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On this day timelines November 11th
Events
1918 – World War I (Armistice of Compiègne)
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Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car in the forest of Compiègne, France.
Births
1821 – Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian philosopher and author (d. 1881)
1898 – René Clair, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1981)
1922 – Kurt Vonnegut, American soldier, author, and academic (d. 2007)
1925 – John Guillermin, British director (d. 2015)
1927 – Mose Allison, American singer and pianist
1944 – Chris Smither, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1950 – Jim Peterik, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Survivor, Pride of Lions, and The Ides of March)
1953 – Andy Partridge, Maltese-English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (XTC and The Dukes of Stratosphear)
1956 – Ian Craig Marsh, English guitarist (The Human League, Heaven 17, and British Electric Foundation)
1962 – Demi Moore, American actress, director, and producer
1968 – Peaches, Canadian-German singer-songwriter, DJ, producer and actress
1973 – Jason White, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Green Day, Pinhead Gunpowder, The Big Cats, The Influents, The Network, and Foxboro Hot Tubs)
1974 – Leonardo DiCaprio, American actor and producer