Today in History: The Grand National Assembly of Turkey Elected İsmet İnönü as President Unanimously

November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) according to the Gregorian calendar. The number of days left until the end of the year is 50.

Railways

• 11 November 1961 The first General Manager of State Railways Behiç Erkin passed away at the age of 84. The Chief General Officer of Colonel Behiç (Erkin) Bey State Railways, who passed from Istanbul to Ankara during the National Struggle, was appointed. Behiç Bey, who served in the years 1921–26, was buried in the triangle at the Eskişehir station where the Izmir, Istanbul and Ankara lines meet. TCDD General Directorate built a memorial tomb.
• 11 November 2010 Seyrantepe station started to serve.

Events 

• 1539 – Mihrimah Sultan, daughter of Suleiman I, married the Dome Vizier Rüstem Pasha. The wedding lasted until 26 November 1539.
• 1889 - Washington joins the USA as the 42nd state.
• 1914 – The Ottoman State declared war on the Allied Powers in the First World War.
• 1918 – World War I ends when the German Empire and the Allies sign an armistice.
• 1918 – Independence Day of Poland; Polish lands reunited after 123 years.
• 1923 – In Munich, Adolf Hitler is arrested after the "Beer Hall Coup" fails.
• 1926 – The famous highway that traverses the country in the USA and has even been the subject of songs U.S. Route 66 opened.
• 1928 – The Council of Ministers decided to open National Schools.
• 1935 – İnebolu Ferry sank while entering İzmir Port, 24 people died.
• 1938 – The Turkish Grand National Assembly unanimously elected İsmet İnönü as the President.
• 1942 – The law on Wealth Tax was passed in the Turkish Grand National Assembly.
• 1947 – Turkey became a member of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
• 1951 - Juan Peron is re-elected President of Argentina.
• 1959 – Akis Magazine writers Kurtul Altuğ and Doğan Avcıoğlu were sentenced to 3 months and XNUMX days in prison for insulting Iran's Shah Rıza Pehlavi through broadcasting.
• 1965 – Rhodesia, the last British colony in Africa, declared its independence.
• 1966 – NASA, Gemini 12 launched the spacecraft.
• 1970 – The European Convention on the Immutability of War Crimes Against Humanity enters into force. Turkey has not ratified this convention.
• 1973 - Israel and Egypt signed a ceasefire.
• 1975 - The People's Republic of Angola is established. Angola was a Portuguese colony.
• 1975 – Development Bank of Turkey was established.
• 1976 – The agreement regulating the electricity exchange between Turkey and the Soviet Union for 10 years was signed.
• 1987 - Van Gogh's painting "Irises" sells for $53,9 million in New York.
• 1996 – Chairman of the Motherland Party Mesut Yılmaz said, “The state has created an alternative organization within the police force to the National Intelligence Organization. After today, do not rely on the State to ensure our safety," he said.
• 1996 – General Directorate of National Lottery Administration, game of chance the lotterystarted it.
• 2020 – Sputnik V vaccine, developed against the coronavirus epidemic, has been proven to be 19% effective against COVID-92, according to intermediate results.^{[source must be cited]}

