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Events from History on November 11

1158 : Emperor Frederik I Barbarossa declares himself ruler of North Italy
1208 : Otto van Wittelsbach chosen German king
1215 : 4th Lateran Council (12th ecumenical council) opens in Rome
1417 : Oddo Colonna elected as Pope Martinus V
1493 : Columbus discovers Saba
1500 : Treaty of Granada: France & Arag¢n divide Naples
1503 : Pope Julius II elected
1572 : Duke of Alva's son Don Fredrik begins siege for Haarlem
1606 : Turkey & Austria sign Treaty of Zsitva-Torok
1620 : 41 pilgrims land in Mass, sign Mayflower Compact (just & equal laws)
1640 : John Pym, earl of Strafford locked in Tower of London
1647 : Massachusetts passes 1st US compulsory school attendance law
1648 : Dutch & French agree to divide St Maarten, Leeward Islands
1671 : Dutch States-General forbids importation of French wine
1688 : Prince Willem III's invasion fleet sails to England
1714 : A highway in Bronx is laid out, later renamed East 233rd Street
1725 : Georg F H„ndels opera "Tamerlano," premieres in London
1745 : Bonnie Prince Charlies army enters England
1752 : Theresianische Military Academy opens in Vienna
1778 : Iroquois Indians in NY kill 40 in Cherry Valley Massacre
1790 : Chrysanthemums are introduced into England from China
1811 : Cartagena Colombia declares independence from Spain
1813 : Dresden surrenders to allied armies
1836 : Chile declares war on Bolivia & Peru
1838 : Emma Wedgwood accepts Charles Darwins marriage proposal
1851 : Alvan Clark patents telescope
1860 : 1st Jewish wedding in Buenos Aires Argentina
1862 : Opera "La Forza Del Destino" is produced (St Petersburg Russia)
1864 : Sherman's troops destroy Rome, Georgia
1864 : Skirmish at Shoal Creek, AL
1865 : Mary Edward Walker, 1st Army female surgeon, awarded Medal of Honor
1865 : Thomas Robertsons "Society," premieres in London
1868 : 1st American amateur track & field meet (NYC)
1889 : Washington admitted as 42nd state
1890 : D McCree patents portable fire escape
1895 : Bechuanaland becomes part of Cape Colony
1896 : Jules Vandenpeereboom becomes Belgium's minister of War
1899 : Stuart/Rubens/Boyd-Jones' "Floradora," premieres in London
1901 : Maurice Ravel composition "Jeux d'eau" premieres
1906 : Ethel Smyth' "Standrecht," premieres in Leipzig
1909 : Construction of navy base at Pearl Harbor begins
1909 : J M Synge's "Tinker's Wedding," premieres in London
1918 : Armistice Day-WW I ends (at 11 AM on Western Front)
1918 : Dutch SDAP leader Troelstra announces revolution
1918 : Emperor Charles I of Austria abdicates
1918 : Germany surrenders ending WW I, Allies & Germany sign armistice
1918 : Poland declares independence
1919 : Pope Benedictus XV states Roman Catholics political/business views
1921 : Pres Harding dedicates Tomb of Unknown Soldier (Arlington Cemetary)
1922 : Largest US flag displayed (150' X 90') expanded in 1939 (270' X 90')
1923 : Eternal flame lit for tomb of unknown solder, Arc de Triumph
1924 : Martin Beck Theater opens at 302 W 45th St NYC
1924 : Palace of Legion of Honor dedicated (SF)
1925 : Earnest Th„lmann becomes chairman of German KPD
1925 : Louis Armstrong records 1st of Hot Five & Hot Seven recordings
1925 : Night of Kersten - Colijn Dutch govt falls by SGP-amendement
1925 : Robert Millikan announces discovery of cosmic rays
1926 : Eddie Collins is released as White Sox manager
1928 : France's 5th govt of Poincar‚ forms
1928 : KXO-AM in El Centro CA begins radio transmissions
1928 : WGL-AM in Ft Wayne IN begins radio transmissions
1928 : WMT-AM in Cedar Rapids IA begins radio transmissions
1928 : WOL-AM in Washington DC begins radio transmissions
1931 : Cornerstones laid for Opera House & Veteran's Building
1933 : "Great Black Blizzard" 1st great dust storm in Great Plains
1934 : 1st penalty shot vs Toronto Maple Leafs, Mondou (Mont) unsuccessful
1934 : WOC-AM in Davenport Iowa splits from WHO-WOC & becomes KICK-AM
1935 : Explorer 2 balloon sets altitude record of 72,000 feet over SD
1937 : Messerschmidt ME-109V13 flies world record 610.4 kph
1937 : Nobel prize for physics awarded to C J Davisson & GP Thomson
1938 : German & Austrian Jewish suffer 1 billion Mark damage in nazi
1938 : Kristallnacht; Jews forced to wear Star of David
1939 : Kate Smith 1st sings Irving Berlin's "God Bless America"
1940 : 1,000s Paris students lay reath at Grave of Unknown Soldier
1940 : Blizzard strikes midwestern US killing over 100
1940 : British air attack destroys half of Italian fleet
1940 : Willys unveiled its General Purpose vehicle ("Jeep")
1941 : Czech premier general Eli sj arrested by nazis
1942 : -12] last German offensive in Stalingrad
