Today in History
November 11
1918: An armistice between the Allied nations and Germany went into effect at the eleventh hour that ended World War I hostilities. The first Armistice Day was celebrated in 1921. In 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Allied Commander during World War II, changed the name to Veterans Day. In Europe, the day is known as Remembrance Day.
1889: The state of Washington was admitted to the union, the nation's 42nd state.
1885: General George Patton, a four-star general who served in both World War I and World War II, was born. Tragically, he died of injuries sustained in a car accident in Germany on Dec. 21, 1945 just a few months after the war had ended.
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