Talk:November 11

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November 11: Independence Day in Poland (1918) and Angola (1975); St. Martin's Day in the Netherlands; Remembrance Day in the Commonwealth; Armistice Day in Europe; Veterans Day in the United States 1880 – Australian bank robber and bushranger Ned Kelly was hanged in Melbourne. 1889 – The U.S. territory of Washington officially became the 42nd U.S. state as the State of Washington. 1918 – Germany and the Allies signed an armistice treaty in a railway carriage in France's Compiègne Forest (delegations pictured), ending World War I on the Western Front. 1965 – Ian Smith, Premier of the British Crown Colony of Southern Rhodesia, issued the Unilateral Declaration of Independence, a move that the British government and the United Nations condemned as illegal. 1975 – The Australian constitutional crisis came to a head as Prime Minister Gough Whitlam was dismissed from office by Governor-General Sir John Kerr. 2004 – Mahmoud Abbas was elected Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization after Yasser Arafat died from an unknown illness. More events: November 10 – November 11 – November 12 Archive – By email – More anniversaries... It is now 04:27, June 9, 2008 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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• 308 - Congress of Carnuntum: Diocletian came out of retirement to attempt to negotiate an agreement to preserve the Tetrarchy.

Could not be confirmed at this date. --mav 06:16, 11 Nov 2003 (UTC)~

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• 1969 - Simon and Garfunkel perform in concert at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.

So what? What is so special about this particular concert? --mav 07:59, 16 Nov 2003 (UTC)

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• 1648 - France and the Netherlands agree to divide the island of Sint Maarten/Saint Martin.

Clear doubts if this is the date of the treaty between France and the Netherlands, see Talk:Saint_Martin -- Emvee 28 June 2005 20:49 (UTC)

[edit] "Eleven Day"

1111 - the famous "Eleven Day" was held in various countries in Europe

Is this true? I can't seem to find any references to it anywhere else.

[edit] about anniversaries

In Latvia anniversary of liberation of Riga is celebreated. It refers to latvian freedom fights in 1919. Shouldn`t that be mentioned somewhere ?

• Agree, should 62.85.82.130 16:42, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] PS3

PS3 is released in japan current event?