Wednesday, November 11, 2015

11 November History and Importance of The Day



Celebrated in the U.S. as Veterans Day (formerly called Armistice Day) with parades and military memorial ceremonies.

November 11, 1918 - At 5 a.m., in Marshal Foch's railway car, the Armistice between the Allied and Central Powers was signed, silencing the guns of World War I effective at 11 a.m. – the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. In many places in Europe, a moment of silence in memory of the millions of fallen soldiers is still observed.


Birthday
Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881).  Best known for The Brothers Karamazov, Crime and Punishment and The Idiot.

World War II General George S. Patton (1885-1945)

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1836 - Chile declares war on Bolivia & Peru

1918 - End of World War I
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/world-war-i-ends


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