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On This Day in History — November 11
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Highlights of November 11
- 2008 — After 30 years in power, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom was succeeded by Mohamed Nasheed as president of the Maldives. Read more
- 1999 — The House of Lords Act was given royal assent, removing most hereditary peers from the British House of Lords. Read more
- 1975 — During a constitutional crisis, Governor-General Sir John Kerr (pictured) dismissed Prime Minister Gough Whitlam's government and dissolved the Parliament of Australia for a double-dissolution election. Read more
- 1965 — Rhodesia, led by Prime Minister Ian Smith (pictured), unilaterally declared independence from the United Kingdom. Read more
- 1960 — A coup attempt by the Army of the Republic of Vietnam against President Ngô Đình Diệm was crushed after he falsely promised reform, allowing loyalists to rescue him. Read more
- 1940 — Second World War: The Royal Navy launched the first all-aircraft ship-to-ship naval attack in history against the Italians in the Battle of Taranto. Read more
- 1934 — The Shrine of Remembrance (pictured), a memorial to all Australians who have served in war, opened in Melbourne. Read more
- 1926 — The plan for the United States Numbered Highway System was approved by the American Association of State Highway Officials. Read more
- 1920 — In London, the Cenotaph was unveiled and the Unknown Warrior was buried in Westminster Abbey in remembrance of the First World War. Read more
- 1918 — The armistice between the German Empire and the Allies was signed in a railway carriage in the Forest of Compiègne of France (signatories pictured). Read more
- 1918 — Józef Piłsudski, appointed the commander-in-chief of Polish forces by the Regency Council, was entrusted with the creation of a national government for the newly independent Poland. Read more
- 1880 — Australian bushranger and outlaw Ned Kelly was hanged in Melbourne, in spite of sympathizers holding rallies for his reprieve. Read more
- 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. Read more
- 1805 — War of the Third Coalition: French, Austrian and Russian units suffered heavy losses at the Battle of Dürenstein. Read more
- 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. Read more
Events
- 2024 — A vehicle-ramming attack in Zhuhai, China, kills 38 people and injures 48. Read more
- 2022 — Russo-Ukrainian War: Ukrainian armed forces enter the city of Kherson following a successful two-month southern counteroffensive. Read more
- 2020 — Typhoon Vamco makes landfall in Luzon and several offshore islands, killing 67 people. The storm causes the worst floods in the region since Typhoon Ketsana in 2009. Read more
- 2012 — A strong earthquake with the magnitude 6.8 hits northern Burma, killing at least 26 people. Read more
- 2011 — A helicopter crash just outside Mexico City kills seven, including Francisco Blake Mora the Secretary of the Interior of Mexico. Read more
- 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. Read more
- 2004 — New Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Warrior is dedicated at the National War Memorial, Wellington. Read more
- 2004 — The Palestine Liberation Organization confirms the death of Yasser Arafat from unidentified causes. Mahmoud Abbas is elected chairman of the PLO minutes later. Read more
- 2002 — A Fokker F27 Friendship operating as Laoag International Airlines Flight 585 crashes into Manila Bay shortly after takeoff from Ninoy Aquino International Airport, killing 19 people. Read more
- 2002 — Russian mathematician Grigori Perelman posts the first of three preprint texts with his proof of the Poincaré conjecture. It remains the only of the Millennium Prize Problems in mathematics to be solved. He later refused both the prize money from Clay Mathematics Institute as well as the Fields Medal for his work. Read more
- 2001 — Journalists Pierre Billaud, Johanne Sutton and Volker Handloik are killed in Afghanistan during an attack on the convoy they are traveling in. Read more
- 2000 — Kaprun disaster: One hundred fifty-five skiers and snowboarders die when a cable car catches fire in an alpine tunnel in Kaprun, Austria. Read more
- 1999 — The House of Lords Act is given Royal Assent, restricting membership of the British House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage. Read more
