November 11 in history
Events on November 11
Notable events that happened on November 11 in past years.
- 2024
A vehicle-ramming attack in Zhuhai, China, kills 38 people and injures 48.
Wikipedia article: 2024 Zhuhai car attack - 2006
Queen Elizabeth II unveils the New Zealand War Memorial in London, United Kingdom, commemorating the loss of soldiers from the New Zealand Army and the British Army.
Wikipedia article: Elizabeth II - 2001
Journalists Pierre Billaud, Johanne Sutton and Volker Handloik are killed in Afghanistan during an attack on the convoy they are traveling in.
Wikipedia article: Pierre Billaud - 1982
Space Shuttle Columbia launches from the Kennedy Space Center on STS-5, the first operational mission of the Space Shuttle program.
Wikipedia article: Space Shuttle Columbia - 1972
Vietnam War: Vietnamization: The United States Army turns over the massive Long Binh military base to South Vietnam.
Wikipedia article: Vietnamization - 1965
United Air Lines Flight 227 crashes at Salt Lake City International Airport, killing 43.
Wikipedia article: United Air Lines Flight 227 - 1942
World War II: France's zone libre is occupied by German forces in Case Anton.
Wikipedia article: Zone libre - 1930
Patent number US1781541 is awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention, the Einstein refrigerator.
Wikipedia article: Patent - 1919
The Industrial Workers of the World attack an Armistice Day parade in Centralia, Washington, ultimately resulting in the deaths of five people.
Wikipedia article: Industrial Workers of the World - 1911
Many cities in the Midwestern United States break their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls through.
Wikipedia article: Midwestern United States - 1865
Treaty of Sinchula is signed whereby Bhutan cedes the areas east of the Teesta River to the British East India Company.
Wikipedia article: Duar War - 1805
Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Dürenstein: Eight thousand French troops attempt to slow the retreat of a vastly superior Russian and Austrian force.
Wikipedia article: Napoleonic Wars - 1688
The Dutch invasion fleet of William of Orange departs from the Dutch Republic for the second time, beginning the 1688 invasion of England.
Wikipedia article: William III of England - 1572
Tycho Brahe observes the supernova SN 1572.
- 308
At Carnuntum, Emperor emeritus Diocletian confers with Galerius, Augustus of the East, and Maximianus, the recently returned former Augustus of the West, in an attempt to end the civil wars of the Tetrarchy.
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