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Prerunner1982 · 11-11-2009, 11:06 AM

Events:
1778 – Cherry Valley Massacre: Loyalists and Seneca Indian forces attack a fort and village in eastern New York during the American Revolutionary War, killing more than forty civilians and soldiers.
1864 – American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea – Union General William Tecumseh Sherman begins burning Atlanta, Georgia to the ground in preparation for his march south
1889 – Washington is admitted as the 42nd U.S. state.
1911 – Many cities in the U.S. Midwest break their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls through.
1918 – World War I: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car outside Compiègne in France. The war officially ends at 11:00 (The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month) and this is annually honoured with a two-minute silence.
1918 – Józef Piłsudski comes to Warsaw and assumes supreme military power in Poland. Poland regains its independence, celebrated each year on this day.
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 Industrial Workers of the World.
1921 – The Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated by US President Warren G. Harding at Arlington National Cemetery.
1926 – U.S. Route 66 is established.
1930 – Patent number US1781541 is awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention, the Einstein refrigerator.
1940 – World War II: Battle of Taranto – The Royal Navy launches the first aircraft carrier strike in history, on the Italian fleet at Taranto.
1940 – The German cruiser Atlantis captures top secret British mail, and sends it to Japan.
1940 – Armistice Day Blizzard: An unexpected blizzard kills 144 in the U.S. Midwest.
1942 – World War II: Nazi Germany completes its occupation of France.
1966 – NASA launches Gemini 12.
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.
1968 – Vietnam War: Operation Commando Hunt initiated. The goal is to interdict men and supplies on the Ho Chi Minh Trail, through Laos into South Vietnam.
1972 – Vietnam War: Vietnamization – The United States Army turns over the massive Long Binh military base to South Vietnam.

Birthdays:
1885 – George Smith Patton, Jr., American general (d. 1945)
1925 – Jonathan Winters, American comedian and actor
1941 – Jesse Colin Young, American singer and songwriter (The Youngbloods)
1945 – Vince Martell, American guitarist (Vanilla Fudge)
1946 – Al Holbert, American racing driver and team owner (d. 1988)
1950 – Jim Peterik, American musician and songwriter (Survivor)
1951 – Marc Summers, American game show host
1962 – Demi Moore, American actress
1973 – Jason White, American musician (Green Day)
1974 – Leonardo DiCaprio, American actor

Deaths:
1984 – Martin Luther King, Sr., American civil rights leader (b. 1899)

Prerunner1982 · 11-11-2009, 11:08 AM

1911 – Many cities in the U.S. Midwest break their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls through. OKC had a high of 83* and a low of 17*.

1926 – U.S. Route 66 is established. Happy Birthday to the Mother Road.

**SMXJ** · 11-11-2009, 01:15 PM

Important day on many levels.