November 11

November 11th is officially Singles Day and Origami Day.

2011

The much-anticipated Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim was released for PC, PS4, and Xbox 360.

2000

Canada's second-largest city, Montreal, started dumping untreated waste in the Saint Lawrence River.

1966

NASA launched the Gemini program's tenth and final crewed spacecraft, Gemini 12.

1954

British writer J. R. R. Tolkien, famous for writing The Lord of The Rings fantasy novels, published his second volume of the series, The Two Towers.

1918

Poland became an independent country.

1918

After nearly four and a half years of cataclysmic conflict, World War I ended.

1890

Daniel McCree patented the portable fire escape in the US.

1889

Washington became the 42nd state to join the United States of America.

1887

The Manchester Ship Canal started its construction in Eastham, England.

1851

Inventor Alan Clark was granted his patent for the telescope.

1790

Chrysanthemums were believed to have been introduced from China to England.

1750

The first college fraternity, The Flat Hat Society, was formed in the Raleigh Tavern at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.

1675

German polymath Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz demonstrated integral calculus for the first time.

1572

Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe witnessed the supernova SN 1572.

1493

Christopher Columbus discovered Sint Maarten in the West Indies.

1215

Pope Innocent III brought together the council for the Fourth Council of the Lateran, which was held at the Lateran Palace in Rome, Italy.