WHAT HAPPENED ON 11. NOVEMBER
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In Rhodesia (modern-day Zimbabwe), the white-minority government of Ian Smith unilaterally declares independence. (11. November 1965)

NASA launches Gemini 12. (11. November 1966)

Vietnam War: In a propaganda ceremony in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, three American prisoners of war are released by the Viet Cong and turned over to "new left" antiwar activist Tom Hayden. (11. November 1967)

Vietnam War: Operation Commando Hunt initiated. The goal is to interdict men and supplies on the Ho Chi Minh Trail, through Laos into South Vietnam. (11. November 1968)

A second republic is declared in the Maldives. (11. November 1968)

Vietnam War: Vietnamization – The United States Army turns over the massive Long Binh military base to South Vietnam. (11. November 1972)

Australian constitutional crisis of 1975: Australian Governor-General Sir John Kerr dismisses the government of Gough Whitlam, appoints Malcolm Fraser as caretaker Prime Minister and announces a general election to be held in early December. (11. November 1975)

Independence of Angola. (11. November 1975)

Antigua and Barbuda joins the United Nations. (11. November 1981)

The General Synod of the Church of England votes to allow women to become priests. (11. November 1992)

A sculpture honoring women who served in the Vietnam War is dedicated at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.. (11. November 1993)

The House of Lords Act is given Royal Assent, restricting membership of the British House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage. (11. November 1999)

Kaprun disaster: 155 skiers and snowboarders die when a cable car catches fire in an alpine tunnel in Kaprun, Austria. (11. November 2000)

Journalists Pierre Billaud, Johanne Sutton and Volker Handloik are killed in Afghanistan during an attack on the convoy they are traveling in. (11. November 2001)

New Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Warrior is dedicated at the National War Memorial, Wellington. (11. November 2004)

The Palestine Liberation Organization confirms the death of Yasser Arafat from unidentified causes. Mahmoud Abbas is elected chairman of the PLO minutes later. (11. November 2004)

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II unveils the New Zealand War Memorial in London, United Kingdom, commemorating the loss of soldiers from the New Zealand Army and the British Army. (11. November 2006)

RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) sets sail on her final voyage to Dubai. (11. November 2008)

A strong earthquake with the magnitude 6.8 hits northern Burma, killing at least 26 people. (11. November 2012)