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Events that Happened “A Day as Today”

A Day as Today - Dorian's Secrets — *Events that Happened “A Day as Today”*

November 11 – A Day as Today

308: in Carnuntum, the Roman emperor Diocletian grants Galerius the title of “Augustus of the East”, and Maximus that of “Augustus of the West”, in order to restore order to the empire.
844: the Emirate of Córdoba defeats the Vikings at the Battle of Tablada.
1042: in Tabriz (Iran) an earthquake occurs that leaves between 40,000 and 50,000 victims. (See Major earthquakes between the 10th and 19th centuries).
1100: Henry I of England marries Matilda of Scotland, the daughter of Malcolm III of Scotland.
1215: in Lateran (Italy) the IV Lateran Council begins, which defines the Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation (the process in which bread and wine become the flesh and blood of Christ).
1500: in Granada (Spain), the King of Aragon Ferdinand the Catholic and the French King Louis XII divided the kingdom of Naples in the Treaty of Granada.
1511: in the Cuban town of Yara (Oriente province), the Spanish conquerors burn the chief Hatuey, a symbol of the rebellion of the Cuban Indians, alive at a stake.
1563: The Council of Trent promulgates the Tametsi Decree, which will regulate until 1947 the form of canonical marriage.
1620: near Cape Cod, in the colony of Plymouth (present United States) the Mayflower pact is signed.
1634: in Dublin (Ireland), due to pressure from the Anglican Bishop John Atherton, the House of Commons dictates the law An Act for the Punishment for the Vice of Buggery (‘a law for the punishment of the vice of sodomy’) , which was based on the Sodomy Act passed a century earlier in London under pressure from Thomas Cromwell (1485-1540).
1673: the second battle of Khotyn is fought in Ukraine. The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth – under the command of John III Sobieski – force the withdrawal of the Ottoman army. In this battle, the rockets created by Kazimierz Siemienowicz (1600-1651) are used successfully.
1675: Gottfried Leibniz demonstrates the calculation of an integrated for the first time under the graphism y = ƒ (x).
1724: in London Joseph Blueskin Blake, a thief who tried to cut the throat of the chief of police (“general hunter of thieves”) Jonathan Wild is hanged in the central criminal court of the Old Bailey. On May 24, 1725, Jonathan Wild would be hanged for being discovered to be using his post as commissioner to lead an organized crime network in London.
1750: riots break out in Lhasa (Tibet) after the assassination of the Tibetan king (possibly by order of the Dalai Lama). They will be repressed for several days.
1777: the city of Quillota is founded in the Chilean Government
1778: the group of Spaniards who founded the city of New Iberia in the then Indian region of Attapakas arrived in New Orleans.
1805: in Dürenstein (Austria) – in the framework of the Napoleonic Wars (the invasion of Europe by the French) – a coalition of Austrians and Russians stop the French army at the battle of Dürenstein.
1810: in Córdoba (Spain), the poet Manuel María Arjona founded the Royal Academy of Córdoba.
1811: Cartagena de Indias (in present-day Colombia) becomes independent from Spain, being the first city to do so.
1811: in San Lorenzo (Canada) – within the framework of the Anglo-American War of 1812 – the British defeat the Americans (Battle of Crysler’s Farm).
1817: in Mexico the military Javier Mina is shot.
1827: in Popayán (Colombia), the University of Cauca is founded.
1828: in Arequipa (Peru), the National University of San Agustín is founded.
1831: in Jerusalem (United States), Nat Turner is hanged for inciting an uprising of black slaves.
1850: in the government of Cuba – which until 1898 was part of the Kingdom of Spain – the first term of Spanish General José Gutiérrez de la Concha begins.
1855: in Japan, at 22:00 an earthquake of magnitude 6.4 on the Richter seismological scale occurs, with its epicenter in Tokyo. Leaves 7,444-10,000 dead (Ansei Edo Earthquake).
1855: in Zambia (Africa), the British explorer David Livingstone travels the falls of the Zambezi River, and names them Victoria Falls.
1864: in Atlanta (Georgia) – in the framework of the American Civil War – the general of the North William T. Sherman burns this town to prepare the march in the south.
1865: in Bhutan, the local government cedes the area east of the Teesta river to the British East India Company (Treaty of Sinchula).
1869: in Victoria (Australia) the Aboriginal Protection Act (‘Aboriginal Protection Act’) is enacted, which gives the white government control of indigenous people, their jobs, their salaries, where they lived and their children. This resulted in ‘stolen generations’ (theft of children in Australia).
1875: the first Salesian missionary expedition leaves from Turin to South America.
1880: in the Melbourne jail (Australia) the Government hanged the bushranger (criminal), Ned Kelly (25).
1887: in the United States the Government executes four anarchists (known as the Chicago Martyrs) sentenced to death for the process of the events of the Haymarket Revolt (the May 1 strike to win an 8-hour day of work) .
1887: the National Anthem is officially released in Colombia.
1889 – Washington State joins the federation as the 42nd state.
