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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