What Happened On November 11

What Happened On Nov 11 Events

1417 Nov 11 Odo Colonna (Martin V) elected Pope
Pope Martin V (c. 1368 – February 20, 1431), born Odo (or Oddone) Colonna was Pope from 1417 to 1431. His election effectively ended the Western Schism (1378–1417). The son of Agapito ...
1778 Nov 11 Cherry Valley Massacre
The Cherry Valley massacre was an attack by British and Seneca Indian forces on a fort and village in eastern New York on November 11, 1778, during the American Revolutionary War, and has...
1845 Nov 11 Douglass Delivers Address in Ireland
Mr. Douglas(s) (for that is his name) proceeded to address them. He said slavery was a question in which every human being ought to feel a deep interest. It aimed at, and accomplished, th...
1889 Nov 11 Washington is the 42nd State Admitted to the Union
On November 11, 1889, President Benjamin Harrison declared Washington the forty-second state in the Union. Less than fifty years after pioneers began entering the Pacific Northwest via th...
1918 Nov 11
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 Armistice Signed at Compiegne Marks the End of World War 1
World War I – known at the time as “The Great War” - officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of Versailles...
1922 Nov 11 Kurt Vonnegut is Born
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007) was an American novelist who wrote works blending satire, black comedy, and science fiction, such as Slaughterhouse-Five (1969), Ca...
1937 Nov 11 Japanese are Victorious Over Chinese at Xinkou
Yan Xishan gathered all available Chinese troops under his command to make a stand at Xinkou, because this location is flanked by Wutaishan and Yunzhonshan, which is favorable for the def...
1940 Nov 11
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 Armistice Day Blizzard
On November 11, 1940, one of the deadliest blizzards this region has ever seen struck. The Armistice Day Storm killed 49 people in Minnesota, 150 nationwide. One of the most tragic chapte...
1940 Nov 11 "The Long Voyage Home" Is Released
The Long Voyage Home (1940) is an American drama film and directed by John Ford. It features John Wayne, Thomas Mitchell, Ian Hunter, Barry Fitzgerald, Wilfrid Lawson, John Qualen, Mildre...
1943 Nov 11 "Sahara" Is Released
Sahara is a 1943 war film directed by Zoltán Korda. Humphrey Bogart stars as a U.S. tank commander in Egypt during the Western Desert Campaign of World War II. The movie earned three Acad...
1954 Nov 11 "Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers" Is Released
The Two Towers is the second volume of J. R. R. Tolkien's high fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings. It is preceded by The Fellowship of the Ring and followed by The Return of the King.
1961 Nov 11 'Catch-22' is Published
Like all superlative works of comedy - and I am ready to argue that this is one of the most bitterly funny works in the language - Catch-22 is based on an unconventional but utterly convi...
1968 Nov 11 U.S. Military Commences Operation Commando Hunt
This operation was designed to interdict Communist routes of infiltration along the Ho Chi Minh Trail, through Laos into South Vietnam. The aerial campaign involved a series of intensive ...
1978 Nov 11 Parliament releases Motor Booty Affair
Motor Booty Affair is an album by funk band Parliament. Released in late 1978, it contains two of the group's most popular tracks, "Rumpofsteelskin" and "Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobe...
1979 Nov 11 Manises UFO Incident
On November 11th, 1979, a flight of the now defunct TAE air company with 109 people on board made an emergency landing in the Manises airport (Valencia) forced by the risk of a collision ...
1992 Nov 11 "Aladdin" Is Released
Aladdin is a 1992 American animated feature produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 31st animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics ...
1992 Nov 11 Rage Against the Machine releases first album
Rage Against the Machine is the debut album by rap metal band Rage Against the Machine, released November 11, 1992. The songs on Rage Against the Machine tend to feature political mantras...
1992 Nov 11 "The Virgin" Season 4 Episode 10 of Seinfeld Premiers
"The Virgin" is the fiftieth episode of the sitcom Seinfeld. It was the 10th episode for the 4th season. It aired on November 11, 1992. The episode was co-written by the Farrelly brothers...
1993 Nov 11 "The Barber" - Season 5 Episode 8 of Seinfeld First Airs
"The Barber" is the seventy-second episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld. This was the 8th episode for the 5th season. It aired on November 11, 1993. Plot Summary: Uncertain about whet...
1997 Nov 11 Destiny's Child releases their first hit single "No, No, No"
"No No No" is an R&B song performed by American group Destiny's Child for their debut studio album Destiny's Child (1998). The song was produced by Vincent Herbert, Rob Fusari and Wyclef ...
1997 Nov 11 Venom release Cast in Stone
Cast in Stone is the ninth album by the heavy metal band Venom, and also the first album in 12 years to feature the original lineup. Recorded at Lartington Hall Studios near Barnard Castl...
