History of November 11

On November 11 the following events have occured in our world's history.

1620 - 41 Pilgrims signed a compact aboard Mayflower
1648 - Dutch & French agree to divide St Maarten Leeward Islands
1778 - Iroquois Indians in NY killed 40 people in Cherry Valley Mass
1831 - Former slave Nat Turner who led a violent insurrection executed
1889 - Washington admitted as 42nd state
1918 - Armistice Day -- WW I ends (at 11AM on Western Front)
1921 - Pres Harding dedicates Tomb of Unknown Soldier
1924 - Palace of Legion of Honor dedicated (SF)
1931 - Cornerstones laid for Opera House & Veteran's Building
1939 - Kate Smith 1st sang Irving Berlin's `God Bless America'
1942 - During WWII Germany completed their occupation of France
1946 - NY Knicks 1st game at Madison Sq Garden Lose 78-68 to Chic Stags
1957 - Demolition begins on cable car barn at Calif & Hyde
1959 - Seals Stadium demolished
1963 - Gordie Howe ties Rocket Richard's lifetime 544 goal record
1965 - Rhodesia proclaimed independence from Britain by PM Ian D Smith
1966 - Gemini 12 launched on 4-day flight
1968 - John Lennon & Yoko Ono appear nude on cover of "Two Virgins" album
1972 - US Army turned over Long Bihn base to S Vietnamese army
1975 - Portugal grants Angola independence (Natl Day)
1980 - Crew of Soyuz 35 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 37
1980 - Islander's Mike Bossy scores 4 goals against North Stars
1982 - 30th time Islanders shut-out - 2-0 vs North Stars
1982 - 5th Space Shuttle Mission - Columbia 5 is launched 1st coml flight
1984 - Rev Martin Luther King Sr dies in Atlanta at 84
1987 - Van Gogh's "Irises" sells for record $53.6 million at auction