November 11

"11/11/11" redirects here. For the holiday commemorating the end of World War I, seeRemembrance Day.For the 2011 mockumentary film, see11/11/11 (film).For the film directed by Darren Lynn Bousman, see11-11-11 (film).

November 11 in recent years

2023 (Saturday)

2022 (Friday)

2021 (Thursday)

2020 (Wednesday)

2019 (Monday)

2018 (Sunday)

2017 (Saturday)

2016 (Friday)

2015 (Wednesday)

2014 (Tuesday)

November 11is the 315th day of the year (316th inleap years) in theGregorian calendar;50 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

Pre-1600

• 308– AtCarnuntum,EmperoremeritusDiocletianconfers withGalerius,Augustusof the East, andMaximianus,the recently returned formerAugustusof the West, in an attempt to end thecivil wars of the Tetrarchy.
• 1028–Constantine VIIIdies, ending his uninterrupted reign asemperor or co-emperorof theByzantine Empireof 66 years.
• 1100–Henry I of EnglandmarriesMatilda of Scotland,the daughter ofMalcolm III of Scotlandand a direct descendant of the Saxon kingEdmund Ironside;Matilda is crowned on the same day.
• 1215– TheFourth Council of the Lateranmeets, defining the doctrine oftransubstantiation,the process by which bread and wine are, by that doctrine, said to transform into the body and blood ofChrist.
• 1500–Treaty of Granada:Louis XII of FranceandFerdinand II of Aragonagree to divide theKingdom of Naplesbetween them.
• 1572–Tycho Braheobserves thesupernovaSN 1572.

1601–1900

• 1620– TheMayflower Compactis signed in what is nowProvincetown HarbornearCape Cod.
• 1634– Following pressure fromAnglicanbishopJohn Atherton,theIrish House of CommonspassesAn Act for the Punishment for the Vice ofBuggery.
• 1673– SecondBattle of KhotyninUkraine:Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealthforces under the command ofJan Sobieskidefeat theOttomanarmy. In this battle, rockets made byKazimierz Siemienowiczare successfully used.
• 1675–Gottfried Leibnizdemonstratesintegral calculusfor the first time to find the area under the graph ofy=ƒ(x).
• 1724–Joseph Blake,alias Blueskin, a highwayman known for attacking "Thief-Taker General" (and thief)Jonathan Wildat theOld Bailey,is hanged in London.
• 1750–Riots break outinLhasaafter the murder of theTibetanregent.
• 1750 – The F.H.C. Society, also known as theFlat Hat Club,is formed at Raleigh Tavern,Williamsburg, Virginia.It is the first college fraternity.
• 1778–Cherry Valley massacre:LoyalistsandSenecaIndian forces attack a fort and village in eastern New York during theAmerican Revolutionary War,killing more than forty civilians and soldiers.
• 1805–Napoleonic Wars:Battle of Dürenstein:Eight thousand French troops attempt to slow the retreat of a vastly superior Russian and Austrian force.
• 1813–War of 1812:Battle of Crysler's Farm:British and Canadian forces defeat a larger American force, causing the Americans to abandon their Saint Lawrence campaign.
• 1831– InJerusalem, Virginia,Nat Turneris hanged after inciting a violentslave uprising.
• 1839– TheVirginia Military Instituteis founded inLexington, Virginia.
• 1855– A powerfulearthquakeoccurs inEdo,Japan, causing considerable damage in the Kantō region from the shaking and subsequent fires. It had a death toll of 7,000–10,000 people and destroyed around 14,000 buildings.
• 1865–Treaty of Sinchulais signed wherebyBhutancedes the areas east of theTeesta Riverto theBritish East India Company.
• 1869– TheVictorianAboriginal Protection Actis enacted in Australia, giving the government control of indigenous people's wages, their terms of employment, where they could live, and of their children, effectively leading to theStolen Generations.
• 1880– AustralianbushrangerNed Kellyis hanged atMelbourne Gaol.
• 1887– Four convictedanarchistswere executed as a result of theHaymarket affair.
• 1889– The State ofWashingtonis admitted as the 42ndstateof the United States.

