Fyodor Dostoyevsky 1821 - Novelist, short story writer, journalist
- 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.
- 1992 - Russian President Boris Yeltsin told U.S. senators in a letter that Americans had been held in prison camps after World War II. Some were "summarily executed," but others were still living in his country voluntarily.
- 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.
- 1994 - In Gaza, a suicide bomber detonated his explosives at an Israeli military checkpoint killing three soldiers.
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