Births 

• 1050 – IV. Henry, King of Germany after 1056 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1084 to 1105 (d. 1106)
• 1154 – Sancho I, king of Portugal, who reigned from 6 December 1185 to 26 March 1211 (d. 1211)
• 1220 – Alphonse de Poitiers, count of Poitiers and Toulouse (d. 1271)
• 1493 – Paracelsus, Swiss physician, alchemist, botanist, and astrologer (d. 1541)
• 1512 – Marcin Krome, Polish cartographer, diplomat, and historian (d. 1589)
• 1599 – Maria Eleonora was queen of Sweden (d. 1655)
• 1653 – Carlo Ruzzini, Venetian statesman and diplomat (d. 1735)
• 1743 – Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish naturalist (d. 1828)
• 1748 – IV. Carlos, King of Spain (d. 1819)
• 1815 – Anne Lynch Botta, American poet, author, and teacher (d. 1891)
• 1818 – Abdullatif Suphi Pasha, Ottoman statesman, writer (d. 1886)
• 1821 – Dostoevsky, Russian writer (d. 1881)
• 1852 – Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Austrian field marshal (d. 1925)
• 1855 – Stevan Sremac, Serbian realist and comedy writer (d. 1906)
• 1863 – Paul Signac, French neo-impressionist painter (d. 1935)
• 1864 – Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian Jewish pacifist, publisher, journalist, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (d. 1921)
• 1864 - Maurice Leblanc, French short story and novelist; Creator of the character Arsen Lüpen. (d. 1941)
• 1869 – III. Vittorio Emanuele, king of Italy from 1900-1946 (d. 1947)
• 1875 – Vesto Slipher, American astronomer (d. 1969)
• 1882 – VI. Gustaf Adolf, King of Sweden (d. 1973)
• 1885 – George S. Patton, American soldier (d. 1945)
• 1888 – Abul Kalam Azad, Indian Muslim scholar and senior political leader of the Indian independence movement (d. 1958)
• 1897 – Sıddık Sami Onar, Turkish lawyer (d. 1972)
• 1898 – René Clair, French director and screenwriter (d. 1981)
• 1901 – Magda Goebbels, wife of Joseph Goebbels (d. 1945)
• 1901 – Sam Spiegel, American filmmaker (d. 1985)
• 1904 – Alger Hiss, American lawyer and spy (d. 1996)
• 1911 – Roberto Matthew, Chilean painter (d. 2002)
• 1914 – Howard Fast, American author (d. 2003)
• 1918 – Stubby Kaye, American comedian, actor, and voice actor (d. 1997)
• 1920 – Roy Jenkins, British politician (d. 2003)
• 1922 – Kurt Vonnegut Jr., American humanist author (d. 2007)
• 1925 – John Guillermin, English film director (d. 2015)
• 1925 – June Whitfield, English stage, film and television actress (d. 2018)
• 1925 – Jonathan Winters, American author (d. 2013)
• 1926 – Noah Gordon, American writer
• 1926 – Maria Teresa de Filippis, Italian speedway driver (d. 2016)
• 1928 – Ernestine Anderson, American jazz and blues singer (d. 2016)
• 1928 – Carlos Fuentes Macías, Mexican writer (d. 2012)
• 1929 – Altan Erbulak Turkish cartoonist, actor and journalist (d. 1988)
• 1929 - Hans Magnus Enzensberger, German writer
• 1930 – Mildred Dresselhaus, US professor of physics and electrical and electronics engineering (d. 2017)
• 1935 – Oliver Batali Albino, South Sudanese politician (d. 2020)
• 1935 – Bibi Andersson, Swedish actress (d. 2019)
• 1937 - Alicia Ostriker, American feminist poet
• 1938 – Nancy Coover Andreasen, American neuroscientist
• 1944 – Kemal Sunal, Turkish cinema and theater actor (d. 2000)
• 1945 – Daniel Ortega, President of Nicaragua and leader of the Sandinista National Liberation Front
• 1948 – Vincent Schiavelli, American actor (d. 2005)
• 1951 – Kim Peek, American savant (d. 2009)
• 1951 – Fuzzy Zoeller, American golfer
• 1955 – Jigme Singye Wangchuck, Bhutanese monarch
• 1957 – Hasan Küçükakyüz, Turkish soldier and Turkish Air Force Commander
• 1960 – Stanley Tucci, American actor, screenwriter, producer, and director
• 1962 - Demi Moore, American actress
• 1963 Billy Gunn, American professional wrestler
• 1964 – Margarete Bagshaw, an American artist (d. 2015)
• 1964 – Calista Flockhart, US-born actress and stage actress
• 1965 - Max Mutchnick is an American television producer
• 1966 – Benedicta Boccoli, Italian actress and director
• 1966 – Vince Colosimo, Italian-Australian actor
• 1967 – Frank John Hughes, American film and television actor
• 1971 – İpek Tuzcuoğlu, Turkish cinema and TV series actress
• 1972 – Adam Beach, Canadian actor
• 1973 – Şevval Sam, Turkish singer and actor
• 1973 Jason White, American musician
• 1974 – Leonardo DiCaprio, American actor and Oscar winner
• 1974 – Static Major, American rapper, singer, and songwriter (d. 2008)
• 1977 – Maniche, Portuguese national football player and manager
• 1981 – Didem Özkavukçu, Turkish cinema, theater and TV series actress
• 1981 – Sarp Apak, Turkish actor
• 1983 – Philipp Lahm, German football player
• 1983 – Arouna Koné, Ivory Coast football player
• 1984 - Kennedy Mweene, Zambian football player
• 1984 – Birkir Már Sævarsson, Icelandic national football player
• 1988 - David Depetris, Slovak football player
• 1988 – Mikako Komatsu, Japanese voice actor and singer
• 1988 - Kyle Naughton, English footballer
• 1988 – Jordan Yéyé, French football player
• 1990 – Tom Dumoulin is a Dutch road cyclist.
• 1990 – Georginio Wijnaldum, Dutch football player
• 1993 – Jamaal Lascelles, English footballer
• 1994 – Eleanor Simmonds, British paralympic swimmer

