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Have another episode of this day in World History for November 11.
On November 11, 1918, at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, the Armistice of Compiegne was signed, ending the hostilities on the western front of World War one.
This day is now commemorated as Armistice Day, or Remembrance Day in various countries.
On November 11, 1921, the Tomb of the Unknowns, also known as the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, was dedicated at Arlington National Cemetery in the United States of America.
On this day in world history.
Angola gained independence from Portugal on November 11, 1975.
On November 11, 1992, the Church of England voted to allow women to become priests.
And on this day in world history, palestinian leader Yasser Arafat died in a french military hospital on November 11, 2004.
And I'm going to add an extra two special holidays.
In Korea, November 11 is known as Bat barrel day.
And a bat barrel is a snack that is a long pretzel.
It looks like a stick and it.
Is dipped in chocolate and they dip it in different kinds of chocolate with nuts or sprinkles.
There are many, many, many kinds of bat barrel.
And because a bat barrel looks like a number one and eleven, the 11.
November is like two is two ones, so it looks like two bat barrels.
And so in Korea, November 11 is.