On this day...
1811-Cartagena Colombia declares independence from Spain
1868-First American amateur track & field meet (NYC)
1918-Armistice Day-WW I ends (at 11 AM on Western Front)
1925-Louis Armstrong records 1st of Hot Five & Hot Seven recordings
1931-Cornerstones laid for Opera House & Veterans Building
1942-During WW II Germany completes their occupation of France
1959-Seals Stadium in San Francisco, demolished
1968-John Lennon & Yoko Ono appear nude on cover of "2 Virgins" album
1968-Maldives (in Indian Ocean) become a republic
1972-U.S. Army turns over Long Bihn base to South Vietnamese army
1975-Angola gains independence from Portugal (National Day)
1982-5th space shuttle mission-Columbia 5-launched 1st commercial flight
1982-Solidarity leader Lech Walesa is let out of jail in Poland
1983-President Reagan became first U.S. President to address Japan's legislature
1987-Van Gogh's "Irises" sells for record $53.6 M at auction
1988-Oldest known insect fossils (390 million years) reported in Science