Today in History.....November 11

On this day in …

* 1620, 41 Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower, anchored off Massachusetts, signed a compact calling for a "body politick"

* 1918, fighting in World War I came to an end with the signing of an armistice between the Allies and Germany

* 1921, President Harding dedicated the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery

* 1942, during World War II, Germany completed its occupation of France

* 1966, Gemini 12 blasted off from Cape Kennedy, Fla., with astronauts James A. Lovell and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. aboard

* 1983, President Reagan became the first U.S. chief executive to address the Diet, Japan's national legislature

* 1993, a bronze statue honoring the more than 11,000 American women who'd served in the Vietnam War was dedicated in Washington, D.C.

* 1994, a "Palestinian" suicide bomber detonated his explosives at an Israeli military checkpoint in Gaza, killing three soldiers

* 2004, President Bush expressed hope that the death of Arafat, ym"s, would clear the way for successful Mideast peace negotiations with new "Palestinian" leaders