1901–present

• 1911– Many cities in theMidwestern United Statesbreak their record highs and lows on the same dayas a strong cold front rolls through.
• 1918–World War I:Germany signs anarmisticeagreement withthe Alliesin a railroad car in theforest of Compiègne.
• 1918 –Józef Piłsudskiassumes supreme military power in Poland – symbolic first day ofPolish independence.
• 1918 – EmperorCharles I of Austriarelinquishes power.
• 1919– TheIndustrial Workers of the WorldattackanArmistice Dayparade inCentralia, Washington,ultimately resulting in the deaths of five people.
• 1919 – Latvian forces defeat theWest Russian Volunteer Armyat Riga in theLatvian War of Independence.
• 1921– TheTomb of the Unknownsis dedicated by US PresidentWarren G. HardingatArlington National Cemetery.
• 1923–Adolf Hitleris arrested inMunichforhigh treasonfor his role in theBeer Hall Putsch.
• 1926– TheUnited States Numbered Highway Systemis established.
• 1930–Patentnumber US1781541 is awarded toAlbert EinsteinandLeó Szilárdfor their invention, theEinstein refrigerator.
• 1934– TheShrine of Remembranceis opened inMelbourne,Australia.
• 1940–World War II:In theBattle of Taranto,theRoyal Navylaunches the first all-aircraft ship-to-ship naval attack in history.
• 1940 – World War II: The German auxiliary cruiserAtlantiscapturestop secretBritish mail from theAutomedon,and sends it to Japan.
• 1942– World War II: France'szone libreis occupied by German forces inCase Anton.
• 1942 – TheTurkish parliamentpasses theVarlık Vergisi,a capital tax mostly levied on non-Muslim citizens with the unofficial aim to inflict financial ruin on them and end their prominence in the country's economy.
• 1960– A military coup againstPresidentNgô Đình DiệmofSouth Vietnamis crushed.
• 1961– Thirteen Italian Air Force servicemen, deployed to the Congo as a part of the UN peacekeeping force, are massacred by a mob inKindu.
• 1962–Kuwait's National Assembly ratifies theConstitution of Kuwait.
• 1965–Southern Rhodesia's Prime MinisterIan Smithunilaterally declares the colony independentas theunrecognised stateofRhodesia.
• 1965 –United Air Lines Flight 227crashes atSalt Lake City International Airport,killing 43.
• 1966–NASAlaunchesGemini 12.
• 1967–Vietnam War:In a propaganda ceremony inPhnom Penh,Cambodia,three American prisoners of war are released by theViet Congand turned over to "new left" antiwar activistTom Hayden.
• 1968– Vietnam War:Operation Commando Huntinitiated. The goal is to interdict men and supplies on theHo Chi Minh trail,throughLaosintoSouth Vietnam.
• 1972– Vietnam War:Vietnamization:The United States Army turns over the massiveLong Binh military basetoSouth Vietnam.
• 1975–Australian constitutional crisis of 1975:AustralianGovernor-GeneralSirJohn Kerrdismisses the government ofGough Whitlam,appointsMalcolm Fraseras caretakerPrime Ministerand announces ageneral election to be held in early December.
• 1975 – Independence ofAngola.
• 1977– Amunitions explosionat a train station inIri, South Koreakills at least 56 people.
• 1981–Antigua and Barbudajoins theUnited Nations.
• 1982–Space ShuttleColumbialaunches from theKennedy Space CenteronSTS-5,the first operational mission of theSpace Shuttle program.
• 1992– TheGeneral Synod of the Church of Englandvotes to allow women to become priests.
• 1993– A sculpture honoring women who served in theVietnam Waris dedicated at theVietnam Veterans Memorialin Washington, D.C.
• 1999– TheHouse of Lords Actis givenRoyal Assent,restricting membership of theBritish House of Lordsby virtue of a hereditary peerage.
• 2000–Kaprun disaster:One hundred fifty-five skiers and snowboarders die when acable carcatches fire in an alpine tunnel inKaprun,Austria.
• 2001– JournalistsPierre Billaud,Johanne SuttonandVolker Handloikare killed inAfghanistanduring an attack on the convoy they are traveling in.
• 2002– AFokker F27 Friendshipoperating asLaoag International Airlines Flight 585crashes intoManila Bayshortly after takeoff fromNinoy Aquino International Airport,killing 19 people.
• 2004–New Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Warrioris dedicated at theNational War Memorial,Wellington.
• 2004 – ThePalestine Liberation Organizationconfirms the death ofYasser Arafatfrom unidentified causes.Mahmoud Abbasis elected chairman of the PLO minutes later.
• 2006– Her MajestyQueen Elizabeth IIunveils theNew Zealand War Memorialin London, United Kingdom, commemorating the loss of soldiers from theNew Zealand Armyand theBritish Army.
• 2011– A helicopter crash just outside Mexico City kills seven, includingFrancisco Blake MoratheSecretary of the Interior of Mexico.
• 2012– Astrong earthquakewith themagnitude6.8 hits northernBurma,killing at least 26 people.
• 2014– Fifty-eight people are killed in abus crashin theSukkur Districtin southernPakistan'sSindhprovince.
• 2020–Typhoon Vamcomakes landfall inLuzonand several offshore islands, killing 67 people. The storm causes the worst floods in the region sinceTyphoon Ketsanain 2009.
• 2022–Russo-Ukrainian War:Ukrainianarmed forcesenter the cityofKhersonfollowing a successful two-monthsouthern counteroffensive.

