November 11 in History
11 November in History – 60 years ago

Sub-Saharan Africa 1965: Rhodesia Crisis
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on 11 November 1917
All Events on 11 November
1965
White settlers declare Rhodesia’s independence
ends
1942
British defeat Germans at El Alamein
ends
1942
Germany occupies Vichy France
ends
1941
Germans set up base on Spitsbergen
starts
1940
British air attack on Italian fleet at Taranto
ends
1937
Japanese conquer northern Shanxi
1930
Norway abandons claim to Sverdrup Islands
ends
1918
Allied Hundred Days Offensive
1918
Germany signs armistice with Allies
starts
1918
Alsace-Lorraine temporarily independent
1917
Transcaucasian Commissariat established
starts
1914
British capture Basra
1889
Washington becomes US state
starts
1887
Gold rushes in Western Australia
1859
Treaty of Zurich ends Second Italian War of Independence
ends
1847
US seizes Mexican Pacific ports
starts
234
Sasanians conquer Tylos*
*Actual date uncertain; set to 11 November for purposes of Omniatlas
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