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Today in History: November 11
1499
Pretender to the throne Perkin Warbeck is executed.

1909
Construction begins on the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.

1919
The first two-minutes' silence is observed in Britain to commemorate those who died in the Great War.

1921
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington Cemetery is dedicated.

1933
The first of the great dust storms of the 1930s hits North Dakota.

1935
Albert Anderson and Orvil Anderson set a new altitude record in South Dakota, when they float to 74,000 feet in a balloon.

1938
Irving Berlin's "God Bless America" is performed for the first time by singer Kate Smith.

1944
Private Eddie Slovik is convicted of desertion and sentenced to death for refusing to join his unit in the European Theater of Operations.

1970
U.S. Army Special Forces raid the Son Tay prison camp in North Vietnam but find no prisoners.

1993
Sculpture honoring women who served in the Vietnam War dedicated at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC.

Today in History: Born on November 11
1885
George S. Patton, U.S. Army commander in World War II.

1925
Jonathan Winters, comedian.

1962
Demi Moore, actress (Ghost, A Few Good Men); in 1996 became highest-paid actress in film history when she received $12.5 million to star in Striptease.

1974
Leonardo DiCaprio, actor; (Titanic, The Great Gatsby) won Golden Globe for Best Actor (The Aviator, 2004).

JOTD
What is the difference between a literalist and a kleptomaniac?

A comma. A literalist takes everything literally. A kleptomaniac takes everything, literally.