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November 11: Armistice Day (known as Remembrance Day in the Commonwealth of Nations and Veterans Day in the United States); Singles' Day in China and Southeast Asia
- 1778 – American Revolutionary War: British forces and their Iroquois allies attacked a fort and the village of Cherry Valley, New York, killing 14 soldiers and 30 civilians.
- 1813 – War of 1812: British–Canadian forces repelled an American attack at the Battle of Crysler's Farm, forcing the United States to give up their attempt to capture Montreal.
- 1934 – The Shrine of Remembrance (pictured), a memorial to all Australians who have served in war, opened in Melbourne.
- 1999 – The House of Lords Act was given royal assent, removing most hereditary peers from the British House of Lords.
- 2008 – After 30 years in power, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom was succeeded by Mohamed Nasheed as president of the Maldives.
- Martha Annie Whiteley (b. 1866)
- Édouard Vuillard (b. 1868)
- Maria Teresa de Filippis (b. 1926)
- Leonardo DiCaprio (b. 1974)
More anniversaries:
Did you know?
[edit]- ... that an enigmatic ancient site deep in Madagascar (pictured) may have been built by Zoroastrians?
- ... that Jacques Lewis, a 105-year-old French veteran of D-Day, insisted that he participate in a ceremony commemorating the invasion's 80th anniversary?
- ... that a memorial in Suffolk, England, marks the deaths of six members of a scout troop in a 1914 boating accident and that of the sole survivor two years later in the Battle of the Somme?
- ... that, according to his family, Ye Yanlan was compelled to leave government service after speaking Cantonese in front of the emperor of China?
- ... that the suppression of the Diaspora Revolt of 115–117 CE led to the near-total annihilation and displacement of Jewish communities in Cyrenaica, Cyprus, and much of Egypt?
- ... that 50 Lan occupied the number-one spot in Taiwan's bubble tea market for most of 2023?
- ... that the world's oldest timepiece with an anchor escapement is in the collection of the Irish Museum of Time?
- ... that editors often line up in rival camps during contentious disputes on Wikipedia and the winning side typically cites encyclopedic policies to favor their viewpoint?
- ... that although Hugh O'Neill publicly assisted the English Crown in thwarting Irish rebels during the Nine Years' War, he was secretly the leader of the Irish confederacy?