- 1993 — A sculpture honoring women who served in the Vietnam War is dedicated at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Read more
- 1992 — The General Synod of the Church of England votes to allow women to become priests. Read more
- 1982 — Space Shuttle Columbia launches from the Kennedy Space Center on STS-5, the first operational mission of the Space Shuttle program. Read more
- 1981 — Antigua and Barbuda joins the United Nations. Read more
- 1977 — A munitions explosion at a train station in Iri, South Korea kills at least 56 people. Read more
- 1975 — Australian constitutional crisis of 1975: Australian Governor-General Sir John Kerr dismisses the government of Gough Whitlam, appoints Malcolm Fraser as caretaker Prime Minister and announces a general election to be held in early December. Read more
- 1975 — Independence of Angola. Read more
- 1972 — Vietnam War: Vietnamization: The United States Army turns over the massive Long Binh military base to South Vietnam. Read more
- 1968 — Vietnam War: Operation Commando Hunt initiated. The goal is to interdict men and supplies on the Ho Chi Minh trail, through Laos into South Vietnam. Read more
- 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. Read more
- 1966 — NASA launches Gemini 12. Read more
- 1965 — Southern Rhodesia's Prime Minister Ian Smith unilaterally declares the colony independent as the unrecognised state of Rhodesia. Read more
- 1965 — United Air Lines Flight 227 crashes at Salt Lake City International Airport, killing 43. Read more
- 1962 — Kuwait's National Assembly ratifies the Constitution of Kuwait. Read more
- 1961 — Thirteen Italian Air Force servicemen, deployed to the Congo as a part of the UN peacekeeping force, are massacred by a mob in Kindu. Read more
- 1960 — A military coup against President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam is crushed. Read more
- 1949 — The People's Liberation Army Air Force is founded. Read more
- 1942 — World War II: France's zone libre is occupied by German forces in Case Anton. Read more
- 1942 — The Turkish parliament passes the Varlık Vergisi, a capital tax mostly levied on non-Muslim citizens with the unofficial aim to inflict financial ruin on them and end their prominence in the country's economy. Read more
- 1940 — World War II: In the Battle of Taranto, the Royal Navy launches the first all-aircraft ship-to-ship naval attack in history. Read more
- 1940 — World War II: The German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis captures top secret British mail from the Automedon, and sends it to Japan. Read more
- 1934 — The Shrine of Remembrance is opened in Melbourne, Australia. Read more
- 1930 — Patent number US1781541 is awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention, the Einstein refrigerator. Read more
- 1926 — The United States Numbered Highway System is established. Read more
- 1923 — Adolf Hitler is arrested in Munich for high treason for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch. Read more
- 1921 — The Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated by U.S. President Warren G. Harding at Arlington National Cemetery. Read more
- 1919 — The Industrial Workers of the World attack an Armistice Day parade in Centralia, Washington, ultimately resulting in the deaths of five people. Read more
- 1919 — Latvian forces defeat the West Russian Volunteer Army at Riga in the Latvian War of Independence. Read more
- 1918 — World War I: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car in the forest of Compiègne. Read more
- 1918 — Józef Piłsudski assumes supreme military power in Poland – symbolic first day of Polish independence. Read more
- 1918 — Emperor Charles I of Austria relinquishes power. Read more
- 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. Read more
- 1889 — The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States. Read more
- 1887 — Four convicted anarchists were executed as a result of the Haymarket affair. Read more
- 1880 — Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol. Read more
- 1869 — The Victorian Aboriginal Protection Act is enacted in Australia, giving the government control of indigenous people's wages, their terms of employment, where they could live, and of their children, effectively leading to the Stolen Generations. Read more
- 1865 — Treaty of Sinchula is signed whereby Bhutan cedes the areas east of the Teesta River to the British East India Company. Read more
