WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2009

Today is Wednesday, November 11, the 315th day of 2009. There are 50 days left in the year.

1620 _ 41 pilgrims land in Massachusetts, sign Mayflower Compact (just and equal laws)

1790 _ Chrysanthemums are introduced into England from China

1918 _ Armistice Day-WW I ends (at 11 a.m. on Western Front)

1925 _ Louis Armstrong records first of Hot Five & Hot Seven recordings

1942 _ During WW II Germany completes their occupation of France

1965 _ Rhodesia proclaimed independence from Britain by P.M. Ian D Smith

1969 _ Beatles with Billy Preston release ``Get Back" in the U.K.

1975 _ Australian P.M. removed by crown (first elected P.M. removed in 200 years)

1982 _ Solidarity leader Lech Walesa is let out of jail in Poland

1988 _ Oldest known insect fossils (390 million years) reported in Science