On This Day in History November 11, 2021

Historical Events 1620  Mayflower Compact signed by Pilgrims at Cape Cod, the 1st framework of government in the territory that is now the USA [N.S. Nov 21] 1675  German mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz demonstrates integral calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of y = f(x) function 1745  Bonnie Prince Charlie's army enters England 1918  WWI armistice signed by the Allies and Germany comes into effect and World War I hostilities end at 11am, "the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month" 1975  Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam removed from office by Governor General Sir John Kerr - 1st elected PM removed in 200 yrs 1992  The Church of England approves the ordination of female priests 2004  Yasser Arafat's death through unidentified causes confirmed by Palestine Liberation Organization, Mahmoud Abbas elected PLO chairman minutes later. More Historical Events Famous Birthdays George S. Patton (1885 - 1945) Henry IV (1050 - 1106) Leonardo DiCaprio 47th Birthday Paracelsus (1493 - 1541) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Typhoid Mary (1869 - 1938) Yasser Arafat (1933 - 2004) More Famous Deaths