What Happened on 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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

"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... Read more

"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... Read more

"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... Read more

'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... Read more

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... Read more

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,... Read more

"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... Read more

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... Read more

"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... Read more

"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,... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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.... Read more

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,... Read more