1918: at 5:20 in the morning, in a train car in the forest of Compiègne (north-eastern France) representatives of the German Empire surrender to the Allies. The Armistice of Compiègne came into force at 11:00 on the 11th of the 11th month. Thus the First World War ended.
1918: Poland becomes independent from Germany. Józef Piłsudski assumes the military command of the country.
1918: in Austria, Emperor Charles I resigns from power.
1919: in Centralia (northwestern United States), in the first parade commemorating the end of the First World War, the Centralia massacre takes place: veterans shoot each other with members of the Industrial Workers of the World union. At night, the veterans kidnap the union leader Wesley Everest (29) and torture him overnight to death.
1919: in Riga (Latvia) – in the framework of the wars of independence – the Latvian forces defeat the Freikorps (Lāčplēša Day).
1921 – At Arlington National Cemetery (near Washington), President Warren G. Harding inaugurates the Tomb of the Unknown.
1924: in Greece, Prime Minister Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the Second Hellenic Republic.
1926: Route 66 is inaugurated in the United States.
1927: in Italy the parliamentary system is abolished.
1930: In the United States patent US1781541 is granted to Albert Einstein and his former student Leó Szilárd for their invention: the Einstein refrigerator.
1934: in Melbourne (Australia) the Shrine of Memory is inaugurated.
1939: George Van Biesbroeck discovers the asteroid (1464) Armisticia.
1940: in Taranto (extreme southeast of Italy) ―in the framework of the Second World War― the British Royal Navy launched the first attack in history from an aircraft carrier against the Italian fleet, starting the battle of Taranto.
1940: The Nazi German cruiser Atlantis captures British secret mail and sends it to Japan.
1940: In the ocean, an unexpected storm kills 144 servicemen of the American warship U.S. Midwest.
1940: Radio Cadena Habana (CMCH), the voice of sports, is founded in Havana (Cuba).
1942 – In World War II, the Nazis invade Vichy (in the south) and complete the invasion of France.
1944: Dr. Erich Göstl, a member of the Waffen SS, wins the Iron Cross in recognition of bravery in combat after losing part of his face and eyes in the Battle of Normandy.
1951: in Argentina, women vote for the first time. Its architect, Evita Perón, does it for the first and last time (suffering from cancer) at the Presidente Perón polyclinic. Her husband, Juan Domingo Perón, is re-elected as constitutional president.
1959: in Santiago, La U defeats Colo-Colo 2-1 at home and becomes champion of the 1959 Chilean Tournament.
1960: a coup against President Ngo Dinh Diem is carried out in South Vietnam.
1960: in the department of Carazo (Nicaragua) the November 11 Movement takes over the headquarters of the National Guard in Jinotepe and Diriamba, standing out in the taking of the first the brothers Israel and Herty Lewites, future mayor of Managua for the FSLN in the period 2001-2005.
1960: Radio Habana Cuba is inaugurated in Havana (Cuba).
1961: in Caracas (Venezuela) the then president of Venezuela Rómulo Betancourt, announced his decision to break diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba.
1962; in Kuwait, the National Assembly ratifies its Constitution.
1965: in Rhodesia (present-day Zimbabwe), the white minority government Ian Smith declares independence from Great Britain.
1966 – In the United States, NASA launches the Gemini 12 spacecraft.
1966: in Chile, the Television Network of the Universidad Católica del Norte (also known as Telenorte) was born.
1968: in the framework of the Vietnam War, the Commando Hunt operation begins. The objective is to bomb the Ho Chi Minh route, through Laos into South Vietnam.
1968: in the Maldives islands the second republic is declared.
1972: in Long Binh (Vietnam), the US Army makes a massive withdrawal from the military base.
1975: Angola becomes independent from Portugal.
1981: Antigua and Barbuda is admitted as a member of the United Nations.
1983: in Chile, in the framework of the Pinochet dictatorship, a citizen named Sebastián Acevedo burns like a bonzo demanding the release of his children from the hands of the CNI.
1989: in El Salvador, the FMLN launches a military offensive on San Salvador and other important cities in the country.
1991: The single “Black or White” by American singer, songwriter, dancer, producer and philanthropist Michael Jackson is released.
1992: the Anglican Church allows the female priesthood.
1995: in Bilbao (Spain) the metro is inaugurated.
1998: In the village of Nagari Bazar ―80 km northeast of the holy city of Gaia (India) – the Ranvir Sena terrorist group (formed by right-wing Hindu Brahmin landowners) kill 10 Dalit men, women and children (in the Hinduism, low caste people).
2000: in Kaprun – 110 km south of Salzburg (Austria) – a cable car catches fire in an alpine tunnel. Skiers escape, 155 uphill through the tunnel, and 12 downhill. The tunnel functioned as a chimney and suffocated and charred those who climbed.
2001: China officially joins the World Health Organization (WHO).
2004: in Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas becomes the new leader of the PLO after the death of Yasser Arafat.
2006: Sony Computer Entertainment (Japanese company) launches the PlayStation 3 desktop video game console.
2014: 11 women in Chhattisgarh (India) lose their lives after undergoing sterilization surgery, which are part of the free program offered by the Government to try to reduce the population growth of the country.

