Today in History, November 11, 1918: Armistice signed, ending World War I

Today is Nov. 11. This is Veterans Day. On this date:

1831

Former slave Nat Turner, who’d led a violent insurrection, was executed in Jerusalem, Virginia.

1917

Liliuokalani, Hawaii’s first and only queen and its last monarch, died in Honolulu at age 79.

1918

Fighting in World War I ended as the Allies and Germany signed an armistice in the Forest of Compiegne in France.

1921

The remains of an unidentified American service member were interred in a Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in a ceremony presided over by President Warren G. Harding.

1942

During World War II, Germany completed its occupation of France.

1972

The U.S. Army turned over its base at Long Binh to the South Vietnamese, symbolizing the end of direct U.S. military involvement in the Vietnam War.

1992

The Church of England voted to ordain women as priests.