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November 11

4 sourced moments from November 11 in history: Tycho's 1572 'new star' proved the heavens could change; The Mayflower Compact set up self-government for the Pilgrims (1620); World War I ended at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day (1918), plus 1 more.

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4 things happened on November 11

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1930 Technology · Inventions

Einstein Patented a Refrigerator With No Moving Parts

Two physicists who would help shape the atomic age first set out to build a safer fridge that never wore out.

1918 History · War & Conflict

World War I ended at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day

The guns of the Western Front fell silent at 11 a.m. on November 11, 1918, ending four years of industrialized slaughter on a poetic timestamp.

1620 Society & Economy · Politics & Law

The Mayflower Compact set up self-government for the Pilgrims

Anchored off Cape Cod outside any legal charter, 41 men signed a pledge to govern themselves by 'just and equal laws.'

1572 Space · Stars & Galaxies

Tycho's 1572 'new star' proved the heavens could change

On November 11, 1572, Tycho Brahe saw a star brighter than Venus appear in Cassiopeia. Its stillness proved the heavens were not fixed.