FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Today is Friday, November 11, the 315th day of 2011. 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

1862 ― The opera ``La Forza Del Destino" is produced (St. Petersburg Russia)

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

1925 ― Louis Armstrong records first of Hot Five & Hot Seven recordings crowd-18,499

1968 ― John Lennon & Yoko Ono appear nude on cover of ``2 Virgins" album

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

1983 ― President Reagan became first U.S. President to address Japan's legislature

1987 ― Van Gogh's ``Irises" sells for record $53.6 million at auction

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