TODAY IN HISTORY
TODAY IS SUNDAY, NOV. 11, the 315th day of 2018. There are 50 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT IN HISTORY: On this date in 1921, the remains of an unidentified American service member were interred in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in a ceremony presided over by President Warren G. Harding.
In 1620, 41 Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower, anchored off Massachusetts, signed a compact calling for a “body politick.”
In 1831, former slave Nat Turner, who had led a violent insurrection, was executed in Jerusalem, Va.
In 1918, fighting in World War I ended as the Allies and Germany signed an armistice in the Forest of Compiegne.
In 1942, during World War II, Germany completed its occupation of France.
In 1966, Gemini 12 blasted off on a four-day mission with astronauts James A. Lovell and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. aboard; it was the tenth and final flight of NASA’s Gemini program.
In 1972, the U.S. Army turned over its base at Long Binh to the South Vietnamese, symbolizing the end of direct U.S. military involvement in the Vietnam War.
In 1987, following the failure of two Supreme Court nominations, President Ronald Reagan announced his choice of Judge Anthony M. Kennedy, who went on to win confirmation.
In 1992, the Church of England voted to ordain women as priests.
In 1998, President Bill Clinton ordered warships, planes and troops to the Persian Gulf as he laid out his case for a possible attack on Iraq. Iraq, meanwhile, showed no sign of backing down from its refusal to deal with U.N. weapons inspectors.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Actress June Whitfield (TV and film: “Absolutely Fabulous”) is 93. Country singer Narvel Felts is 80. Rock singer Jim Peterik (Ides of March, Survivor) is 68. Golfer Fuzzy Zoeller and pop singer-musician Paul Cowsill (The Cowsills) are 67. Rock singer-musician Andy Partridge (XTC) and singer Marshall Crenshaw are 65. Rock musician Ian Craig Marsh (Human League; Heaven 17) is 62. Actor Stanley Tucci is 58. Actress Demi Moore is 56. Actress Calista Flockhart, actor Philip McKeon and rock musician Scott Mercado are 54. Actor Frank John Hughes is 51. TV personality Carson Kressley is 49. Actor David DeLuise is 47. Actors Adam Beach and Tyler Christopher are 46. Rock musician Jonathan Pretus (Cowboy Mouth) and actress Frankie Shaw are 37. Actress Christa B. Allen is 27. Actor Tye Sheridan is 22. Actor Ian Patrick is 16.