November 11 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for November 11 Armistice Day (Historic)
In the headlines today:

1993	The Vietnam Women's Memorial, honoring the 10,000 American women who served in the Vietnam War, is dedicated in Washington, DC.
1990	The first heart-liver transplant patient, Stormie Jones, dies in Pittsburgh, PA, at age 13.
1986	Sperry Rand and Burroughs merge to form the world's #2 computer firm, Unisys. Did you know? Unisys owns an important patent that is used all over the Internet: the process used to read or write gif format graphics files.
1981	Antigua and Barbuda are admitted to the United Nations.
1972	In a symbolic gesture towards ending its involvement in the Vietnam conflict, the US turns over its Long Bihn army base to the South Vietnamese government.
1966	Astronauts James A. Lovell and Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin blast off from Cape Kennedy, Florida, aboard Gemini 12.
1965	Rhodesia declares its independence from Great Britain.
1928	Knute Rockne tells his Notre Dame football team to "Win one for the Gipper," resulting in their beating Army, 12-7.
1921	The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is dedicated by US president Warren G. Harding in Arlington National Cemetery.
1918	World War I ends with the signing of the armistice agreement between the Allies and Germany in Compiegne, France. This day would be continually remembered as Armistice Day.
1889	Washington, the future home of Microsoft, Amazon.com, and Uncle Woody's Almanac, becomes the 42nd state to join the US.
1620	The Mayflower Compact is signed by 41 Pilgrims off the coast of Massachusetts.
The curse of the eleven-elevens A friend of Uncle Woody's told him about this. Once you know it, you'll be cursed because you'll begin to see "1111" everywhere you look: on the microwave, the VCR, alarm clock, odometer, street addresses, phone numbers, you name it. It's not a curse in the sense that something bad will happen, it's just that you can't stop noticing it. And you can't forget it. You'll always remember that you heard about it at unclewoody.org. Today is the eleventh day of the eleventh month. Will something special happen to you at 11:11 today?