- 1855 — A powerful earthquake occurs in Edo, Japan, causing considerable damage in the Kantō region from the shaking and subsequent fires. It had a death toll of 7,000–10,000 people and destroyed around 14,000 buildings. Read more
- 1839 — The Virginia Military Institute is founded in Lexington, Virginia. Read more
- 1831 — In Jerusalem, Virginia, Nat Turner is hanged after inciting a violent slave uprising. Read more
- 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. Read more
- 1805 — Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Dürenstein: Eight thousand French troops attempt to slow the retreat of a vastly superior Russian and Austrian force. Read more
- 1778 — Cherry Valley massacre: Loyalists and Seneca Indian forces attack a fort and village in eastern New York during the American Revolutionary War, killing more than forty civilians and soldiers. Read more
- 1750 — Riots break out in Lhasa after the murder of the Tibetan regent. Read more
- 1750 — The F.H.C. Society, also known as the Flat Hat Club, is formed at Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia. It is the first college fraternity. Read more
- 1724 — Joseph Blake, alias Blueskin, a highwayman known for attacking "Thief-Taker General" (and thief) Jonathan Wild at the Old Bailey, is hanged in London. Read more
- 1688 — The Dutch invasion fleet of William of Orange departs from the Dutch Republic for the second time, beginning the 1688 invasion of England. Read more
Born on November 11
- 2005 — Ben Gannon-Doak, Scottish footballer Read more
- 2004 — Oakes Fegley, American actor Read more
- 1999 — X González, American activist Read more
- 1998 — Liudmila Samsonova, Russian tennis player Read more
- 1996 — Tye Sheridan, American actor and producer Read more
- 1995 — Josh Aloiai, New Zealand rugby league player Read more
- 1995 — Yuriko Miyazaki, British tennis player Read more
- 1995 — Shin Seung-ho, South Korean actor and model Read more
- 1994 — Lio Rush, American wrestler Read more
- 1994 — Sanju Samson, Indian cricketer Read more
- 1994 — Ellie Simmonds, English swimmer Read more
- 1993 — Jamaal Lascelles, English footballer Read more
- 1992 — Sofía Luini, Argentine tennis player Read more
- 1992 — Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Canadian ice hockey player Read more
- 1991 — Christa B. Allen, American actress Read more
- 1991 — Kaho Onodera, Japanese curler Read more
- 1990 — Tom Dumoulin, Dutch road bicycle racer Read more
- 1990 — James Segeyaro, Papua New Guinean rugby league player Read more
- 1990 — Georginio Wijnaldum, Dutch footballer Read more
- 1989 — Nick Blackman, English-Israeli footballer Read more
- 1989 — Joe Ragland, American basketball player Read more
- 1989 — Adam Rippon, American figure skater Read more
- 1989 — Reina Tanaka, Japanese singer Read more
- 1989 — Lewis Williamson, Scottish race car driver Read more
- 1988 — David Depetris, Argentinian-Slovak footballer Read more
- 1988 — Mikako Komatsu, Japanese voice actress and singer Read more
- 1988 — Kyle Naughton, English footballer Read more
- 1987 — Vinny Guadagnino, American actor Read more
- 1987 — Chanelle Hayes, English model and singer Read more
- 1986 — Jon Batiste, American singer and pianist Read more
- 1986 — Victor Cruz, American football player Read more
- 1986 — Mark Sanchez, American football player Read more
- 1986 — François Trinh-Duc, French rugby player Read more
- 1985 — Osvaldo Alonso, Cuban footballer Read more
- 1985 — Austin Collie, American football player Read more
- 1985 — Tiidrek Nurme, Estonian runner Read more
- 1985 — Jessica Sierra, American singer Read more
- 1985 — Robin Uthappa, Indian cricketer Read more
- 1984 — Stephen Hunt, English footballer Read more
- 1984 — Birkir Már Sævarsson, Icelandic footballer Read more
Died on November 11
- 2024 — Frank Auerbach, German-British painter (born 1931) Read more
- 2024 — John Robinson, American football player and coach (born 1935) Read more
- 2021 — F. W. de Klerk, South African lawyer and politician, former State President of South Africa, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1936) Read more
- 2017 — Chiquito de la Calzada, Spanish singer, actor and comedian (born 1932) Read more
- 2016 — Victor Bailey, American singer and bass player (born 1960) Read more
- 2016 — Robert Vaughn, American actor (born 1932) Read more
- 2015 — Rita Gross, American theologian and author (born 1943) Read more
- 2015 — Nathaniel Marston, American actor and producer (born 1975) Read more
- 2014 — John Doar, American lawyer and activist (born 1921) Read more
- 2014 — Big Bank Hank, American rapper (born 1956) Read more
