On this day in history - Today, November, 11

Today in History

• 1999 House of Lords Act 1999 passed

  The act removed the right to a place in the House of Lords based on peerage and hereditary rights.

• 1975 Angola independence

  Angola gained its independence after over 300 years of Portuguese rule.

• 1965 Rhodesia declares its independence

  Rhodesia, a region that is comprised of present day Zimbabwe declared its freedom from the United Ki

• 1926 Approval of numbered highways in the US

  Under this system odd numbered highways run north to south while even numbered highways run east to

• 1918 World War I ends

  An armistice was signed to formally end the war. With 17 million casualties, the First World War was