Births

Pre-1600

• 1050–Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor(d. 1106)
• 1154–Sancho I of Portugal(d. 1212)
• 1155–Alfonso VIII of Castile(d. 1214)
• 1220–Alphonse, Count of Poitiers(d. 1271)
• 1430–Jošt of Rožmberk,Bishop of Breslau (d. 1467)
• 1441–Charlotte of Savoy,French queen (d. 1483)
• 1449–Catherine of Poděbrady,Hungarian queen (d. 1464)
• 1491–Martin Bucer,German Protestant reformer (d. 1551)
• 1493–Paracelsus,Swiss-German physician, botanist, astrologer, and occultist (d. 1541)
• 1512–Marcin Kromer,Prince-Bishop of Warmia (d. 1589)
• 1569–Martin Ruland the Younger,German physician and chemist (d. 1611)
• 1579–Frans Snyders,Flemish painter (d. 1657)
• 1599–Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg(d. 1655)
• 1599 –Ottavio Piccolomini,Austrian-Italian field marshal (d. 1656)

1601–1900

• 1633–George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax,English politician,Lord President of the Council(d. 1695)
• 1668–Johann Albert Fabricius,German author and scholar (d. 1736)
• 1696–Andrea Zani,Italian violinist and composer (d. 1757)
• 1743–Carl Peter Thunberg,Swedish botanist, entomologist, and psychologist (d. 1828)
• 1748–Charles IV of Spain(d. 1819)
• 1768–Sikandar Jah,(d. 1829) 3rdNizamofHyderabad State
• 1791–Josef Munzinger,Swiss lawyer and politician, 3rdPresident of the Swiss Confederation(d. 1855)
• 1821–Fyodor Dostoevsky,Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and philosopher (d. 1881)
• 1836–Thomas Bailey Aldrich,American poet and author (d. 1907)
• 1852–Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf,Austrian-Hungarian field marshal (d. 1925)
• 1855–Stevan Sremac,Serbian author and activist (d. 1906)
• 1857–Janet Erskine Stuart,English nun and educator (d. 1914)
• 1860–Thomas Joseph Byrnes,Australian politician, 12thPremier of Queensland(d. 1898)
• 1863–Paul Signac,French painter and educator (d. 1935)
• 1864–Alfred Hermann Fried,Austrian journalist and activist,Nobel Prizelaureate (d. 1921)
• 1866–Martha Annie Whiteley,English chemist and mathematician (d. 1956)
• 1867–Shrimad Rajchandra,aJainphilosopher, spiritual mentor ofMahatma Gandhi(d.1901)
• 1868–Édouard Vuillard,French painter and academic (d. 1940)
• 1869–Victor Emmanuel III of Italy(d. 1947)
• 1869 –Gaetano Bresci,Italian anarchist assassin (d. 1901)
• 1872–Maude Adams,American actress (d. 1953)
• 1872 –David I. Walsh,American lawyer and politician, 46thGovernor of Massachusetts(d. 1947)
• 1882–Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden(d. 1973)
• 1883–Ernest Ansermet,Swiss conductor and academic (d. 1969)
• 1885–George S. Patton,American general (d. 1945)
• 1887–Roland Young,English-American actor (d. 1953)
• 1888–Abul Kalam Azad,Indian activist, scholar, and politician,Indian Minister of Education(d. 1958)
• 1888 –J. B. Kripalani,Indian lawyer and politician (d. 1982)
• 1891–Rabbit Maranville,American baseball player and manager (d. 1954)
• 1891 –Grunya Sukhareva,Ukrainian-Russian psychiatrist and university lecturer (d. 1981)
• 1894–Beverly Bayne,American actress (d. 1982)
• 1895–Wealthy Babcock,American mathematician and academic (d. 1990)
• 1896–Shirley Graham Du Bois,American author, playwright, composer, and activist (d. 1977)
• 1896 –Carlos Eduardo Castañeda,Mexican-American historian (d. 1958)
• 1898–René Clair,French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1981)
• 1899–Pat O'Brien,American actor (d. 1983)
• 1900–Maria Babanova,Russian stage and film actress (d. 1983)

