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11 November

1668     Johann Albert Fabricius (born), German scholar and author (died 1736)

1675     Gottfried Leibniz demonstrates integral calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of y = ƒ(x).

1821     Fyodor Dostoyevsky (born), Russian author (died 1881)

1831     In Jerusalem, Virginia, Nat Turner is hanged after inciting a violent slave uprising.

1831     Nat Turner (died), American slave rebel (born 1800)

1839     The Virginia Military Institute is founded in Lexington, Virginia.

1855     Søren Kierkegaard (died), Danish philosopher (born 1813)

1864     Union General William Tecumseh Sherman begins burning Atlanta, Georgia to the ground in preparation for his march south.

1885     George S. Patton (born), American general (died 1945)

1904     Alger Hiss (born), American spy (died 1996)

1911      Many cities in the Midwestern United States break their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls through.

1921     The Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated by US President Warren G. Harding at Arlington National Cemetery.

1922     Kurt Vonnegut (born), American author (died 2007)

1926     The United States Numbered Highway System, including U.S. Route 66, is established.

1930     Patent number US1781541 is awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention, the Einstein refrigerator.

1940     An unexpected blizzard kills 144 in the U.S. Midwest.

1945     Jerome Kern (died), American composer (born 1885)

1946     Al Holbert (born), American race car driver (died 1988)

1967     Gil de Ferran (born), Brazilian race car driver

1974     Leonardo DiCaprio (born), American actor and producer

1979     Dimitri Tiomkin (died), Ukrainian-American composer (born 1894)

1992     The General Synod of the Church of England votes to allow women to become priests.

1993     A sculpture honoring women who served in the Vietnam War is dedicated at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.

2004    The Palestine Liberation Organization confirms the death of Yasser Arafat from unidentified causes. Mahmoud Abbas is elected chairman of the PLO minutes later.

2008    RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) sets sail on her final voyage to Dubai.

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