At the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the Great War ends. At 5 a.m. that morning, Germany, bereft of manpower and supplies and faced with imminent invasion, signed an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car outside Compiégne, France. The First World War… read more »

1778

Poor leadership leads to Cherry Valley Massacre »

1978

The General Lee jumps into history »

1811

Ben McCulloch born »

1973

Soviet Union refuses to play Chile in World Cup Soccer »

1988

Police make a grisly discovery in Dorothea Puente’s lawn »

2000

Skiers die in cable-car fire »

1831

Nat Turner executed in Virginia »

1885

George Patton born »

1921

Dedication of the Tomb of the Unknowns »

1852

Louisa May Alcott publishes her first story »

1978

Donna Summer earns her first #1 pop hit with “MacArthur Park” »

1933

Massive dust storm sweeps South Dakota »

1834

Franklin Pierce marries Jane Appleton »

1858

James Garfield marries Lucretia Rudolph »

1981

Fernando Valenzuela wins Cy Young Award »

1967

Viet Cong release U.S. prisoners of war »

1968

Operation Commando Hunt commences »

1972

Long Binh base turned over to South Vietnam »

1918

World War I ends »

1942

Draft age is lowered to 18 »