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Originally Posted by pr0
lots of interesting things have happened on 11/11
for instance, we signed the peace treaty with japan on 11/11 at 11:00am
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Thats interesting since the peace treaty was signed September 8th 1951 - now if you are talking about the surrender of Japan - it was signed at 0904 on the 2nd of September 1945 by the Japanese and 0908 of the same day by the United Nations against Japan - for the US (Macarthur and Nimitz), China, UK, Russia, etc
Maybe you are confusing it with the armistice which was signed between the Supreme War Councils representative and the Germans towards the end of WW1? It was signed at 5 am on Nov 11 and went into effect 6 hours later at 11 am. Signing took place in a rail carriage in the forest of Compiegne which interestingly enough is where Hitler made the French sign the armistice in 1940 surrendering to the Nazis.
However over history many things have happened on Nov 11
The Mayflower Compact was signed by the pilgrims
Shermans troops destroyed Rome, Georgia during the civil war
Brian Epstein & Ed Sullivan sign a 3 show contract for Beatles
And most important - Willys unveiled their new allpurpose vehicle - the Jeep
