Here are some of the events that happened on this day in Australian history. Please feel free to add others that you know of in the comments section.
- 1867 – Female bushranger Mary Ann Bugg dies of pneumonia on the Goulburn River, aged 33.
- 1880 – Bushranger Ned Kelly was hanged for his crimes at Melbourne Gaol.
- 1918 – Armistice Day is the anniversary of the official end of World War I. After World War II, it was changed to Remembrance Day in the Commonwealth of Nations.
- 1930 – The Shrine of Remembrance in Brisbane is dedicated.
- 1934 – The Shrine of Remembrance was opened in Melbourne, 300,000 attend.
- 1941 – The Australian War Memorial was officially opened in Canberra.
- 1975 – Prime Minister Gough Whitlam (pictured) is dismissed by Governor-General Sir John Kerr during the Australian constitutional crisis and Malcolm Fraser is appointed the twenty-second Prime Minister of Australia (read the full story here).
- 1981 – Harry Holgate becomes Premier of Tasmania after the resignation of Doug Lowe.
- 1993 – The remains of an Unknown Soldier killed in France in World War I, were interred in the tomb in the centre of the Hall of Memory at the Australian War Memorial.
International Observances.
- Birthday of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck (Bhutan)
- Children’s Day (Croatia)
- End of World War I-related observances:
– Armistice Day (New Zealand, France, Belgium and Serbia)
– National Independence Day (Poland), commemorates the anniversary of Poland’s assumption of independent statehood in 1918
– Remembrance Day (United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations, including Australia and Canada)
– Veterans Day, called Armistice Day until 1954, when it was rededicated to honor American military (Army, Navy, Marine, and Air Force) veterans. (United States) - Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Angola from Portugal in 1975.
- Independence of Cartagena (Colombia)
- Lāčplēsis Day, celebrates the victory over the Bermontians at the Battle of Riga in 1919. (Latvia)
- Opening of carnival (“Karneval”/”Fasching”), on 11-11, at 11:11. (Germany, the Netherlands, and other countries)
- National Education Day (India)
- Republic Day (Maldives)
- Singles’ Day (China)
- St. Martin’s Day (Sint Maarten, Kingdom of the Netherlands)
- Women’s Day (Belgium)
- Pepero Day (South Korea)
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