1942 : 745 French Jews deported to Auschwitz
1942 : During WW II Germany completes their occupation of France
1942 : Jews in Free Zone of France ordered to wear yellow star of David
1942 : Lt-general Kumakashi Harada becomes Japanese commander on Java
1942 : Transport nr 45 departs with French Jews to Nazi-Germany
1943 : US air raid on Rabaul
1949 : WTTV TV channel 4 in Bloomington-Indianapol, IN (IND) 1st broadcast
1953 : Jimmy Dykes succeeds Marty Marion as Baltimore Orioles manager
1957 : Demolition begins on cable car barn at Calif & Hyde (SF)
1958 : "La Plume de Ma Tante" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 835 perfs
1958 : AL announces Kansas City will play AL record 52 night games in 1959
1959 : 1st episode of "Rocky & His Friends" airs
1959 : Seals Stadium in San Francisco, demolished
1961 : Adulterous couple up mestkar through Staphorst riding
1961 : Congolese soldiers murder 13 Italian UN pilots
1961 : Molotov, Malenkov & Kaganovitsj kicked out of Russia's comm party
1961 : Stalingrad renamed Volgograd
1963 : Brian Epstein & Ed Sullivan sign a 3 show contract for Beatles
1963 : Gordie Howe ties Rocket Richard's lifetime 544 goal record
1964 : Murray Schisgal's "Luv," premieres in NYC
1965 : Rhodesia proclaimed independence from Britain by PM Ian D Smith
1965 : William Alfred's "Hogan's Goat," premieres in NYC
1966 : Gemini 12 (Lovell & Aldrin) launched on 4-day flight
1966 : Methodist Church & Evangelical United Brethren Church unite as
1966 : United Methodist Church
1968 : John Lennon & Yoko Ono appear nude on cover of "2 Virgins" album
1968 : Maldives (in Indian Ocean) become a republic
1968 : Ron Hill sets record 10-mile run (46:44) at Leicester England
1969 : Beatles with Billy Preston release "Get Back" in UK
1969 : Jim Morrison arrested on an airplane by FBI for drunkeness
1970 : Balt Oriole Boog Powell wins AL MVP
1971 : Man-made earthslide at Kawasaki Japan, kills 15
1971 : Neil Simons "prisoner of Second Avenue," premieres in NYC
1972 : Dow Jones Index moves above 1,000 for 1st time
1972 : US Army turns over Long Bihn base to South Vietnamese army
1975 : Angola gains independence from Portugal (National Day)
1975 : Australian PM removed by crown (1st elected PM removed in 200 yrs)
1977 : Wings release "Mull of Kintyre" & "Girl's School"
1978 : Maumoon Abdul Gayoom becomes president of Maldives
1979 : Boston Court issues occupancy permit for Cambridge Buddhist Center
1980 : Crew of Soyuz 35 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 37
1980 : Purple Mountain Observatory discovers asteroid #3139
1981 : "Oh, Brother!" closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 3 performances
1981 : Fernando Valenzuela is 1st rookie ever to win a Cy Young Award
1982 : 5th space shuttle mission-Columbia 5-launched 1st coml flight
1982 : Gas explosion in Israeli army headquarters by Tyrus; kills 60
1982 : Joe Altobelli succeeds retiring Earl Weaver as Oriole manager
1982 : Solidarity leader Lech Walesa is let out of jail in Poland
1983 : 1st US cruise missiles arrive in Great Britain
1983 : Pres Reagan became 1st US pres to address Japan's legislature
1984 : "3 Musketeers" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 9 performances
1985 : 1st AIDS theme TV movie - "An Early Frost"
1985 : Challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan AFB
1985 : Yonkers is found guilty of segregating schools & housing
1986 : Suriname government proclaims gold purification
1987 : "Roza" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 12 performances
1987 : Judge Anthony M Kennedy nominated to Supreme Court
1987 : Moscow party secretary Boris Jerusalem resigns
1987 : Roger Clemens wins consecutive Cy Young Awards
1987 : Van Gogh's "Irises" sells for record $53.6 M at auction
1988 : Oldest known insect fossils (390 million yrs) reported in Science
1989 : "Prince of Central Park" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 4 perfs
1989 : Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Tish Johnson
1990 : "Shadowlands" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 169 perfs
1990 : Calif's Chuck Finley & Seattle's Randy Johnson combine to pitch a
1992 : Anglican Church & Church of England OK female priests
1993 : Pope John Paul II hospitalized for 2 days for fractured shoulder
1994 : Bill Gates buys Leonardo da Vinci's "Codex" for $30,800,000
1994 : Progress M-25 launched to space station Mir
1996 : Braves John Smoltz wins NL Cy Young Award
1997 : CBS News anchor Dan Rather has renewed his contract to 2002
1997 : Roger Clemens wins his 4th AL Cy Young Award
1999 : Last upside down date until January 1, 6000

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