Daily Archives: November 11, 2018

40+ people killed in Cherry Valley Massacre 240 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 11 1778)

1770s, American Revolutionary War


Video: 'Cherry Valley Massacre'

(Wednesday, November 11, 1778, early morning local time; during the American Revolutionary War, part of the American Revolution) — A mixed force of Loyalists, British soldiers, Seneca and Mohawks descended on Cherry Valley in central New York today and killed more than 40 people in the Cherry Valley Massacre, described as one of the most horrific frontier massacres of the American Revolutionary War. Continue reading 40+ people killed in Cherry Valley Massacre 240 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 11 1778) →

World War I ends as armistice comes into force 100 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 11 1918)

1910s, World War I

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Video: 'Armistice Day 1918 (1918)'

(Monday, November 11, 1918, 11:00 a.m. Western European Time/12:00 noon Central European Time/6:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time; during World War I) — The Armistice of 11 November 1918, the armistice that ended fighting on land, sea and air in World War I, the largest war in human history (to date), between the Allies and their opponent, Germany, came into force this morning at “the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month,” less than six hours after it was signed inside a railroad car belong to Allied Supreme Commander, Marshal Ferdinand Foch, in Compiègne Forest, France. Continue reading World War I ends as armistice comes into force 100 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 11 1918) →