Who was Born “A Day as Today”?

Events and Curiosities in Dorian's Secrets — *Who was Born “A Day as Today”?*

November 11 – A Day as Today

995: Gisela of Swabia, German aristocrat (d. 1041).
1050: Henry IV, German king (d. 1106).
1154: Sancho I, Portuguese king (d. 1211).
1155: Alfonso VIII, Castilian King (d. 1214).
1220: Alfonso de Poitiers, French aristocrat, son of Louis VIII (d. 1271).
1493: Bernardo Tasso, Italian poet (d. 1569).
1504: Martín Pérez de Ayala, Spanish religious (d. 1566).
1569: Martin Ruland the Younger, German physicist and alchemist (d. 1611).
1579: Frans Snyders, Flemish painter (d. 1657).
1599: Maria Eleanor of Brandenburg, Swedish queen (d. 1655).
1599: Ottavio Piccolomini, Austrian-Italian military man (d. 1656).
1668: Johann Albert Fabricius, German scholar and bibliographer (d. 1736).
1711: Francisco Pérez Bayer, Spanish philologist, numismatist and jurist (d. 1794).
1743: Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish explorer, naturalist and botanist (d. 1828).
1744: Abigail Adams, American First Lady (d. 1818).
1748: Carlos IV, Spanish king (d. 1819).
1788: Mikhail Jurjew Wielhorsky, Russian aristocrat, musician and patron (d. 1856).
1792: Mary Anne Evans, wife of Benjamin Disraeli (d. 1872).
1807: Diego José de Rejas Peralta, Augustinian religious and Spanish preacher (d. 1867).
1821: Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian writer (d. 1881).
1836: Thomas Bailey Aldrich, American poet and novelist (d. 1907).
1838: Eugène Lefébure, French Egyptologist (d. 1908).
1838: Bernardo López García, Spanish poet (d. 1870).
1852: Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Austro-Hungarian general (d. 1925).
1858: María Bashkirtseff, Russian writer, painter and sculptor based in France (d. 1884).
1861: Erich von Falkenhayn, German military man (d. 1922).
1863: Paul Signac, French painter (d. 1935).
1864: Alfred Fried, Austrian journalist, Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1911 (d. 1921).
1868: Édouard Vuillard, French painter and printmaker (d. 1940).
1869: Victor Emmanuel III, Italian King (d. 1947).
1876: Luis Trenova Balharry, Chilean politician (d. 1948).
1882: Gustav VI, Swedish king (d. 1973).
1883: Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor and musician (d. 1969).
1883: Elena Gerhardt, German mezzo-soprano (d. 1961).
1884: Gerardo Dottori, Italian painter (d. 1977).
1885: George S. Patton, American military man (d. 1945).
1887: Roland Young, Anglo-American actor and singer (d. 1953).
1888: Abul Kalam Azad, Indian leader (d. 1958).
1894: Juan Bautista Bairoletto, Argentine bandit (d. 1941).
1894: Beverly Bayne, American actress (d. 1982).
1898: René Clair, French filmmaker (d. 1981).
1899: Pat O’Brien, American actor (d. 1983).
1900: Halina Konopacka, Polish athlete and poet (d. 1989).
1901: Magda Goebbels, wife of the Nazi minister Joseph Goebbels (d. 1945).
1901: Sam Spiegel, Austrian-American producer (d. 1985).
1903: Victoria Díez Bustos de Molina, beatified Spanish teacher and nun (d. 1936).
