International Week of Science and Peace
Begins on November 11 (Armistice Day). UN observance since 1988 — the same year as a notable surge in arms-control diplomacy.
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Also on this day
Full history →Notable · 2000
Hillary Clinton was elected as a US senator from New York, the first time a first lady had been elected to public office.- 2023António Costa resigns as Prime Minister of Portugal following news of an investigation in a corruption scandal implicating members of his cabinet.
- 2020Joe Biden is confirmed elected as the 46th president of the United States, defeating incumbent Donald Trump.
- 2017Shamshad TV is attacked by gunmen and suicide bombers, with a security guard killed and 20 people wounded; ISIS claims responsibility for the attack.