November 11

Thursday 11, 2004:

Mary McAleese inaugurated for a second term as President of Ireland.

Saturday 11, 2000:

In Kaprun, Austria, 155 skiers and snowboarders die when a cable car catches fire in an alpine tunnel.

Tuesday 11, 1997:

Marianne Biancuzzo is charged for drowning her newborn baby in a toilet and hiding the remains in a coffee can in Tucson, Arizona.

Wednesday 11, 1992:

The Church of England votes to allow women to become priests.

Friday 11, 1988:

In Sacramento, California, police find a body buried in the lawn of 60-year-old boardinghouse landlady Dorothea Puente .

Tuesday 11, 1986:

Sperry Rand and Burroughs merge to form Unisys, becoming the second largest computer company.

Saturday 11, 1978:

A renovated Hollywood Sign is unveiled, replacing the older version that was built in 1923.

Tuesday 11, 1975:

Australian constitutional crisis of 1975: Australian Governor-General Sir John Kerr dismisses the government of Gough Whitlam and commissions Malcolm Fraser as caretaker Prime Minister, and announces a general election to be held in early December.

Saturday 11, 1972:

The United States Army turns over the massive Long Binh military base to South Vietnam.

Tuesday 11, 1969:

Jim Morrison (The Doors) is arrested by the FBI after repeatedly prodding a stewardess.

Monday 11, 1968:

A second republic is declared in the Maldives.

Saturday 11, 1967:

Vietnam War: In a propaganda ceremony in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, three American prisoners of war are released by the Viet Cong and turned over to "new left" antiwar activist Tom Hayden.

Friday 11, 1966:

NASA launches spaceship Gemini 12.

Thursday 11, 1965:

Rhodesia (now called Zimbabwe) was declared independent by the white minority regime of Ian Smith.

Sunday 11, 1962:

1962 Kuwait's National Assembly ratifies the Constitution of Kuwait.

Wednesday 11, 1942:

Road to Morocco, starring Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, and Dorothy Lamour, premieres.

Monday 11, 1940:

Armistice Day Blizzard: An unexpected blizzard kills 144 in U.S. Midwest.

Saturday 11, 1933:

Dust Bowl: In South Dakota, a very strong dust storm strips topsoil from desiccated farmlands.

Tuesday 11, 1930:

Patent number US1781541 was awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention, the Einstein refrigerator.

Friday 11, 1921:

The Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated by US President Warren G. Harding at Arlington National Cemetery.

Tuesday 11, 1919:

The Centralia Massacre in Centralia, Washington results the deaths of four members of the American Legion and the lynching of a local leader of the IWW.

Monday 11, 1918:

1918 - Emperor Charles I of Austria abdicates.

Saturday 11, 1911:

Many cities in the midwest broke their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls through. (see The 11/11/11 cold wave).

Monday 11, 1889:

Washington is admitted as the 42nd U.S. state.

Friday 11, 1887:

Construction of the Manchester Ship Canal starts at Eastham.

Thursday 11, 1880:

Australian bushranger and bank robber Ned Kelly is hung in Melbourne.

Saturday 11, 1865:

Treaty of Sinchula is signed in which Bhutan ceded the areas east of the Teesta River to the British East India Company.

Friday 11, 1864:

Union General William Tecumseh Sherman begins burning Atlanta, Georgia to the ground in preparation for his march south.

Monday 11, 1839:

The Virginia Military Institute is founded in Lexington, Virginia.

Friday 11, 1831:

In Jerusalem, Virginia, Nat Turner is hanged after inciting a violent slave uprising.

Monday 11, 1675:

Guru Gobind Singh becomes the Tenth Guru of the Sikhs.

Saturday 11, 1634:

Following pressure from Anglican bishop John Atherton, the Irish House of Commons passes "An Act for the Punishment for the Vice of Buggery" (anal sex).

Wednesday 11, 1620:

In what is now Provincetown Harbor near Cape Cod, the Mayflower Compact is signed on the Mayflower, establishing the basic laws for the Plymouth Colony.

Wednesday 11, 1215:

The Fourth Lateran Council meets, adopting the doctrine of transubstantiation, meaning that bread and wine are transformed into the body and blood of Christ.

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