November 11------------------------1813 War of 1812: Battle of Cryslers Farm – British and Canadian forces defeat a larger American force, causing the Americans to abandon their Saint Lawrence campaign.//////1831 In Jerusalem, Virginia, Nat Turner is hanged after inciting a violent slave uprising.//////1839 The Virginia Military Institute is founded in Lexington, Virginia.//////1864 US Civil War: Shermans March to the Sea – Union General William Tecumseh Sherman begins burning Atlanta, Georgia to the ground in preparation for his march south.//////1965 Rhodesia proclaimed its independence from Britain. //////1972 The U.S. Army turned over its base at Long Binh to the South Vietnamese army, symbolizing the end of direct U.S. military involvement in the Vietnam War.//////1992 The Church of England voted to ordain women as priests.//////1998 Israels Cabinet narrowly ratified a land-for-peace agreement with the Palestinians.//////2000 Republicans went to court seeking an order to block manual recounts from continuing in Floridas presidential election.///////2000 A cable car crammed with skiers and snowboarders caught fire while being pulled through an Alpine tunnel in Austria, killing 155 people.//////2004 Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat died in Paris at age 75.//////2008 Country singer Taylor Swifts album Fearless was released.
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