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11 November 2024
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
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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
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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
Born
1999 - X González, American activistAmerican activist and gun control advocate
Born
1998 - Liudmila Samsonova, Russian tennis playerRussian tennis player (born 1998)
Born
1995 - Josh Aloiai, New Zealand rugby league playerSamoa international rugby league footballer
Born
1995 - Yuriko Miyazaki, British tennis playerBritish tennis player (born 1995)
Born
1995 - Shin Seung-ho, South Korean actor and modelSouth Korean actor and model
Notable deaths
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Sky
Moon phase
Waxing Gibbous
75.1% illuminated
Lunar age: 9.8 days
Sun zodiac
Scorpio
19.59 degrees
Constellation: Libra
Moon zodiac
Pisces
18.87 degrees
Constellation: Aquarius
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.