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Birthday November 11, 1050 Henry IV, Holy Roman emperor (1036-1106) |
Birthday November 11, 1636 Yen Jo-chu, Chinese scholar of Ch'ing dynasty |
Birthday November 11, 1744 Abigail Smith Adams, 2nd 1st lady |
Birthday November 11, 1748 Charles IV, king of Spain (1788-1808) |
Birthday November 11, 1811 Ben McCulloch born |
Birthday November 11, 1821 Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian author (Crime and Punishment) |
Birthday November 11, 1836 Thomas Bailey Aldrich, American author, editor (Story of a Bad Boy) |
Birthday November 11, 1864 Alfred Hermann Fried, German pacifist (Nobel 1911) |
Birthday November 11, 1885 George Patton born |
Birthday November 11, 1885 Gen George S Patton |
Birthday November 11, 1899 Pat O'Brien, U.S. Actor (Knute Rockne, Angels with Dirty Faces) |
Birthday November 11, 1901 Sam Spiegel, film producer |
Birthday November 11, 1904 Alger Hiss, hid papers in a pumpkin |
Birthday November 11, 1904 Sam Spiegel, film producer |
Birthday November 11, 1914 Howard Fast, screenwriter |
Birthday November 11, 1915 William Proxmire, (D-Wis-Sen), (Golden Fleece Awards) |
Birthday November 11, 1920 Gene Tierney, in Bkln |
Birthday November 11, 1922 Kurt Vonnegut Jr., author (Slaughterhouse Five, Sirens of Titan) |
Birthday November 11, 1925 Jonathan Winters, comedian |
Birthday November 11, 1934 Bibi Andersson, in Sweden |
Birthday November 11, 1936 Susan Kohner |
Birthday November 11, 1945 Daniel Ortega Saavedra, president of Nicaragua (1984-, ) |
Birthday November 11, 1945 Denise Alexander, in NYC |
Birthday November 11, 1951 Fuzzy Zoeller, Golfer |
Birthday November 11, 1955 Jigme Singye Wangchuk, king of Bhutan (1972-, ) |
Birthday November 11, 1963 Demi Moore |
Birthday November 11, 1964 Philip McKeon, Actor |
History November 11, 1620 41 Pilgrims signed a compact aboard Mayflower |
History November 11, 1648 Dutch & French agree to divide St Maarten Leeward Islands |
History November 11, 1778 Iroquois Indians in NY killed 40 people in Cherry Valley Mass |
History November 11, 1778 Poor leadership leads to Cherry Valley Massacre |
History November 11, 1831 Nat Turner executed in Virginia |
History November 11, 1831 Former slave Nat Turner who led a violent insurrection executed |
History November 11, 1834 Franklin Pierce marries Jane Appleton |
History November 11, 1852 Louisa May Alcott publishes her first story |
History November 11, 1858 James Garfield marries Lucretia Rudolph |
History November 11, 1889 Washington admitted as 42nd state |
History November 11, 1918 Armistice Day -- WW I ends (at 11AM on Western Front) |
History November 11, 1918 World War I ends |
History November 11, 1921 Pres Harding dedicates Tomb of Unknown Soldier |
History November 11, 1921 Dedication of the Tomb of the Unknowns |
History November 11, 1924 Palace of Legion of Honor dedicated (SF) |
History November 11, 1931 Cornerstones laid for Opera House & Veteran's Building |
History November 11, 1933 Massive dust storm sweeps South Dakota |
History November 11, 1939 Kate Smith 1st sang Irving Berlin's `God Bless America' |
History November 11, 1942 Draft age is lowered to 18 |
History November 11, 1942 During WWII Germany completed their occupation of France |
History November 11, 1946 NY Knicks 1st game at Madison Sq Garden Lose 78-68 to Chic Stags |
History November 11, 1957 Demolition begins on cable car barn at Calif & Hyde |
History November 11, 1959 Seals Stadium demolished |
History November 11, 1963 Gordie Howe ties Rocket Richard's lifetime 544 goal record |
History November 11, 1965 Rhodesia proclaimed independence from Britain by PM Ian D Smith |
History November 11, 1966 Gemini 12 launched on 4-day flight |
History November 11, 1967 Viet Cong release U.S. prisoners of war |
History November 11, 1968 John Lennon & Yoko Ono appear nude on cover of "Two Virgins" album |
History November 11, 1968 Operation Commando Hunt commences |
History November 11, 1972 US Army turned over Long Bihn base to S Vietnamese army |
History November 11, 1972 Long Binh base turned over to South Vietnam |
History November 11, 1973 Soviet Union refuses to play Chile in World Cup Soccer |
History November 11, 1975 Portugal grants Angola independence (Natl Day) |
History November 11, 1978 The General Lee jumps into history |
History November 11, 1978 Donna Summer earns her first #1 pop hit with MacArthur Park |
History November 11, 1980 Crew of Soyuz 35 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 37 |
History November 11, 1980 Islander's Mike Bossy scores 4 goals against North Stars |
History November 11, 1981 Fernando Valenzuela wins Cy Young Award |
History November 11, 1982 30th time Islanders shut-out - 2-0 vs North Stars |
History November 11, 1982 5th Space Shuttle Mission - Columbia 5 is launched 1st coml flight |
History November 11, 1984 Rev Martin Luther King Sr dies in Atlanta at 84 |
History November 11, 1987 Van Gogh's "Irises" sells for record $53.6 million at auction |
History November 11, 1988 Police make a grisly discovery in Dorothea Puente's lawn |
History November 11, 1994 Interview with the Vampire debuts |
History November 11, 2000 Skiers die in cable-car fire |