- 2014 — Philip G. Hodge, American engineer and academic (born 1920) Read more
- 2014 — Harry Lonsdale, American chemist, businessman, and politician (born 1932) Read more
- 2014 — Carol Ann Susi, American actress (born 1952) Read more
- 2013 — John Barnhill, American basketball player and coach (born 1938) Read more
- 2013 — Domenico Bartolucci, Italian cardinal and composer (born 1917) Read more
- 2013 — Bob Beckham, American singer-songwriter (born 1927) Read more
- 2013 — John S. Dunne, American priest and theologian (born 1929) Read more
- 2013 — Atilla Karaosmanoğlu, Turkish economist and politician, 33rd Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1931) Read more
- 2012 — Lam Adesina, Nigerian educator and politician, Governor of Oyo State (born 1939) Read more
- 2012 — Joe Egan, English rugby player and coach (born 1919) Read more
- 2012 — Rex Hunt, English lieutenant, pilot, and diplomat, Governor of the Falkland Islands (born 1926) Read more
- 2012 — Victor Mees, Belgian footballer (born 1927) Read more
- 2012 — Harry Wayland Randall, American photographer (born 1915) Read more
- 2011 — Francisco Blake Mora, Mexican lawyer and politician, Mexican Secretary of the Interior (born 1966) Read more
- 2010 — Marie Osborne Yeats, American actress and costume designer (born 1911) Read more
- 2008 — Herb Score, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1933) Read more
- 2008 — Mustafa Şekip Birgöl, Turkish colonel (born 1903) Read more
- 2007 — Delbert Mann, American director and producer (born 1920) Read more
- 2006 — Belinda Emmett, Australian actress (born 1974) Read more
- 2005 — Moustapha Akkad, Syrian-American director and producer (born 1930) Read more
- 2005 — Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield, English photographer (born 1939) Read more
- 2005 — Peter Drucker, Austrian-American author, theorist, and educator (born 1909) Read more
- 2004 — Dayton Allen, American comedian and voice actor (born 1919) Read more
- 2004 — Yasser Arafat, Palestinian engineer and politician, 1st President of the Palestinian National Authority, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1929) Read more
- 2004 — Richard Dembo, French director and screenwriter (born 1948) Read more
- 2003 — Miquel Martí i Pol, Catalan poet (born 1929) Read more
- 2002 — Frances Ames, South African neurologist, psychiatrist, and human rights activist (born 1920) Read more
- 2001 — Erna Viitol, Estonian sculptor (born 1920) Read more
- 2000 — Sandra Schmitt, German skier (born 1981) Read more
- 1999 — Mary Kay Bergman, American voice actress (born 1961) Read more
Holidays & observances
Birthday of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck (Bhutan); Children's Day (Croatia); Christian feast day:
Bartholomew of Grottaferrata; Christian feast day:
Martin of Tours, and its related observances.; Christian feast day:
Menas; Christian feast day:
Mercurius (Coptic); Christian feast day:
Søren Kierkegaard (Lutheran Church); Christian feast day:
Theodore the Studite; Christian feast day:
November 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics); End of World War I-related observances:
Armistice Day (France, Belgium and Serbia); End of World War I-related observances:
National Independence Day (Poland), commemorates the anniversary of Poland's assumption of independent statehood in 1918; End of World War I-related observances:
Remembrance Day (United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations, including Australia and Canada); End of World War I-related observances:
Veterans Day, called Armistice Day until 1954, when it was rededicated to honor American military (Army, Navy, Marine, and Air Force) veterans. (United States); Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Angola from Portugal in 1975.; Independence of Cartagena (Colombia); Lāčplēsis Day, celebrates the victory over the Bermontians at the Battle of Riga in 1919. (Latvia); Opening of carnival ("Karneval"/"Fasching"), on 11-11, at 11:11. (Germany, the Netherlands, and other countries); National Education Day (India); Republic Day (Maldives); Singles' Day (China); St. Martin's Day (Sint Maarten, Kingdom of the Netherlands); Pepero Day (South Korea) and Pocky Day (Japan), both celebrating the similar dipped biscuit snacks of their respective countries.
Events, births and deaths from Wikipedia contributors, “November 11”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Lists are selections; the full record lives at the source.