1918 – WWI Armistice signed by the Allies and Germany comes into effect and World War I hostilities end at 11am, “the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month”
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1880 – French actress Sarah Bernhardt makes her US debut at NY’s Booth Theater
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1860 – Republican Abraham Lincoln of Illinois elected the 16th President of the United States of America
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1841 – First wagon train arrives in California after a five and a half month and 1,730 mile journey over the Sierra Nevada from Missouri
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1962 – The horror film “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?” is released, directed by Robert Aldrich and starring Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, based on the novel by Henry Farrell
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1866 – Jesse James‘ gang robs bank in Lexington, Missouri ($2000)
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1846 – Pioneers suffer blizzard in Sierra Nevada; 42 die
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1960 – 1st electronic wrist watch placed on sale, NYC
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1881 – Levi P Morton, US ambassador to France drives first rivet in Statue of Liberty
