Today is Monday, November eleventh, the 316th day of 2024. There are 50 days left within the 12 months. Today is Veterans Day.
Today in history:
On November 11, 1918, the fighting in World War I ended when the Allies and Germany signed an armistice aboard a railroad automobile within the Forest of Compiègne (kohm-PYEHN'-yeh) in northern France.
Also on this date:
In 1620, 41 Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower, anchored off Massachusetts, signed the Mayflower Compact, calling for a “civil corporation for our better order and preservation.”
In 1938, Irish-born cook Mary Mallon, often called the disease-carrying “Typhoid Mary” chargeable for the deaths of three people, died on the age of 69 after 23 years of compulsory labor on North Brother Island in New York's East River Quarantine was notorious.
In 1966, Gemini 12 launched on a four-day mission with astronauts James A. Lovell and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. on board; It was the tenth and final manned flight of NASA's Gemini program.
In 1987, after two Supreme Court nominations failed, President Ronald Reagan announced his alternative of Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, who was subsequently confirmed.
In 2020, Georgia's Secretary of State announced an audit of the presidential election results, which he said can be conducted with a full hand count of ballots since the margin was so narrow; President-elect Joe Biden led President Donald Trump by about 14,000 votes out of nearly 5 million votes counted within the state. (The audit would confirm Biden's victory.)
Today's birthdays:
- Music producer Mutt Lange is 76.
- Actor Stanley Tucci is 64.
- Actress Demi Moore is 62.
- Actor Calista Flockhart is 60.
- TV personality Carson Kressley is 55.
- Actor Leonardo DiCaprio is 50.
- The musician Jon Batiste is 38.
- Actor Tye Sheridan is 28.
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