1904: Alger Hiss, American civil servant and spy (d. 1996).
1904: J. H. C. Whitehead, British mathematician (d. 1960).
1907: Debora Arango, Colombian painter (d. 2005).
1909: Robert Ryan, American actor (d. 1973).
1911: Roberto Matta, Chilean painter and sculptor (f. 2002).
1911: José María Sánchez-Silva y García-Morales, Spanish writer (f. 2002).
1911: Antonio Casas, Spanish actor (d. 1982).
1912: Thomas C. Mann, American diplomat, author of the Mann Doctrine to overthrow Latin American popular governments (f. 1999).
1914: Howard Fast, American writer, novelist and screenwriter (d. 2003).
1914: Eugene Nida, American bibliographer (d. 2011).
1917: Manuel Alexandre, Spanish actor (d. 2010).
1917: Carl Nyrén, Swedish architect (d. 2011).
1918: Stubby Kaye, American comic actor and singer (d. 1997).
1918: Enrique Silva Cimma, Chilean radical lawyer and politician (d. 2012).
1919: Kalle Päätalo, Finnish novelist (d. 2000).
1920: Roy Jenkins, British politician (d. 2003).
1922: Kurt Vonnegut, American writer (d. 2007).
1924: Álvaro Galmés de Fuentes, Spanish philologist, dialectologist and Arabist (f. 2003).
1924: Luis Martín-Santos, Spanish writer and psychiatrist (d. 1964).
1925: Jesús Urbano Rojas, Peruvian artisan (d. 2014).
1925: Jonathan Winters, American actor, comedian and screenwriter (d. 2013).
1926: José Manuel Caballero Bonald, Spanish poet (d. 2006).
1926: Maria Teresa de Filippis, Italian car racer (d. 2016).
1926: Noah Gordon, American writer (d. 2016).
1927: Mose Allison, American pianist and singer.
1928: Ernestine Anderson, American singer.
1928: Carlos Fuentes, Mexican writer (d. 2012).
1928: Gracita Morales, Spanish actress (f. 1995).
1929: Hans Magnus Enzensberger, German poet and essayist.
1930: Hugh Everett, American physicist (d. 1982).
1933: Jim Boyd, American actor (d. 2013).
1935: Bibi Andersson, Swedish actress and director (d. 2019).
1935: Pinky, Argentine television presenter.
1939: Abdelmajid Lakhal, Tunisian actor and director (d. 2014).
1940: Alicia Aller, Argentine actress (f. 2008).
1940: Barbara Boxer, American politician.
1940: Raúl Savoy, Argentine soccer player (d. 2003).
1942: Juan Pardo, Spanish singer.
1943: Arturo Bonín, Argentine actor.
1944: Pepe Sancho, Spanish actor (d. 2013).
1945: Chris Dreja, British guitarist, of the band The Yardbirds.
1945: Daniel Ortega, Nicaraguan president.
1946: Al Holbert, American automobile racer (d. 1988).
1946: Vladimir Soloviov, Russian cosmonaut.
1947: Luis López Guerra, Spanish jurist and politician.
1948: Jordi Estadella, Spanish television presenter (d. 2010).
1948: Victoria Prego, Spanish journalist.
1950: Jim Peterik, American musician and lyricist for Survivor.
1950: Pepe Navarro, Spanish television presenter.
1950: Pedro Pompilio, Argentine sports leader (f. 2008).
1950: María Isabel Arriortua, Spanish scientist.
1951: Bill Moseley, American actor, singer and producer, of the band Cornbugs.
1951: Kim Peek, American personality (d. 2009).
