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What Happened On 11th November 2004 In History

November 11th (2004) was a Thursday. It's the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 51 days left to the end of the year.

Historical Events for 11th November, 2004

  • » New Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Warrior is dedicated at the National War Memorial (New Zealand) e.g National War Memorial, Wellington.
  • » The PLO or Palestine Liberation Organization confirms the death of Yasser Arafat from unidentified causes. Mahmoud Abbas is elected chairman of the PLO minutes later.

November 11th Famous Deaths for 2004

  • » Yasser Arafat, Palestinian engineer and politician, 1st President of the Palestinian National Authority, Nobel Peace Prize e.g Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1929)
  • » Richard Dembo, French director and screenwriter (b. 1948)

November 11th Holidays in History

  • » Public holidays in Bhutan known as Birthday of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck (Bhutan)
  • » Christian Feast Day:
  • » Bartholomew of Grottaferrata (Roman Catholic Church)
  • » Martin of Tours (Roman Catholic Church)
  • » Saint Menas e.g Menas
  • » Søren Kierkegaard (Lutheran Church)
  • » Theodore the Studite
  • » November 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • » End of World War I related observances:
  • » Armistice Day (New Zealand, France, Belgium and Serbia)
  • » Remembrance Day (United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations, including Australia and Canada)
  • » Veterans Day (United States) or Veterans Day, called Armistice Day until 1954, when the holiday was rededicated to be in honor of American military, naval, and Air Force, veterans. (United States)
  • » Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Angola from Portugal in 1975.
  • » Public holidays in Colombia called Independence of Cartagena (Colombia)
  • » Lāčplēsis Lāčplēsis Day called Lāčplēsis Day, celebrates the victory over the Bermontians at the battle of Riga in 1919. (Latvia)
  • » Opening of carnival ("Karneval"/"Fasching"), on 11-11, at 11:11. (Germany, the Netherlands, and other countries)
  • » Pocky e.g Pocky Day and Pretz e.g Pretz Day (Japan)
  • » Pepero Day (South Korea)
  • » Republic Day (Maldives)

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