A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.
November 11: Day of the Week
November 11, 2024 is the 316th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 50 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Monday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Getsuyōbi.
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Here’s the November calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
November 11 Historical Event(s)
1750
The F.H.C. Society, also known as the Flat Hat Club, is formed at Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia. It is the first college fraternity.
1805
Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Dürenstein – 8000 French troops attempt to slow the retreat of a vastly superior Russian and Austrian force.
1887
Construction of the Manchester Ship Canal begins at Eastham.
1918
World War I: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car in the forest of Compiègne, France. The fighting officially ends at 11:00 a.m., (the eleventh hour in the eleventh month on the eleventh day) and this is annually honoured with a two-minute silence. The war officially ends on the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on 28th June, 1919.
1919
Lāčplēša day – Latvian forces defeat the Freikorps at Riga in the Latvian War of Independence.
1944
Dr. jur. Erich Göstl, a member of the Waffen SS, is presented with the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, to recognise extreme battlefield bravery, after losing his face and eyes during the Battle of Normandy.
1961
thirteen Italian Air Force servicemen, deployed to the Congo as a part of the UN peacekeeping force are massacred by a mob in the course of the Kindu atrocity.
1962
Kuwait’s National Assembly ratifies the Constitution of Kuwait.
1999
The House of Lords Act is given Royal Assent, restricting membership of the British House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage.
2008
RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) sets sail on her final voyage to Dubai.
Who were born on November 11?
1836
Thomas Bailey Aldrich, American poet and novelist (d. 1907)
1929
Hans Magnus Enzensberger, German writer
1938
Haruhiro Yamashita, Japanese gymnast
1950
Ed Ordynski, Australian rally driver
1951
Marc Summers, American game show host
1956
Ian Craig Marsh, British musician
1966
Alison Doody, Irish actress
1972
Adam Beach, Canadian actor
1978
Lou Vincent, New Zealand cricketer
1987
Yuya Tegoshi, Japanese singer (NEWS, Tegomass)
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