November 11 holidays in 2020

Historical Events on November 11

• 1620: In the area now known as Provincetown Harbor, the Mayflower Compact is signed.
• 1675: Integral calculus is demonstrated for the first time by Gottfried Leibniz.
• 1778: During the American Revolutionary War, Seneca Indians and Loyalist to the Crown join forces and attack a fort and village in New York. It’s called the Cherry Valley Massacre.
• 1813: During the War of 1812 at the Battle of Crysler’s Farm, American forces are defeated by British and Canadian forces.
• 1831: For his part in a violent slave uprising in Southampton, Virgina in August, Nat Turner is hanged in Jerusalem, Virginia.
• 1864: During the American Civil War, General William Tecumseh Sherman sets fire to Atlanta.
• 1918: In a railroad car in Compiegne Forest, Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies at the end of World War I.
• 1921: United States President Warren G. Harding dedicate The Tomb of the Unknowns – also known as The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier – in Arlington National Cemetery.
• 1923: For his role in the Beer Hall Putsch, Adolf Hitler is arrested for the crime of high treason.
• 1926: Thanks to the work done by the Joint Board on Interstate Highways, the U.S Numbered Highway System is established.
• 1930: Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard receive a patent for the Einstein Refrigerator – a refrigerator that doesn’t have moving parts and only requires a heat source to operate.
• 1966: Gemini 12 is launched by NASA.

Famous Birthdays on November 11

• Russian novelist, essayist and short story writer, Fyodor Dostoyevsky is born in 1821.
• Serbian author Stevan Sremac is born in 1855.
• American general George S. Patton is born in 1885.
• English-American actor Roland Young is born in 1887.
• American novelist, essayist and short story writer, Kurt Vonnegut is born in 1922.
• English actress June Whitfield is born in 1925.
• American actor and producer Leonardo DiCaprio is born in 1974.
• Canadian bass player Jesse F. Keeler is born in 1976.