Flamingo Hilton in Las Vegas, NV. The towers are 600 feet apart.<\/p>\n

1998<\/strong> – Vincente Fernandez received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.<\/p>\n

1998<\/strong> – Israel’s Cabinet ratified a land-for-peace agreement with the Palestinians.<\/p>\n

2002<\/strong> – Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates pledged $100 million to fight AIDS in India.<\/p>\n

2004<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0New Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Warrior\u00a0is dedicated at the\u00a0National War Memorial,\u00a0Wellington.<\/p>\n

2004<\/strong> \u2013 The\u00a0Palestine Liberation Organization\u00a0confirms the death of\u00a0Yasser Arafat\u00a0from unidentified causes.\u00a0Mahmoud Abbas\u00a0is elected chairman of the PLO minutes later.<\/p>\n

2006<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Queen Elizabeth II\u00a0unveils the\u00a0New Zealand War Memorial\u00a0in London, United Kingdom, commemorating the loss of soldiers from the\u00a0New Zealand Army\u00a0and the\u00a0British Army.<\/p>\n

2012<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 A\u00a0strong earthquake with a magnitude of\u00a06.8 hits northern\u00a0Burma, killing at least 26 people.<\/p>\n

2014<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Fifty-eight people are killed in a\u00a0bus crash\u00a0in the\u00a0Sukkur District\u00a0in southern\u00a0Pakistan’s\u00a0Sindh\u00a0province.<\/p>\n

Celebrating Birthday Today<\/strong><\/h2>\n
    \n
  • 1982<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Gonzalo Canale, Argentinian-Italian rugby player<\/li>\n
  • 1982<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Jeremy Williams, English model, actor, and poet<\/li>\n
  • 1983<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Arouna Kon\u00e9, Ivorian footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1983<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Philipp Lahm, German footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1983<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Japanese voice actor, and singer<\/li>\n
  • 1984<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Stephen Hunt, English footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Birkir M\u00e1r S\u00e6varsson, Icelandic footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1985<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Osvaldo Alonso, Cuban footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1985<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Austin Collie, American football player<\/li>\n
  • 1985<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Tiidrek Name, Estonian runner<\/li>\n
  • 1985<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Jessica Sierra, American singer<\/li>\n
  • 1985<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Robin Uthappa, Indian cricketer<\/li>\n
  • 1986<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Fran\u00e7ois Trinh-Duc, French rugby player<\/li>\n
  • 1986<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Jon Batiste, American singer, and pianist<\/li>\n
  • 1986<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Mark Sanchez, American football player<\/li>\n
  • 1986<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Victor Cruz, American football player<\/li>\n
  • 1987<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Vinny Guadagnino, American actor<\/li>\n
  • 1987<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Chanelle Hayes, English model and singer<\/li>\n
  • 1988<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0David Depetris, Argentinian-Slovak footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1988<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Mikako Komatsu, Japanese voice actress, and singer<\/li>\n
  • 1988<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Kyle Naughton, English footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1989<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Adam Rippon, American figure skater<\/li>\n
  • 1989<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Reina Tanaka, Japanese singer<\/li>\n
  • 1989<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Lewis Williamson, Scottish race car driver<\/li>\n
  • 1990<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0James Segeyaro, Papua New Guinean rugby league player<\/li>\n
  • 1990<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Tom Dumoulin, Dutch road bicycle racer<\/li>\n
  • 1990<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Georginio Wijnaldum, Dutch footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1991<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Christa B. Allen, American actress<\/li>\n
  • 1992<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Sof\u00eda Luini, an Argentine tennis player<\/li>\n
  • 1993<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Jang Hee-Kyung, South Korean actress<\/li>\n
  • 1993<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Jamaal Lascelles, English footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1994<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Ellie Simmonds, English swimmer<\/sup><\/li>\n
  • 1994<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Sanju Samson, Indian cricketer<\/sup><\/li>\n
  • 1995<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Josh Aloiai, New Zealand rugby league player<\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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