1953: Evelyn Matthei Fornet, Chilean politician.
1954: Rafael Ángel Martínez González, Spanish writer.
1955: Càstor Pérez Diz, Spanish musician (d. 2010).
1955: Friedrich Merz, German politician.
1956: José Luis Brown, Argentine footballer.
1956: Ian Craig Marsh, British guitarist, of the band The Human League.
1956: Edgardo Rudnitzky, Argentine composer.
1958: Luz Casal, Spanish singer.
1959: Adrián Barilari, Argentine singer.
1959: Lee Haney, American bodybuilder
1959: Rosy Ocampo, Mexican telenovela producer.
1960: Stanley Tucci, American actor, producer and filmmaker.
1961: Jan Kuehnemund, American guitarist and songwriter, founder of the band Vixen.
1962: Mic Michaeli, Swedish keyboardist.
1962: Demi Moore, American actress, director and producer.
1962: James Morrison, Australian trumpeter.
1963: Billy Gunn, American wrestler.
1963: Monty Sopp, American professional wrestler.
1964: Anabel Alonso, Spanish film and television actress.
1964: Calista Flockhart, American actress.
1965: Juan Antonio Muñoz, Spanish humorist.
1966: Alison Doody, Irish actress and model.
1967: Gil de Ferran, Brazilian motor racing driver of French origin.
1967: Frank John Hughes, American actor, producer and screenwriter.
1967: Nathalie Seseña, Spanish actress.
1970: Massimiliano Micheletti, soccer player from San Marino.
1971: David DeLuise, American actor and director.
1972: Adam Beach, American native Canadian actor.
1972: Tyler Christopher, American actor.
1973: Jason White, American musician of the bands Pinhead Gunpowder and Green Day.
1974: Leonardo DiCaprio, American actor.
1974: Raghu Dixit, composer of music for Indian cinema and singer-songwriter.
1974: Static Major, American singer (f. 2008).
1974: Pablo Guede, former Argentine footballer and coach.
1975: Angélica Vale, Mexican actress.
1976: Jason Grilli, Italian-American baseball player.
1977: Maniche, Portuguese soccer player.
1977: Ricardo Milos, internet celebrity.
1978: LaMont Jordan, American footballer.
1981: Natalie Glebova, Canadian model.
1981: William of Luxembourg, Luxembourg aristocrat.
1981: Susan Kelechi Watson, American actress.
1982: Gonzalo Canale, Argentine rugby player.
1982: Jeremy Williams, British actor.
1983: Arouna Koné, Ivorian footballer.
1983: Philipp Lahm, German footballer.
1983: Candy Manson, American actress.
1985: Osvaldo Alonso, Cuban soccer player.
1986: Mark Sánchez, American soccer player.
1986: François Trinh-Duc, French rugby player.
1988: David Depetris, Argentine soccer player.
1988: Kyle Naughton, British footballer.
1990: Tom Dumoulin, Dutch cyclist.
1990: Georginio Wijnaldum, Dutch footballer.
1991: Christa B. Allen, American actress.
1991: Salvador Agra, Portuguese soccer player.
1992: Dark Alex, Spanish hacker.
1992: Abdul Razak, Ivorian footballer.
1993: Juan Leiva, Chilean soccer player.
1993: Christian Fassnacht, Swiss footballer.
1993: Susy Gala, Spanish actress
1996: Gianluca Gaudino, German footballer.
1998: Michelle Olvera, Mexican actress.
1999: Paloma Mami, Chilean-American singer.

