November 11 in History

Historical Events on November 11

1813 War of 1812: Battle of Crysler's Farm: British and Canadian forces defeat a larger American force, causing the Americans to abandon their Saint Lawrence campaign.

1864 American Civil War: General William Tecumseh Sherman begins burning Atlanta to the ground in preparation for his march to the sea.

1889 The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.

1918 World War I: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car in the forest of Compiègne.

1940 World War II: In the Battle of Taranto, the Royal Navy launches the first all-aircraft ship-to-ship naval attack in history.

1962 Kuwait's National Assembly ratifies the Constitution of Kuwait.

1966 NASA launches Gemini 12.

1967 Vietnam War: In a propaganda ceremony in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, three American prisoners of war are released by the Viet Cong and turned over to "new left" antiwar activist Tom Hayden.

1993 A sculpture honoring women who served in the Vietnam War is dedicated at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.

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Famous Birthdays on November 11

1885 George S. Patton

1904 Alger Hiss

1974 Leonardo DiCaprio

1986 Mark Sanchez

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Famous Deaths on November 11

1855 Søren Kierkegaard

1880 Ned Kelly

1917 Liliuokalani

2004 Yasser Arafat

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