November 11th

Yasser Arafat's death through unidentified causes confirmed by Palestine Liberation Organization, Mahmoud Abbas elected PLO chairman minutes later.

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.

The Church of England approves the ordination of female priests.

Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam removed from office by Governor General Sir John Kerr - 1st elected PM removed in 200 yrs.

Rhodesia proclaimed its independence from Britain.

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.

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was dedicated in Arlington National Cemetery.

Armistice signed by the Allies and Germany comes into effect, WW I hostilities end at 11.00 am.

Washington became the 42nd state.

Former slave Nat Turner was executed.

Bonnie Prince Charlie's army enters England.

German mathetician Gottfried Leibniz demonstrates integral calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of y = f(x) function.

The Mayflower Compact was signed by Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower. It would provide the basis for all governments of the American colonies.