1901–present

• 1901–Sam Spiegel,American film producer (d. 1985)
• 1901 –F. Van Wyck Mason,American historian and author (d. 1978)
• 1904–Alger Hiss,American lawyer and convicted spy (d. 1996)
• 1904 –J. H. C. Whitehead,British mathematician and academic (d. 1960)
• 1906–Brother Theodore,German-American monologuist and comedian (d. 2001)
• 1907–Orestis Laskos,Greek director, screenwriter, and poet (d. 1992)
• 1909–Robert Ryan,American actor (d. 1973)
• 1909 –Piero Scotti,Italian race car driver (d. 1976)
• 1911–Roberto Matta,Chilean-Italian painter and sculptor (d. 2002)
• 1912–Thomas C. Mann,American lawyer, politician, and diplomat,United States Ambassador to El Salvador(d. 1999)
• 1914–James Gilbert Baker,American astronomer, optician, and academic (d. 2005)
• 1914 –Daisy Bates,American activist (d. 1999)
• 1914 –Taslim Olawale Elias,Nigerian academic and jurist, 2ndChief Justice of Nigeria(d. 1991)
• 1914 –Howard Fast,American novelist and screenwriter (d. 2003)
• 1914 –Henry Wade,American soldier and lawyer (d. 2001)
• 1915–William Proxmire,American soldier, journalist, and politician (d. 2005)
• 1915 –Anna Schwartz,American economist and author (d. 2012)
• 1916–Robert Carr,English engineer and politician,Lord President of the Council(d. 2012)
• 1918–Stubby Kaye,American entertainer (d. 1997)
• 1919–Kalle Päätalo,Finnish soldier and author (d. 2000)
• 1920–Roy Jenkins,British politician,President of the European Commission(d. 2003)
• 1920 –Walter Krupinski,German captain and pilot (d. 2000)
• 1921–Terrel Bell,American sergeant, academic, and politician, 2ndUnited States Secretary of Education(d. 1996)
• 1922–Kurt Vonnegut,American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (d. 2007)
• 1925–John Guillermin,English-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
• 1925 –June Whitfield,English actress (d. 2018)
• 1925 –Jonathan Winters,American actor and screenwriter (d. 2013)
• 1926–Maria Teresa de Filippis,Italian race car driver (d. 2016)
• 1926 –Harry Lumley,Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1998)
• 1927–Mose Allison,American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2016)
• 1927 –Martin Špegelj,Croatian general and politician, 2ndCroatian Minister of Defence(d. 2014)
• 1928–Ernestine Anderson,American singer (d. 2016)
• 1928 –Carlos Fuentes,Mexican novelist and essayist (d. 2012)
• 1929–LaVern Baker,American singer (d. 1997)
• 1929 –Hans Magnus Enzensberger,German author and poet (d. 2022)
• 1929 –Martin Jacomb,English lawyer, businessman, and academic
• 1930–Mildred Dresselhaus,American physicist and academic (d. 2017)
• 1930 –Hugh Everett III,American physicist and mathematician (d. 1982)
• 1930 –Vernon Handley,English conductor (d. 2008)
• 1932–Germano Mosconi,Italian journalist (d. 2012)
• 1933–Martino Finotto,Italian race car driver (d. 2014)
• 1933 –Peter B. Lewis,American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013)
• 1935–Bibi Andersson,Swedish actress (d. 2019)
• 1936–Jack Keller,American songwriter and producer (d. 2005)
• 1937–Vittorio Brambilla,Italian race car driver (d. 2001)
• 1937 –Rudy LaRusso,American basketball player (d. 2004)
• 1937 –Stephen Lewis,Canadian politician and diplomat, 14thCanadian Ambassador to the United Nations
• 1937 –Alicia Ostriker,American poet and scholar
• 1939–Denise Alexander,American actress
• 1940–Barbara Boxer,American journalist and politician
• 1940 –Dennis Coffey,American guitarist
• 1942–Jonathan Fenby,English journalist and businessman
• 1942 –Roy Fredericks,Guyanese-American cricketer and politician (d. 2000)
• 1942 –K. Connie Kang,Korean American journalist and author (d. 2019)
• 1942 –Diane Wolkstein,American author and radio host (d. 2013)
• 1943–Doug Frost,Australian swim coach
• 1945–Chris Dreja,English guitarist and songwriter
• 1945 –Vince Martell,American singer and guitarist
• 1945 –Daniel Ortega,Nicaraguan politician,President of Nicaragua
• 1946–Al Holbert,American race car driver (d. 1988)
• 1948–Andrzej Czok,Polish mountaineer (d. 1986)
• 1948 –Robert John "Mutt" Lange,British-South African record producer and songwriter
• 1948 –Vincent Schiavelli,American actor (d. 2005)
• 1949–Ismail Petra of Kelantan(d. 2019)
• 1949 –Kathy Postlewait,American golfer
• 1950–Mircea Dinescu,Romanian journalist and poet
• 1950 –Jim Peterik,American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1951–Kim Peek,Americanmegasavant(d. 2009)
• 1951 –Marc Summers,American television host and producer
• 1951 –Fuzzy Zoeller,American golfer
• 1953–Marshall Crenshaw,American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1953 –Andy Partridge,English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer
• 1954–Steve Brain,English rugby player
• 1954 –Mary Gaitskill,American novelist, essayist, and short story writer.
• 1954 –Jim Kabia,English footballer
• 1954 –Roger Slifer,American author, illustrator, screenwriter, and producer (d. 2015)
• 1955–Dave Alvin,American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1955 –Jigme Singye Wangchuk,King of Bhutan
• 1955 –Teri York,Canadian diver
• 1956–Talat Aziz,Ghazal singer