2000 Nov 11 Kaprun Disaster
On the morning of 11 November 2000, 167 men, women and children boarded a funicular train that should have taken them to the Kitzsteinhorn glacier. But 155 of them died in the blaze, i...
2001 Nov 11 Michael Vick starts his first NFL game against the Dallas Cowboys
Vick made his first career start at Dallas on November 11 and threw the first touchdown pass of his career on a nine-yard toss to TE Alge Crumpler in a 20–13 victory. In his two starts of...
2003 Nov 11 Dream Theater releases Train of Thought
Train of Thought is the seventh full-length studio album by progressive metal band Dream Theater. Inspired by the audience response to Dream Theater's heavier songs while on tour, Train o...
2004 Nov 11 Yasser Arafat Dies
The next day, chief surgeon Christian Estripeau of Percy reported that Arafat's condition had worsened, and that he had fallen into a deeper coma. Sheikh Taissir Tamimi, the head of the I...
2005 Nov 11 Dimmu Borgir releases Stormblåst MMV
Stormblåst MMV (sometimes referred to as Stormblåst 2005 or Stormblåst re-recorded) is an album by Norwegian black metal band Dimmu Borgir, released on November 11, 2005 by Nuclear Blast....
2006 Nov 11 Resistance: Fall of Man released
Resistance: Fall of Man (often called Resistance or abbreviated to RFoM; originally developed under the title I8, as it was the eighth title to be in production by Insomniac Games) is a s...
2006 Nov 11 Sony Releases Playstation 3
The PlayStation 3 (officially marketed PLAYSTATION 3, commonly abbreviated PS3) is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment, and the successor to the Play...
2006 Nov 11 The Ultimate Fighter 4 Finale
The Ultimate Fighter 4 Finale was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on November 11, 2006. Featured were the finals from The Ultimate Fighter 4 in...
2008 Nov 11 Call of Duty: World at War released
Call of Duty: World at War is a first-person shooter video game developed by Treyarch and published by Activision for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360. It is the fifth ...
2008 Nov 11 "Fearless" Is Released
Fearless is the second studio album by American country pop artist Taylor Swift, and was released on November 11, 2008 on Big Machine Records. The album debuted at number one on the U.S. ...
2008 Nov 11 The RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 Departs on Her Last Voyage from Southampton, UK to Dubai, UAE
RMS Queen Elizabeth 2, often referred to simply as the 'QE2', is a retired Cunard ocean liner, now owned by Nakheel, a division of Dubai World. She was named after the earlier Cunard line...
2009 Nov 11 Atlanta Hawks defeat New York Knicks, 114-101
Jared Jefferies butchered an easy layup when he fumbled Toney Douglas' pass out of bounds. Moments later, Al Harrington allowed an uncontested dunk to slip through his fingers soon to be ...
2009 Nov 11 Boston Celtics defeat Utah Jazz, 105-86
After getting pounded by the Celtics Wednesday night in a 105-86 loss, Utah Jazz point guard Deron Williams, who was a game-time decision, was frustrated by his team's play and toughn...
2009 Nov 11 Charla Nash Appears on the Oprah Winfrey Show
When Charla awoke in the hospital after the attack, she says she couldn't at first understand what had happened to her. "I do remember I kept saying that, 'Well, one of these days I'm goi...
2009 Nov 11 Milwaukee Bucks defeat Denver Nuggets, 108-102
PLAYER OF THE GAME: Bucks guard Brandon Jennings hit two key three-point shots late in the game and led Milwaukee with 32 points and nine assists. PLAY OF THE GAME: After Denver had tr...
2009 Nov 11 Portland Trail Blazers defeat Minnesota Timberwolves, 107-84
After so much change, the Timberwolves are exactly where they were a year ago: 1-8, with an eight-game losing streak after Wednesday night's 107-84 loss to Portland at Target Center. T...
2009 Nov 11 Rod Blagojevich named to Mad Magazine's MAD 20 List for 2009
Mad magazine's annual "Mad 20'' issue -- on sale next Tuesday -- features the dumbest people, events and things of the year. Guess who ranked 15th on the list? Former Illinois Gov. Rod Bl...
2009 Nov 11 Technology Timeline
2011 Nov 11 Gabrielle Giffords Speaks Publicly for First Time
For the many Americans who have been following the story of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) as she recovers from being shot in the head last January, there's now a chance to briefly hea...
2011 Nov 11 NASA Assures Public That Solar Flares Won't Destroy Earth
If the world ends in 2012, the sun won't be to blame, NASA officials say. Contrary to what some doomsayers would have you believe, our star isn't capable of blasting out a solar flare ...
2011 Nov 11 The original members of Black Sabbath announce official reunion
After much speculation, the original four members of Black Sabbath--Ozzy Osbourne (vocals), Tony Iommi (guitar), Geezer Butler (bass) and Bill Ward (drums)--have reunited to record their ...