Post by shaliby on Nov 11, 2023 12:39:26 GMT
To Day : November 11th
=EVENTS=
1620 – The Mayflower Compact is signed in what is now Provincetown Harbor near Cape Cod.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayflower_Compact
1918 – World War I: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car in the forest of Compiègne.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armistice_of_11_November_1918
1921 – The Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated by US President Warren G. Harding at Arlington National Cemetery.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_of_the_Unknowns
1942 – World War II: France's zone libre is occupied by German forces in Case Anton.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_libre
1972 – Vietnam War: Vietnamization: The United States Army turns over the massive Long Binh military base to South Vietnam.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamization
=BIRTHS=
1821 – Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and philosopher (Crime and Punishment ;The Idiot ;The Brothers Karamazov)(d. 1881)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fyodor_Dostoevsky
1863 – Paul Signac, French painter and educator (d. 1935)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Signac
1868 – Édouard Vuillard, French painter and academic (d. 1940)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard_Vuillard
1898 – René Clair, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter( The Million;Freedom for Us;Bastille Day )d. 1981)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Clair
1962 – Demi Moore, American actress, director, and producer
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demi_Moore
1974 – Leonardo DiCaprio, American actor and producer[28]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_DiCaprio
= DEATHS=
1855 – Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher, author, and poet (b. 1813)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B8ren_Kierkegaard
1976 – Alexander Calder, American sculptor (b. 1898)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Calder
1990 – Yiannis Ritsos, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1909)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yiannis_Ritsos
Holidays and observances
Armistice Day (New Zealand, France, Belgium and Serbia)
Remembrance Day (United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations, including Australia and Canada)
Veterans Day, called Armistice Day until 1954, when it was rededicated to honor American military (Army, Navy, Marine, and Air Force) veterans. (United States)
Let's remember them forever !
=EVENTS=
1620 – The Mayflower Compact is signed in what is now Provincetown Harbor near Cape Cod.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayflower_Compact
1918 – World War I: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car in the forest of Compiègne.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armistice_of_11_November_1918
1921 – The Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated by US President Warren G. Harding at Arlington National Cemetery.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_of_the_Unknowns
1942 – World War II: France's zone libre is occupied by German forces in Case Anton.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_libre
1972 – Vietnam War: Vietnamization: The United States Army turns over the massive Long Binh military base to South Vietnam.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamization
=BIRTHS=
1821 – Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and philosopher (Crime and Punishment ;The Idiot ;The Brothers Karamazov)(d. 1881)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fyodor_Dostoevsky
1863 – Paul Signac, French painter and educator (d. 1935)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Signac
1868 – Édouard Vuillard, French painter and academic (d. 1940)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard_Vuillard
1898 – René Clair, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter( The Million;Freedom for Us;Bastille Day )d. 1981)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Clair
1962 – Demi Moore, American actress, director, and producer
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demi_Moore
1974 – Leonardo DiCaprio, American actor and producer[28]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_DiCaprio
= DEATHS=
1855 – Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher, author, and poet (b. 1813)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B8ren_Kierkegaard
1976 – Alexander Calder, American sculptor (b. 1898)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Calder
1990 – Yiannis Ritsos, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1909)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yiannis_Ritsos
Holidays and observances
Armistice Day (New Zealand, France, Belgium and Serbia)
Remembrance Day (United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations, including Australia and Canada)
Veterans Day, called Armistice Day until 1954, when it was rededicated to honor American military (Army, Navy, Marine, and Air Force) veterans. (United States)
Let's remember them forever !
. We still tease him about it.
Was he an Impressionist artist ? His paintings are very good.
hope we are all enjoying a brill weekend, will catch up later xx
who is going through the mill at the mo, wishing you a very speedy recovery Trisha big luv 
storm brewing, must get me cauldron out 