• 1956 –Ian Craig Marsh,English guitarist
• 1958–Luz Casal,Spanish singer-songwriter and actress
• 1958 –Kazimieras Černis,Lithuanian astronomer and astrophysicist
• 1958 –Carlos Lacámara,Cuban-American actor and playwright
• 1958 –Kathy Lette,Australian-English author
• 1959–Lee Haney,American bodybuilder
• 1959 –Richard Rowe,English jockey and trainer
• 1959 –Christian Schwarzenegger,Swiss criminologist and academic
• 1959 –Carl Williams,American boxer (d. 2013)
• 1960–Colin Harvey,English author and critic (d. 2011)
• 1960 –Chuck Hernandez,American baseball player and coach
• 1960 –Paquito Ochoa, Jr.,Filipino lawyer and politician, 37thExecutive Secretary of the Philippines
• 1960 –Cristina Odone,Kenyan-Italian journalist and author
• 1960 –Peter Parros,American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1960 –Stanley Tucci,American actor and director
• 1961–Yuri Milner,Russian-born entrepreneur, venture capitalist and physicist
• 1962–Mario Fenech,Maltese-Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
• 1962 –Georgios Mitsibonas,Greek footballer (d. 1997)
• 1962 –Demi Moore,American actress, director, and producer
• 1962 –James Morrison,Australian trumpet player and composer
• 1963–Billy Gunn,American wrestler and actor
• 1964–Margarete Bagshaw,American painter and potter (d. 2015)
• 1964 –Calista Flockhart,American actress
• 1964 –Philip McKeon,American actor (d. 2019)
• 1965–Max Mutchnick,American screenwriter and producer
• 1965 –Kim Stockwood,Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1966–Benedicta Boccoli,Italian model and actress
• 1966 –Vince Colosimo,Australian actor
• 1966 –Alison Doody,Irish model and actress
• 1966 –Peaches,Canadian musician and producer
• 1967–Gil de Ferran,Brazilian race car driver
• 1967 –David Doak,Northern Irish video game designer
• 1967 –Frank John Hughes,American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1968 –Diego Fuser,Italian footballer and manager
• 1969–Carson Kressley,American fashion designer, television personality, and actor
• 1971–David DeLuise,American actor and director
• 1971 –Tomas Pačėsas,Lithuanian basketball player and coach
• 1972–Adam Beach,Canadian actor
• 1973–Jason White,American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1974–Jon B.,American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1974 –Leonardo DiCaprio,American actor and producer
• 1974 –Static Major,American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2008)
• 1974 –Wajahatullah Wasti,Pakistani cricketer
• 1975–Daisuke Ohata,Japanese rugby player
• 1976–Jason Grilli,American baseball player
• 1976 –Jesse F. Keeler,Canadian bass player
• 1977–Ben Hollioake,Australian-English cricketer (d. 2002)
• 1977 –Jill Vedder,American philanthropist, activist and fashion model
• 1977 –Maniche,Portuguese footballer and manager
• 1977 –Scoot McNairy,American actor and producer
• 1977 –Marsha Mehran,Iranian-American author (d. 2014)
• 1978–Lou Vincent,New Zealand cricketer
• 1980–Chris Kelly,Canadian ice hockey player
• 1980 –Edmoore Takaendesa,Zimbabwean-German rugby player
• 1982–Gonzalo Canale,Argentinian-Italian rugby player
• 1982 –LA Knight,American wrestler
• 1983–Arouna Koné,Ivorian footballer
• 1983 –Philipp Lahm,German footballer
• 1983 –Tatsuhisa Suzuki,Japanese voice actor and singer
• 1984–Hilton Armstrong,American basketball player
• 1984 –Stephen Hunt,English footballer
• 1984 –Birkir Már Sævarsson,Icelandic footballer
• 1985–Osvaldo Alonso,Cuban footballer
• 1985 –Austin Collie,American football player
• 1985 –Tiidrek Nurme,Estonian runner
• 1985 –Jessica Sierra,American singer
• 1985 –Robin Uthappa,Indian cricketer
• 1986–Jon Batiste,American singer and pianist
• 1986 –Victor Cruz,American football player
• 1986 –Mark Sanchez,American football player
• 1986 –François Trinh-Duc,French rugby player
• 1987–Vinny Guadagnino,American actor
• 1987 –Chanelle Hayes,English model and singer
• 1988–David Depetris,Argentinian-Slovak footballer
• 1988 –Mikako Komatsu,Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1988 –Kyle Naughton,English footballer
• 1989–Nick Blackman,English-Israeli footballer
• 1989 –Joe Ragland,American basketball player
• 1989 –Adam Rippon,American figure skater
• 1989 –Reina Tanaka,Japanese singer
• 1989 –Lewis Williamson,Scottish race car driver
• 1990–Tom Dumoulin,Dutch road bicycle racer
• 1990 –James Segeyaro,Papua New Guinean rugby league player
• 1990 –Georginio Wijnaldum,Dutch footballer
• 1991–Christa B. Allen,American actress
• 1991 –Kaho Onodera,Japanese curler
• 1992–Sofía Luini,Argentine tennis player
• 1992 –Jean-Gabriel Pageau,Canadian ice hockey player
• 1993–Jamaal Lascelles,English footballer
• 1994–Lio Rush,American wrestler
• 1994 –Sanju Samson,Indian cricketer
• 1994 –Ellie Simmonds,English swimmer
• 1995–Josh Aloiai,New Zealand rugby league player
• 1995 –Yuriko Miyazaki,British tennis player
• 1996–Tye Sheridan,American actor and producer
• 1998–Liudmila Samsonova,Russian tennis player
• 1999–X González,American activist
• 2004–Oakes Fegley,American actor
• 2005–Ben Doak,Scottish footballer

