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Hello, and welcome to This Day in History. Here’s what happened on November 11th. Today, at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, marks the 100th anniversary of the end of one of the most devastating conflicts in human history--World War I. It was 100 years ago today, at 5 a.m., that Germany, lacking manpower and supplies and faced with imminent invasion, signed an armistice with the Allies.

Hello, and welcome to This Day in History. Here’s what happened on November 10th. The next time it rains, you’ll want to thank a woman named Mary Anderson for making life a little easier and a whole lot safer. On this day in 1903, Anderson received a patent for a “window cleaning device for electric cars”--now known as a windshield wiper.

Hello, and welcome to This Day in History. Here’s what happened on November 9th. They say the only sure things in life are death and taxes, and that turned out to be true even for country music legend Willie Nelson on this day in 1990, when IRS agents seized nearly everything he owned. Nelson wound up with a tax debt of more than $16 million after investing in a tax shelter later ruled illegal by the IRS.

Hello, and welcome to This Day in History. Here’s what happened on November 8th. Just days after the midterm elections, we look back to this day in 1960, when John F. Kennedy was elected U.S. president. At 43, the senator from Massachusetts was the youngest person ever elected to the presidency. Then-Vice PresidentTeddy Roosevelt was the youngest ever to assume the office, when he took over after the assassination of William McKinley.

Hello, and welcome to This Day in History. Here’s what happened on November 6th. Today, Americans are used to seeing our presidents travel around the world. But overseas travel was far from the norm on this day in 1906, when President Teddy Roosevelt began a 17-day trip to Panama and Puerto Rico. It was the first time an American president made an official diplomatic tour outside the continental United States.

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Hello, and welcome to This Day in History. Here’s what happened on November 4th. King Tut’s tomb--it’s captivated generations of people around the world since this day in 1922, when British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the entrance to the tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings. When Carter first arrived in Egypt, most of the ancient Egyptian tombs had been found, but the little-known King Tutankhamen, who died at 18, was still unaccounted for.

Hello, and welcome to This Day in History. Here’s what happened on November 3rd. Since this day in 2014, One World Trade Center has been the tallest building in the United States. Five years ago today, it officially opened its doors after a decade of construction. The structure stands 1,776 feet tall as a tribute to the year America declared independence. Surprising fact? One World Trade Center was designed by American architect David Childs.

Hello, and welcome to This Day in History. Here’s what happened on November 2nd. With just a few days to go before Americans head to the polls for the midterm elections, we look back to one of the greatest upsets in election history. On this day in 1948, Democratic presidential incumbent Harry S. Truman defeated his Republican challenger, Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York, by just over two million popular votes.

Hello, and welcome to This Day in History. Here’s what happened on November 1st. It’s one of history’s most renowned works of art--the Sistine Chapel ceiling opened to the public for the first time on this day in 1512. Painted by Michelangelo, the greatest of the Italian Renaissance artists, the epic frescoes, which are divided into nine panels depicting biblical history, took several years to complete.