Historical Events In November - 11

1940  On this day in history 1,000s Paris students lay reath at Grave of Unknown Soldier   

1941  Opening of the Australian War Memorial on November - 11.   

1941  On November - 11 czech premier general Eliasjarrested by nazis   

1942  During WW II Germany completes their occupation of France on this day in history.   

1942  On November - 11 -12] last German offensive in Stalingrad   

1942  Anton H Blaauw, botanist (Perception of the Lichtes), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1945  On November - 11 jerome Kern, US composer (Sally, Leave it to Jane), dies at 60   

1947  Martin Dibelius, German theologist (That Drawer Jahwes), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1954  On this day in history john Rosamund Johnson, composer, dies at 81   

1955  On November - 11 a Sikorsky HR2S helicopter, at Windsor Locks, Conn., set a speed record of 162.7 m.p.h. over a three-kilometer course   

1955  On November - 11 john Loudon, Dutch minister of Foreign affairs (1913-18), dies at 87   

1956  On November - 11 victor Young, orch leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 56   

1962  Joseph Allen Jr, actor (All Women Have Secrets), dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1964  Edward Steuermann, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history rhodesia proclaimed independence from Britain by PM Ian D Smith   

1965  Gaston Glass, actor (Opening Your Eyes), dies after long illness at 65 on November - 11.   

1966  On November - 11 gemini 12 launched on 4-day flight   

1967  Harry Seymour, composer/actor (Tenderfoot), dies of heart attack at 76 on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history john Lennon and Yoko Ono appear nude on cover of "2 Virgins" album   

1968  Maldives (in Indian Ocean) become a republic on November - 11.   

1968  On this day in history jeanne Demessieux, composer, dies at 47   

1969  Frank Newburg, actor (Homemaker), dies at 83 on November - 11.   

1972  On this day in history uS Army turns over Long Bihn base to South Vietnamese army   

1972  On this day in history berry Oakley, US rock bassist (Allman Bro), dies in car crash at 24   

1973  On this day in history stringbean, [David Akeman], banjoist/comedian (Hee Haw), dies at 58   

1974  On this day in history alfonso Leng, composer, dies at 80   

1975  On this day in history angola gains independence from Portugal (National Day)   

1975  On this day in history australian PM removed by crown (1st elected PM removed in 200 years)   

1975  Marty May, (Fireball Fun For All), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1976  Alexander Calder, US sculptor, dies at 78 on November - 11.   

1980  On November - 11 crew of Soyuz 35 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 37   

1982  Solidarity leader Lech Walesa is let out of jail in Poland on November - 11.   

1983  President Reagan became first US President to address Japan's legislature on November - 11.   

1984  Martin Luther King Sr, US vicar/father of MLK Jr, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

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0995  Gisela of Swabia, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1041) was born on November - 11.   

1050  On November - 11 birth of henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1106)   

1154  On November - 11 birth of sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1212)   

1155  On this day in history birth of alfonso VIII, the Noble One, king of Castilia   

1220  Alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (d. 1271) was born on this day in history.   

1493  On this day in history birth of bernardo Tasso, Italian poet (d. 1569)   

1493  On this day in history birth of paracelsus, doctor (d. 1541)   

1523  On this day in history birth of joachim Hopperus, [Hoppers], Frisian lawyer/politician   

0307  On this day in history flavius Valerius Severus, compassionate emperor of Rome (306-07), dies   

0397  On November - 11 martinus, (St Maarten), Roman bishop of Tours, dies at about 81   

0405  On November - 11 death of arsacius, intruding archbishop of Constantinople   

0511  On November - 11 clovis, king of Salische France/founder of Merovingische, dies at 45   

0537  On this day in history death of pope Silverius, saint   

0826  On November - 11 theodore the Studite, Byzantine theologist/poet/saint, dies   

0865  Death of Petronas the Patrician, Byzantine General on this day in history.   

1150  Hartbert, bishop of Utrecht (1140-50), dies on this day in history.