Who Left Us “A Day as Today”?

November 11 – A Day as Today

405: Arsacio of Tarsus, religious figure (before 324).
537: Silverio, Roman pope (before 480).
565: Justinian I, Byzantine emperor (b. 483).
826: Theodore Studite, Byzantine monk and abbot (b. 759).
865: Petronas, Byzantine general (n. 9th century).
1285: Pedro III, Aragonese king (b. 1240).
1476: Rodrigo Manrique, Spanish aristocrat (b.1406).
1623: Philippe de Mornay, French writer (b. 1549).
1638: Cornelis van Haarlem, Dutch painter (b. 1562).
1675: Thomas Willis, British physician (b.1621).
1686: Louis II of Bourbon-Condé, French general (b.1621).
1686: Otto von Guericke, German scientist, inventor, and politician (b.1602).
1724: Joseph Blake, British criminal (b. 1700).
1812: Plato Levshin, Russian religious (b. 1737).
1817: Francisco Javier Mina Larrea, Spanish military man (b. 1789).
1831 – Nat Turner, African-American slave and rebel leader; executed (b.1800).
1855: Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (b.1813).
1862: James Madison Porter, American politician (b. 1793).
1880: Ned Kelly, Australian criminal (b.1855).
1880: Lucretia Mott, American feminist and abolitionist (b. 1793).
1882: Wolfgang Franz von Kobell, German mineralist, historian and poet (b.1803).
1884: Alfred Brehm, German zoologist, writer and illustrator (b. 1827).
1887 – Defenders of the Haymarket Uprising:
George Engel, German-American activist and businessman (b. 1836).
Adolph Fischer, American activist and printer (b. 1858).
Albert Parsons, American journalist and activist (b. 1848).
August Spies, American journalist and activist (b. 1855).
1889: Ramón Corona, Mexican politician and military man (b. 1837).
1917: Liliuokalani, Hawaiian queen (b. 1838).
1918: George Lawrence Price, Canadian soldier (b.1892).
1918: Leonardo Rucabado, Spanish architect (b. 1875).
1919: Pavel Chistyakov, Russian painter (b.1832).
1921: Léon Moreaux, French sniper (b.1852).
1931: Eiichi Shibusawa, Japanese magnate (b. 1840).
1938: Typhoid Mary, Irish-American carrier of typhoid fever (b.1869).
1939: Pedro Nolasco Cruz Vergara, Chilean literary critic and writer (b. 1857).
1939 – Bob Marshall, American Conservationist (b.1901).
1945 – Jerome Kern, American composer (b. 1885).
1948: Fred Niblo, American actor, director and producer (b. 1874).
1949: Carlos de Borbón-Dos Sicilias, Spanish aristocrat (b. 1870).
1950: Alexandros Diomidis, Greek banker and politician, 145th Prime Minister (b. 1875).
1953: Irene of Hesse-Darmstadt, German aristocrat (b. 1866).
1954: Carlos Climent Garcés, Spanish military man, hero of Cascorro and honorary lieutenant of the Spanish Army (b. 1874).
1954: Federico Villoch, Cuban artist and writer.
1958: André Bazín, French film critic (b.1918).
1962: Joseph Ruddy, American water polo player and swimmer (b. 1878).
1964: Juan de Dios Filiberto, Argentine musician and composer (b. 1885).
1972: Berry Oakley, American musician, of the Allman Brothers Band (b.1948).
1973: Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish scientist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1945 (b. 1895).
1974: Benito Perojo, Spanish filmmaker, producer and screenwriter (b. 1894).
1976: Alexander Calder, American artist (b. 1898).
1977: Greta Keller, Austrian singer and actress (b.1903).
