Historical Events
1215
The Fourth Council of the Lateran opens.
1811
Paraguay declares its independence from Spain.
1918
World War I ends at 11 a.m. as Germany signs an armistice.
1940
The British Swordfish aircraft attack the Italian fleet at Taranto.
2008
The world's first commercial quantum computer goes live.
Famous Birthdays
1494
Hans Sachs
German poet and meistersinger.
1821
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Russian novelist known for Crime and Punishment.
1904
Alger Hiss
American government official convicted of espionage.
1922
Kurt Vonnegut
American author known for Slaughterhouse-Five and Cat's Cradle.
1974
Leonardo DiCaprio
American actor who won the Academy Award for The Revenant.
