What Happened On This Day ? November 11
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1999
House of Lords Act 1999 passed
The act removed the right to a place in the House of Lords based on peerage and hereditary rights.
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1975
Angola independence
Angola gained its independence after over 300 years of Portuguese rule.
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1965
Rhodesia declares its independence
Rhodesia, a region that is comprised of present day Zimbabwe declared its freedom from the United Kingdom under the leadership of predominantly white leaders. It lasted for 14 years when it was renamed the Republic of Zimbabwe after being recognized by the UN and the UK.
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1926
Approval of numbered highways in the US
Under this system odd numbered highways run north to south while even numbered highways run east to west. Lower odd numbers are in the west, and higher odd number are in the east. Lower even numbers are in the south, and higher even numbers are in the north.
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1918
World War I ends
An armistice was signed to formally end the war. With 17 million casualties, the First World War was one of the bloodiest conflicts in history.
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2004
Yasser Arafat
Palestinian engineer, politician
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1938
Typhoid Mary
Irish/American carrier of Typhoid fever
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1887
Haymarket affair
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1880
Ned Kelly
Australian murderer
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1855
Søren Kierkegaard
Danish philosopher, author