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Today in History 11/11 (Tomb of the Unknown Soldier)

Honor guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington, Virginia, in 1921 (© Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-USZ62-94538])(1921) The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is dedicated in Arlington
The remains of an unknown US soldier killed in the First World War have been interred in a tomb in Arlington National Cemetery, and US President Warren Harding consecrates the monument known as the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Many more soldier remains will follow.
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier or the Tomb of the Unknowns is a monument dedicated to U.S. service members who have died without their remains being identified. It is located in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, United States of America. The World War I “Unknown” is a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the Victoria Cross, and several other foreign nations’ highest service awards. The U.S. Unknowns who were interred are also recipients of the Medal of Honor, presented by U.S. Presidents who presided over their funerals. The monument has no officially designated name.
Address: Memorial Dr, Arlington, VA 22211
Phone: 1 (877) 907-8585
Opened: 1921
Architect: Thomas Hastings

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Arlington National Cemetery, on 11 November 1922. View is of the south side of the Tomb looking north. Was replaced in 1931 by the present marble Tomb
Tomb as of November 11, 1922. The Tomb of 1931 would occupy this same location.
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(1921) The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is dedicated in Arlington.
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1852 | Louisa May Alcott sees her first published story in print
American writer Lousia May Alcott, 21, receives $5 in payment from the Saturday Evening Gazette, a Boston weekly, for her story “The Rival Painters: A Story of Rome.” Alcott will go on to publish several more stories in the Gazette before writing the popular children’s novel, “Little Women.”
1918 | The ‘war to end all wars’ has itself finally ended as First World War ends
Germany and the Allies sign an armistice to end the war at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month. Over 16 million people have died in four years of fighting. The First World War is described as “the war to end all wars” due to the bloody devastation. This day will hereafter be known as Armistice Day.
2000 | Disaster strikes an Austrian train
A funicular railway crammed with skiers turns into death trap when it catches fire in an Alpine tunnel. Toxic smoke and flames overwhelm the passengers, which include many children, claiming 115 lives. Only 12 people escape. A heater turns out to be the source of the fire.

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People celebrate along Broadway near Times Square in New York as news of the armistice spreads on November 11, 1918 (© AP)(1918) The 'war to end all wars' has itself finally ended
Germany and the Allies sign an armistice to end the war at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month. Over 16 million people have died in four years of fighting. The First World War is described as "the war to end all wars" due to the bloody devastation. This day will hereafter be known as Armistice Day.
An armistice is a formal agreement of warring parties to stop fighting. It is not necessarily the end of a war, since it may constitute only a cessation of hostilities while an attempt is made to negotiate a lasting peace. It is derived from the Latin arma, meaning "arms" and -stitium, meaning "a stopping".
The announcing of the armistice on November 11, 1918, was the occasion for a monster celebration in Philadelphia
The announcing of the armistice on November 11, 1918, was the occasion for large celebrations in the allied nations.

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Today in History 11/11/16

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(1852) Louisa May Alcott sees her first published story in print
1852 American writer Lousia May Alcott, 21, receives $5 in payment from the Saturday Evening Gazette, a Boston weekly, for her story “The Rival Painters: A Story of Rome.” Alcott will go on to publish several more stories in the Gazette before writing the popular children’s novel, ‘Little Women.’.

Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist and poet best known as the author of the novel Little Women and its sequels Little Men and Jo’s Boys. Raised by her transcendentalist parents, Abigail May and Amos Bronson Alcott in New England, she grew up among many of the well-known intellectuals of the day such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau.

Born: Nov 29, 1832 · Germantown, PA
Died: Mar 06, 1888 · Boston, MA
Siblings: Abigail May Alcott Nieriker (Sister) · Anna Alcott Pratt (Sister) · Elizabeth Sewall Alcott (Sister)
Parents: Amos Bronson Alcott (Father) · Abby May (Mother)

— Source: wiki/Louisa_May_Alcott
(1918) The ‘war to end all wars’ has itself finally ended
Germany and the Allies sign an armistice to end the war at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month. Over 16 million people have died in four years of fighting. WWI is described as ‘the war to end all wars’ due to the bloody devastation. This day will hereafter be known as Armistice Day. . 1918

The Armistice of 11 November 1918 was an armistice during the First World War between the Allies and Germany – also known as the Armistice of Compiègne after the location in which it was signed – and the agreement that ended the fighting on the Western Front. It went into effect at 11 a.m. Paris time on 11 November 1918 (“the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month”), and marked a victory for the Allies and a complete defeat for Germany, although not formally a surrender. The Germans were responding to the policies proposed by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in his Fourteen Points of January 1918. The actual terms, largely written by French Marshal and Supreme Commander of the Allied Armies Ferdinand Foch, included the cessation of hostilities, the withdrawal of German troops to behind their own borders, the preservation of infrastructure, the exchange of prisoners, a promise of reparations, the disposition of German warships and submarines, and conditions for prolonging or terminating the armistice. Although the armistice ended the actual fighting, it took six months of negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference to conclude the peace treaty, the Treaty of Versailles.

Observance: Commemoration of the Armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front.
Date: 11 November
Frequency: annual
First time: World’s first official observance at Buckingham Palace, London, on 11 November 1919
Related to: Coincides with Remembrance Day and Veterans Day; and related to Remembrance Sunday

— Source: wiki/Armistice_with_Germany_(Compiègne)
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(1921) The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is dedicated in Arlington
1921 The remains of an unknown US soldier killed in World War I have been interred in a tomb in Arlington National Cemetery, and US President Warren Harding consecrates the monument known as the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Many more soldier remains will follow..

The Tomb of the Unknowns is a monument dedicated to American service members who have died without their remains being identified. It is also known as the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, but it has never been officially named so. It is located in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, United States of America. The World War I “Unknown” is a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the Victoria Cross, and several other foreign nations’ highest service awards. The U.S. Unknowns who were interred are also recipients of the Medal of Honor, presented by U.S. Presidents who presided over their funerals.

Address: Memorial Dr, Arlington, VA 22211
Website: arlingtoncemetery.mil
Phone: (877) 907-8585
Opened: 1921
Architect: Thomas Hastings

— Source: wiki/Tomb_of_the_Unknowns
(2000) Disaster strikes an Austrian train
A funicular railway crammed with skiers turns into death trap when it catches fire in an Alpine tunnel. Toxic smoke and flames overwhelm the passengers, which include many children, claiming 115 lives. Only 12 people escape. A heater turns out to be the source of the fire.. 2000

The Kaprun disaster was a fire that occurred in an ascending train in the tunnel of the Gletscherbahn Kaprun 2 funicular in Kaprun, Austria, on 11 November 2000. The disaster claimed the lives of 155 people, leaving 12 survivors from the burning train. The victims were skiers on their way to the Kitzsteinhorn Glacier.

Fatalities: 155
Date: Nov 11, 2000

— Source: wiki/Kaprun_disaster
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