On This Day for November 11 - World War I ends, Maude Adams is featured, and more ~ Historian Fact

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On This Day for November 11 - World War I ends, Maude Adams is featured, and more

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November 11

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Maude Adams

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1918

World War I ends

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2004: Yasser Arafat—who was president (1996–2004) of the Palestinian Authority (PA), chairman (1969–2004) of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), and leader of Fatah, the largest of the constituent PLO groups—died in Paris. [ Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about the Middle East.]

1992: The Church of England voted to ordain women as priests; the first ordination took place two years later. [Take our Christianity quiz.]

1975: Angola declared independence after the Portuguese withdrew. [Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about Africa.]

1974: American actor Leonardo DiCaprio, who was noted for his portrayals of unconventional and complex characters, was born. [How much do you know about Leonardo DiCaprio?]

Agena, the target vehicle for the Gemini 12 rendezvous and docking, was launched two hours before the Gemini spacecraft, on Nov. 11, 1966.

1966: Gemini 12, the last spacecraft in the Gemini series and the first to make an automatically controlled reentry into Earth's atmosphere, was launched. [Sort fact from fiction in our space exploration quiz.]

1920: Armistice Day, the anniversary of the end of World War I, was marked with the burial of unknown soldiers in tombs in Paris and London, and a similar ceremony was held at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, in 1921. [ Test your knowledge of World War I.]

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