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11 November 2023
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
No UN observance in the current list for this date.
Selected anniversaries
Anniversary
2008 - After 30 years in power, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom was succeeded by Mohamed Nasheed as president of the Maldives.President of the Maldives from 1978 to 2008
Anniversary
1999 - The House of Lords Act was given royal assent, removing most hereditary peers from the British House of Lords.UK law removing hereditary peerage from the House of Lords
Anniversary
1975 - During a constitutional crisis, Governor-General Sir John Kerr (pictured) dismissed Prime Minister Gough Whitlam's government and dissolved the Parliament of Australia for a double-dissolution election.Dismissal of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam
Anniversary
1965 - Rhodesia, led by Prime Minister Ian Smith (pictured), unilaterally declared independence from the United Kingdom.Unrecognised state in Southern Africa (1965–1979)
Anniversary
1960 - A coup attempt by the Army of the Republic of Vietnam against President Ngô Đình Diệm was crushed after he falsely promised reform, allowing loyalists to rescue him.Failed coup against President Ngô Đình Diệm
Historical events
History
2024 - A vehicle-ramming attack in Zhuhai, China, kills 38 people and injures 48.Vehicle ramming attack in China
History
2022 - Russo-Ukrainian War: Ukrainian armed forces enter the city of Kherson following a successful two-month southern counteroffensive.Ongoing conflict since 2014
History
2020 - Typhoon Vamco makes landfall in Luzon and several offshore islands, killing 67 people. The storm causes the worst floods in the region since Typhoon Ketsana in 2009.Pacific typhoon in 2020
History
2012 - A strong earthquake with the magnitude 6.8 hits northern Burma, killing at least 26 people.6.8 magnitude earthquake in central Myanmar
History
2011 - A helicopter crash just outside Mexico City kills seven, including Francisco Blake Mora the Secretary of the Interior of Mexico.History
2006 - Queen Elizabeth II unveils the New Zealand War Memorial in London, United Kingdom, commemorating the loss of soldiers from the New Zealand Army and the British Army.Queen of the United Kingdom from 1952 to 2022
History
2004 - New Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Warrior is dedicated at the National War Memorial, Wellington.War memorial in Wellington
History
2004 - The Palestine Liberation Organization confirms the death of Yasser Arafat from unidentified causes. Mahmoud Abbas is elected chairman of the PLO minutes later.Official representative of Palestinians
History
2002 - A Fokker F27 Friendship operating as Laoag International Airlines Flight 585 crashes into Manila Bay shortly after takeoff from Ninoy Aquino International Airport, killing 19 people.Regional airliner by Fokker
History
2002 - Russian mathematician Grigori Perelman posts the first of three preprint texts with his proof of the Poincaré conjecture. It remains the only of the Millennium Prize Problems in mathematics to be solved. He later refused both the prize money from Clay Mathematics Institute as well as the Fields Medal for his work.Russian mathematician (born 1966)
Notable births
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Notable deaths
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Sky
Moon phase
New Moon
3.6% illuminated
Lunar age: 27.7 days
Sun zodiac
Scorpio
18.83 degrees
Constellation: Libra
Moon zodiac
Libra
26.52 degrees
Constellation: Virgo
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.