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Wikipedia:On this day/Today. Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/November 11 [talk · edit · history] November 11: Armistice Day (known as Remembrance Day in the Commonwealth of Nations and Veterans Day in the United States); Singles' Day in China and Southeast Asia. 1778 – American Revolutionary War: British forces and their Iroquois allies ...
This day in history. Tribune. The Newberry Observer, S.C. November 15, 2023 at 3:23 PM. Nov. 15—November 15: 1777 — The Continental Congress approved the Articles of Confederation, precursor ...
2016 (Friday) 2015 (Wednesday) October 21 is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar ; 71 days remain until the end of the year.
2017 (Wednesday) 2016 (Tuesday) 2015 (Sunday) May 17 is the 137th day of the year (138th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar ; 228 days remain until the end of the year.
October 28 is the 301st day of the year ... the largest inland earthquake in Japan's history, ... On This Day "Historical Events on October 28". OnThisDay.com.
The United States made the deal of the centuries — securing the vast Alaska territory from Russia for $7.2 million — on this day in history, Oct. 18, 1867. The transfer of 665,000 square miles ...
The Erie Canal opened Oct. 26, 1825 and proved one of the most successful public works projects in American history, reshaping large swaths of the national economy.
2008 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes down 733.08 points, or 7.87%, the second worst percentage drop in the Dow's history. 2013 – The 7.2 M w Bohol earthquake strikes the Philippines. At least 215 were killed. 2016 – One hundred and ninety-seven nations amend the Montreal Protocol to include a phase-out of hydrofluorocarbons.