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 405–Arsacius of Tarsus,Tarsian archbishop (b. 324)
• 683–Yazid I,Muslimcaliph(b. 647)
• 865–Petronas,Byzantine general
• 865 –Antony the Younger,Byzantine monk and saint (b. 785)
• 875–Teutberga,queen ofLotharingia
• 1028–Constantine VIII,Byzantine emperor (b. 960)
• 1078–Udo of Nellenburg, Archbishop of Trier(during the siege ofTübingen)
• 1089– SaintPeter Igneus,Italian Benedictine monk
• 1130–Teresa of León, Countess of Portugal,Portuguese regent (b. 1080)
• 1189– KingWilliam II of Sicily( "the Good" ) (b. 1153)
• 1285– KingPeter III of Aragon(b. 1239)
• 1331–Stefan Uroš III Dečanski of Serbia(b. c. 1285)
• 1561–Hans Tausen,Danish reformer (b. 1494)
• 1583–Gerald FitzGerald, 14th Earl of Desmond,Irish rebel

1601–1900

• 1623–Philippe de Mornay,French theorist and author (b. 1549)
• 1638–Cornelis van Haarlem,Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1562)
• 1724–Joseph Blake,English criminal (b. 1700)
• 1812–Platon Levshin,Russian metropolitan (b. 1737)
• 1831–Nat Turner,American slave and rebel leader (b. 1800)
• 1855–Søren Kierkegaard,Danish philosopher, author, and poet (b. 1813)
• 1861–Pedro V of Portugal(b. 1837)
• 1862–James Madison Porter,American lawyer and politician, 18thUnited States Secretary of War(b. 1793)
• 1880–Ned Kelly,Australian criminal (b. 1855)
• 1880 –Lucretia Mott,American activist (b. 1793)
• 1884–Alfred Brehm,German zoologist, author, and illustrator (b. 1827)
• 1887–Haymarket affairdefendants:
• 1887 –George Engel,German-American businessman and activist (b. 1836)
• 1887 –Adolph Fischer,German-American printer and activist (b. 1858)
• 1887 –Albert Parsons,American journalist and activist (b. 1848)
• 1887 –August Spies,American journalist and activist (b. 1855)
• 1888–Pedro Ñancúpel,Chilean pirate active in thefjords and channels of Patagonia.He was executed.

