Benjamin Franklin, the American polymath, accidentally electrocuted himself while attempting to kill a turkey.
1st February 1960: Start of the Greensboro sit-ins to protest segregation
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France and the United States signed the first two treaties ever negotiated by the American government, and which formally recognised the independence of the United States.
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
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9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019