Deaths 

• 683 – Yazid I, second caliph of the Umayyads (b. 646)
• 865 – Petronas, a Byzantine general and prominent aristocrat
• 1028 – VIII. Constantine, Byzantine emperor who reigned alone between 1025 and 1028 (b. 960)
• 1189 – II. Guglielmo, King of Sicily from 1166 to 1189 (b. 1153)
• 1855 – Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher and theologian (b. 1813)
• 1887 – Adolph Fischer, German anarchist and workers' union activist (b. 1858)
• 1908 – Paul Horn, German philologist (b. 1863)
• 1917 – Liliuokalani, Hawaii's first and only de facto reigning Queen (b. 1838)
• 1918 – Victor Adler, Austrian socialist (b. 1852)
• 1919 – Pavel Chistyakov, Russian painter and art teacher (b. 1832)
• 1938 – Mary Mallon, American first healthy host of typhoid fever (b. 1869)
• 1940 – Muhittin Akyüz, Turkish soldier, diplomat and politician (b. 1870)
• 1944 – Münir Ertegün, Turkish diplomat and Turkish Ambassador to Washington, DC (b. 1883)
• 1945 – Jerome Kern was an American composer of musical theater and popular music (b. 1885)
• 1950 – Alexandros Diomedes was prime minister of Greece (b. 1875)
• 1961 – Behiç Erkin, Turkish soldier, politician and diplomat (b. 1876)
• 1973 – Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish chemist (b. 1895)
• 1975 – Mina Witkojc, German writer (b. 1893)
• 1976 – Alexander Calder, American sculptor and painter (b. 1898)
• 1979 – Dmitry Tiomkin, Ukrainian-born composer (b. 1894)
• 1986 – Fahri Erdinç, Turkish writer and poet (b. 1917)
• 1987 – Mustafa Adil Özder, Turkish folklore researcher, writer and poet (b. 1907)
• 1990 – Atilio Demaría, Argentinean-Italian former international football player (b. 1909)
• 1990 – Sadi Irmak, Turkish medical doctor, politician and Prime Minister (b. 1904)
• 1990 – Yannis Ritsos, Greek poet (b. 1909)
• 1997 – Özcan President, Turkish academic, linguist and writer (b. 1929)
• 2004 – Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1929)
• 2005 – Mustafa Akkad, Syrian-American director (b. 1930)
• 2005 – Peter F. Drucker, Austrian management scientist, writer and artist (b. 1909)
• 2006 – Anicée Alvina, French actress (b. 1953)
• 2007 – Delbert Mann, American director (b. 1920)
• 2008 – Mustafa Şekip Birgöl, Turkish soldier and the last living veteran of the War of Independence (b. 1903)
• 2009 – Hikmet Şahin, Turkish businessman, politician and former Bursa Metropolitan Municipality Mayor (b. 1950)
• 2010 – Mehmet Gülcegün, Turkish politician (b. 1947)
• 2011 – Istemi Betil, Turkish cinema, theater, TV series actress and voice actor (b. 1943)
• 2012 – Kemal Ermetin, Turkish publisher and writer (b. 1956)
• 2013 – Atilla Karaosmanoğlu, Turkish politician (b. 1932)
• 2014 – Carol Ann Susi, American actress (b. 1952)
• 2014 – Vugar Hashimov, Azerbaijani chess player (b. 1986)
• 2016 – Ilse Aichinger, Austrian writer (b. 1921)
• 2016 – Victor Bailey, American bass guitarist and musician (b. 1960)
• 2016 – Turkî bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, Saudi Arabian Crown Prince and businessman (b. 1932)
• 2016 – Robert Vaughn, American actor (b. 1932)
• 2018 – Olga Harmony, Mexican playwright and educator (b. 1928)
• 2018 – Wayne Maunder, American actor (b. 1937)
• 2018 – Douglas Rain, Canadian actor and voice actor (b. 1928)
• 2019 – Bad Azz, Rap singer, actor and musician (b. 1975)
• 2019 – Winston Lackin, Surinamese politician (b. 1954)
• 2019 – James Le Mesurier, Former British intelligence officer and civil society activist (b. 1971)
• 2019 – Mümtaz Soysal, Turkish academic and politician (b. 1929)
• 2019 – Edward Zacca, Jamaican supreme judge and politician (b. 1931)
• 2020 – Bobani of Mongamel, South African politician and lawyer (b. 1968)
• 2020 – Carlos Campos, Chilean former international football player (b. 1937)
• 2020 – Justin Cronin, American politician (b. 1980)
• 2020 – Caliph bin Salman al-Khalifa, Bahraini royal family member and politician who served as Prime Minister of Bahrain from 1970 to 2020 (b. 1935)
• 2020 – Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo, Italian female skier (b. 1931)
• 2020 – Michel Mongeau, Canadian actor and radio broadcaster (b. 1946)

Holidays and special occasions 

• Polish Independence Day