1901–present

• 1917–Liliuokalaniof Hawaii (b. 1838)
• 1918–George Lawrence Price,Canadian soldier (b. 1892)
• 1919–Pavel Chistyakov,Russian painter and educator (b. 1832)
• 1921–Léon Moreaux,French target shooter (b. 1852)
• 1931–Shibusawa Eiichi,Japanese businessman (b. 1840)
• 1939–Bob Marshall,American author and activist (b. 1901)
• 1940–Muhittin Akyüz,Turkish general and diplomat (b. 1870)
• 1944–Munir Ertegun,Turkish diplomat (b. 1883)
• 1945–Jerome Kern,American composer (b. 1885)
• 1949–Loukas Kanakaris-Roufos,Greek lawyer and politician,Greek Minister of Foreign Minister(b. 1878)
• 1950–Alexandros Diomidis,Greek banker and politician, 145thPrime Minister of Greece(b. 1875)
• 1953–Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine(b. 1866)
• 1961–Behiç Erkin,Turkish colonel and politician,Turkish Minister of Environment and Urban Planning(b. 1876)
• 1962–Joseph Ruddy,American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1878)
• 1965–Luis Arturo González LópezGuatemalan supreme court judge and briefly acting president (b. 1900)
• 1968–Jeanne Demessieux,French pianist and composer (b. 1921)
• 1972–Berry Oakley,American bass player (b. 1948)
• 1973–Artturi Ilmari Virtanen,Finnish chemist and academic,Nobel Prizelaureate (b. 1895)
• 1973 –Richard von Frankenberg,German race car driver and journalist (b. 1922)
• 1974–Alfonso Leng,Chilean dentist, composer, and academic (b. 1894)
• 1976–Alexander Calder,American sculptor (b. 1898)
• 1977–Abraham Sarmiento, Jr.,Filipino journalist and activist (b. 1950)
• 1979–Dimitri Tiomkin,Ukrainian-American composer and conductor (b. 1894)
• 1980–Vince Gair,Australian politician, 27thPremier of Queensland(b. 1901)
• 1982–Marcel Paul,French communist politician and Holocaust survivor (b. 1900)
• 1984–Martin Luther King, Sr.,American pastor, missionary, and activist (b. 1899)
• 1985–Pelle Lindbergh,Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1959)
• 1985 –Arthur Rothstein,American photographer and educator (b. 1915)
• 1988–Charles Groves Wright Anderson,South African-Australian colonel and politician (b. 1897)
• 1988 –William Ifor Jones,Welsh conductor and organist (b. 1900)
• 1990–Attilio Demaría,Argentinian footballer (b. 1909)
• 1990 –Sadi Irmak,Turkish physician and politician, 17thPrime Minister of Turkey(b. 1904)
• 1990 –Alexis Minotis,Greek actor and director (b. 1900)
• 1990 –Yiannis Ritsos,Greek poet and playwright (b. 1909)
• 1993–Erskine Hawkins,American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1914)
• 1993 –John Stanley,American author and illustrator (b. 1914)
• 1994–John A. Volpe,American soldier and politician, 61stGovernor of Massachusetts(b. 1908)
• 1994 –Tadeusz Żychiewicz,Polish journalist, historian, and publicist (b. 1922)
• 1997–Rod Milburn,American hurdler and coach (b. 1950)
• 1997 –William Alland,American film producer and writer (b. 1916)
• 1998–Frank Brimsek,American ice hockey player and soldier (b. 1913)
• 1998 –Paddy Clancy,Irish singer and actor (b. 1922)
• 1999–Mary Kay Bergman,American voice actress (b. 1961)
• 1999 –Jacobo Timerman,Argentinian journalist and author (b. 1923)
• 2000–Sandra Schmitt,German skier (b. 1981)
• 2001–Erna Viitol,Estonian sculptor (b. 1920)
• 2002 –Frances Ames,South Africanneurologist,psychiatrist, and human rights activist (b. 1920)
• 2003–Miquel Martí i Pol,Catalan poet (b. 1929)
• 2004–Dayton Allen,American comedian and voice actor (b. 1919)
• 2004 –Yasser Arafat,Palestinian engineer and politician, 1stPresident of the Palestinian National Authority,Nobel Prizelaureate (b. 1929)
• 2004 –Richard Dembo,French director and screenwriter (b. 1948)
• 2005–Moustapha Akkad,Syrian-American director and producer (b. 1930)
• 2005 –Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield,English photographer (b. 1939)
• 2005 –Peter Drucker,Austrian-American author, theorist, and educator (b. 1909)
• 2006–Belinda Emmett,Australian actress (b. 1974)
• 2007–Delbert Mann,American director and producer (b. 1920)
• 2008–Herb Score,American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1933)
• 2008 –Mustafa Şekip Birgöl,Turkish colonel (b. 1903)
• 2010–Marie Osborne Yeats,American actress and costume designer (b. 1911)
• 2011–Francisco Blake Mora,Mexican lawyer and politician,Mexican Secretary of the Interior(b. 1966)
• 2012–Lam Adesina,Nigerian educator and politician,Governor of Oyo State(b. 1939)
• 2012 –Joe Egan,English rugby player and coach (b. 1919)
• 2012 –Rex Hunt,English lieutenant, pilot, and diplomat,Governor of the Falkland Islands(b. 1926)
• 2012 –Victor Mees,Belgian footballer (b. 1927)
• 2012 –Harry Wayland Randall,American photographer (b. 1915)
• 2013–John Barnhill,American basketball player and coach (b. 1938)
• 2013 –Domenico Bartolucci,Italian cardinal and composer (b. 1917)
• 2013 –Bob Beckham,American singer-songwriter (b. 1927)
• 2013 –John S. Dunne,American priest and theologian (b. 1929)
• 2013 –Atilla Karaosmanoğlu,Turkish economist and politician, 33rdDeputy Prime Minister of Turkey(b. 1931)
• 2014–John Doar,American lawyer and activist (b. 1921)
• 2014 –Big Bank Hank,American rapper (b. 1956)
• 2014 –Philip G. Hodge,American engineer and academic (b. 1920)
• 2014 –Harry Lonsdale,American chemist, businessman, and politician (b. 1932)
• 2014 –Carol Ann Susi,American actress (b. 1952)
• 2015–Rita Gross,American theologian and author (b. 1943)
• 2015 –Nathaniel Marston,American actor and producer (b. 1975)
• 2016–Victor Bailey,American singer and bass player (b. 1960)
• 2016 –Robert Vaughn,American actor (b. 1932)
• 2017–Chiquito de la Calzada,Spanish singer, actor and comedian (b. 1932)
• 2021–F. W. de Klerk,South African lawyer and politician, formerState President of South Africa,Nobel Prizelaureate (b. 1936)

