History for November 11

History for November 11 - On-This-Day.com

Fyodor Dostoyevsky 1821 - Novelist, short story writer, journalist

• 1620 - The Mayflower Compact was signed by the 41 men on the Mayflower when they landed in what is now Provincetown Harbor near Cape Cod. The compact called for "just and equal laws."
• 1831 - Nat Turner, a slave and educated minister, was hanged in Jerusalem, VA, after inciting a violent slave uprising.
• 1851 - The telescope was patented by Alvan Clark.
• 1918 - World War I came to an end when the Allies and Germany signed an armistice. This day became recognized as Veteran's Day in the United States.
• 1921 - The Tomb of the Unknowns was dedicated at Arlington Cemetery in Virginia by U.S. President Harding.
• 1938 - Kate Smith first sang Irving Berlin's "God Bless America" on network radio.
• 1993 - In Washington, DC, the Vietnam Women's Memorial was dedicated to honor the more than 11,000 women who had served in the Vietnam War.