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The Cenotaph is a war memorial on Whitehall in London. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, it was unveiled in 1920 as the United Kingdom's national memorial to the British and Commonwealth dead of the First World War. It was rededicated in 1946 to also commemorate those who had fallen in the Second World War, and has since come to represent British casualties from later conflicts. The word cenotaph is derived from Greek, meaning 'empty tomb'; the monument symbolises the absence of the dead and is a focal point for public mourning. The original temporary Cenotaph was erected in 1919 for a parade celebrating the end of the First World War; calls for it to be rebuilt in permanent form began almost immediately. The permanent Cenotaph was unveiled by George V on 11 November 1920 in a ceremony combined with the repatriation of the Unknown Warrior. The National Service of Remembrance is held annually at the site on Remembrance Sunday. (Full article...)
Did you know ...
- ... that Vientiane railway station (pictured) in Laos is the largest on the Boten–Vientiane railway and can accommodate 2,500 passengers, but currently only serves three trains per day?
- ... that John Kennedy of Dingwall was minister of the same church for forty years?
- ... that Jim Londos was one of four wrestlers recognized by The Ring as professional wrestling's "true world champion", for holding both the Los Angeles and New York versions of the world title?
- ... that Rusli Zainal, the former governor of Riau, represented the province in the Indonesia International Quran Competition as a child?
- ... that the writer of the 2022 comic book miniseries Poison Ivy, starring the eponymous Batman villain, described it as a "love story" that features "plant-based body horror"?
- ... that in 1917 French general François Léon Jouinot-Gambetta led an offensive that advanced 57 miles (92 km) in six days to capture Skopje?
- ... that the fall of Sundrum Castle was alluded to in a poem by Robert Chambers in the 19th century and was later referred to as a curse?
- ... that one reviewer called deleting a block of text in Atari Word Processor "as easy as a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l"?
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- In motorcycle racing, Francesco Bagnaia (pictured) wins the MotoGP World Championship.
- Precision Air Flight 494 crashes into Lake Victoria in Tanzania, killing 19 of the 43 people onboard.
- In baseball, the Houston Astros defeat the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series.
- The Ethiopian government and Tigrayan forces sign a peace treaty, agreeing to end the Tigray War.
- In the Israeli legislative election, the national camp, led by the Likud party and Benjamin Netanyahu, wins a majority of seats.
On this day
November 11: Armistice Day; Remembrance Day in the Commonwealth of Nations; Singles' Day in China; Veterans Day in the United States
- 1778 – American Revolutionary War: British forces and their Iroquois allies attacked a fort and the village of Cherry Valley, New York, killing 14 soldiers and 30 civilians.
- 1805 – War of the Third Coalition: French, Austrian and Russian units suffered heavy losses at the Battle of Dürenstein.
- 1960 – A coup attempt by the Army of the Republic of Vietnam against President Ngô Đình Diệm was crushed after he falsely promised reform, allowing loyalists to rescue him.
- 1975 – During a constitutional crisis, Governor-General John Kerr (pictured) dismissed Prime Minister Gough Whitlam's government and dissolved the Parliament of Australia for a double-dissolution election.
- Shrimad Rajchandra (b. 1867)
- Ben Gascoigne (b. 1915)
- Maria Teresa de Filippis (b. 1926)
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In the U.S. state of Washington, ballot measures have been a feature of every statewide election since 1898 and become a prominent feature of the state's electoral landscape. Washington has had a system of direct voting since gaining statehood in 1889. Ballot measures have allowed Washington to lead the nation on social issues, including legalizing assisted suicide in 2008 via Initiative Measure 1000, recognizing same-sex marriage in 2012 with the passage of Referendum Measure 74, and requiring comprehensive sex education in public schools in 2020 with Referendum Measure 90. As of 2020, more than 2000 different initiatives have been filed with the state, along with a significantly smaller number of referendums. (Full list...)
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Recruitment to the British Army during World War I was carried out initially by seeking volunteers: 100,000 were called up in early August, and within two months, almost half a million men had enlisted. This 1914 recruitment poster by the Parliamentary Recruitment Committee shows a Scottish soldier in Belgium, in response to German chancellor Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg having described the Treaty of London (which protected Belgium's independence and neutrality) as a "scrap of paper" when Germany invaded Belgium in August 1914. Poster credit: Lawson Wood; restored by Adam Cuerden
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