Holidays and observances

• Birthday of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck(Bhutan)
• Children's Day(Croatia)
• Christianfeast day:
  • Bartholomew of Grottaferrata
  • Martin of Tours(Roman Catholic Church), and itsrelated observances.
  • Menas
  • Mercurius(Coptic)
  • Søren Kierkegaard(Lutheran Church)
  • Theodore the Studite
  • November 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• End of World War I-related observances:
  • Armistice Day(New Zealand, France, Belgium andSerbia)
  • National Independence Day (Poland),commemorates the anniversary of Poland's assumption of independent statehood in 1918
  • Remembrance Day(United Kingdom and theCommonwealth of Nations,including Australia and Canada)
  • Veterans Day,called Armistice Day until 1954, when it was rededicated to honor American military (Army, Navy, Marine, and Air Force) veterans. (United States)
• Independence Day,celebrates the independence ofAngolafrom Portugal in 1975.
• Independence of Cartagena(Colombia)
• Lāčplēsis Day,celebrates the victory over theBermontiansat the Battle of Riga in 1919. (Latvia)
• Opening ofcarnival( "Karneval" / "Fasching"), on 11-11, at 11:11. (Germany, the Netherlands, and other countries)
• National Education Day (India)
• Republic Day (Maldives)
• Singles' Day(China)
• St. Martin's Day(Sint Maarten,Kingdom of the Netherlands)
• Women's Day (Belgium)
• Pepero Day(South Korea)

External links

• "On This Day".BBC.
• The New York Times:On This Day
• "Historical Events on November 11".OnThisDay.com.