1978: Comandante Martín (Gaspar García Laviana), Sandinista priest and guerrilla of Asturian origin (b. 1940).
1979: Dimitri Tiomkin, American composer of Russian origin (b. 1894).
1984: Martin Luther King, Sr., American activist (b.1899).
1988: Gérard Grisey, French composer (b.1946).
1988: William Ifor Jones, Welsh conductor and musician (b.1900).
1989: Natalio Pescia, Argentine soccer player (b. 1922).
1990: Attilio Demaría, Argentine soccer player (b.1909).
1990: Alexis Minotis, Greek actor (b.1898).
1990: Yiannis Ritsos, Greek poet (b.1909).
1990: Attilio Demaría, Argentine soccer player (b.1909).
1993: Erskine Hawkins, American trumpeter (b.1914).
1994: Pedro Zamora, Cuban-American activist (b.1972).
1994: Elizabeth Maconchy, British composer (b.1907).
1994: John A. Volpe, American politician (b.1908).
1994: Tadeusz Żychiewicz, Polish journalist and historian (b.1922).
1997: Clotilde Borella, Argentine actress (b.1928).
1997: Rod Milburn, American athlete (b.1950).
1999: Mary Kay Bergman, American singer and voice actress (b.1961).
1999: Vivian Ernest Fuchs, British explorer (b.1908).
1999: Jacobo Timerman, Argentine journalist (b.1923).
2001: Erna Viitol, Estonian sculptor (b.1920).
2002: Zoe Ducós, Argentine actress (b.1928).
2003: Robert Brown, British actor (b.1909).
2003: Miquel Martí i Pol, Spanish writer, poet and translator (b. 1929).
2004: Yaser Arafat, Palestinian politician (b. 1929).
2004: Richard Dembo, French director and screenwriter (b. 1948).
2005: Moustapha Akkad, Syrian producer and director (b.1930).
2005: Keith Andes, American actor (b.1920).
2005: Peter Drucker, Austrian author (b.1909).
2005: Miguel Gallardo, Spanish singer-songwriter and music producer (b.1950).
2006: Roberto Álvarez Calderón, Peruvian equestrian journalist (b.1938).
2006: Belinda Emmett, Australian actress (born 1974).
2007: Delbert Mann, American filmmaker (b.1920).
2009: Meki Megara, Moroccan painter (b.1933).
2010: Marie Osborne, American silent film actress (b.1911).
2010: Dino De Laurentiis, Italian film producer (b.1919).
2010: Carlos Edmundo de Ory, Spanish poet, essayist and translator (b. 1923).
2011: Francisco Blake Mora, Mexican politician (b. 1966).
2013: Domenico Bartolucci, Italian cardinal (b.1917).
2013: Joaquín Hernández Galicia, Mexican politician (b.1922).
2014: Servando Chávez Hernández, Mexican lawyer and politician (b. 1936).
2014: Carol Ann Susi, American actress (b.1952).
2016: Perico Fernández, Spanish boxer, lightweight world champion in 1974 (b. 1952).
2017: Chiquito de la Calzada, Spanish humorist, singer and comic actor (b.1932).
2017: Claudio Reyes Rubio, Mexican film and television director (b.1964).
2017: Maru Dueñas, Mexican actress, director and theater producer (b.1967).

What is Celebrated “A Day as Today”?

November 11 – A Day as Today

Colombia: Independence of Cartagena. (It is celebrated on the first Monday from this date).
Poland: Independence Day.
United States: Veterans Day.
Germany: Beginning of the “fifth season” (Carnival) in Cologne.
United Kingdom: and the Commonwealth of Nations: Remembrance Day.
Belgium: Women’s Day.
Latvia: Lāčplēsis Day.
Angola: Independence Day.
Japan: Pocky and Pretz Day.
South Korea: Pepero Day.
China: Singles Day.
Argentina: Singles Day.
Chile: Day of the Social Worker or Social Worker.