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1620 The Mayflower Compact was signed by the 41 men on the Mayflower when they landed in what is now Provincetown Harbor near Cape Cod. The compact called for “just and equal laws
1851 The telescope was patented by Alvan Clark
1889 Washington became the 42nd state of the Union
1918 World War I came to an end when the Allies and Germany signed an armistice. This day became recognized as Veteran’s Day in the United States
1921 The Tomb of the Unknowns was dedicated at Arlington Cemetery in Virginia by U.S. President Harding
1940 The Jeep made its debut
1942 During World War II, Germany completed its occupation of France
1946 The New York Knickerbockers (now the Knicks) played their first game at Madison Square Garden
1984 U.S. President Ronald Reagan accepted the Vietnam Veterans Memorial as a gift to the nation from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund
1992 Russian President Boris Yeltsin told U.S. senators in a letter that Americans had been held in prison camps after World War II. Some were “summarily executed,” but others were still living in his country voluntarily