📅 On This Day: November 11

November 11, 1918: Armistice Day: the guns fall silent. At 11 o'clock on this morning in 1918, the guns of the First World War fell silent. The armistice was signed inside a railway carriage in the forest of Compiègne, France. Today people in many countries pause in silence at 11 to think about peace, often wearing a red poppy.

📅 Armistice Day: the guns fall silent (1918)

Where: Glade of the Armistice, Compiègne, France

Nearby on the globe: Sacré-Cœur Basilica → 🌍 Open the 3D globe

✨ More events on this day

1675 🔬 Gottfried Leibniz used integral calculus for the first time to find the area under a curve. Calculus is still a key tool for scientists and engineers.
1934 🏛️ The Shrine of Remembrance opened in Melbourne, Australia. Its stone building, inspired by an ancient Greek tomb, sits on a hill in a city park. Shrine of Remembrance →
1982 🚀 Space Shuttle Columbia launched on STS-5, the first working mission of the Space Shuttle, and released two communication satellites into orbit. Kennedy Space Center →

🧠 Question of the day

Where was the armistice signed?

At the top of a castle tower
In a railway carriage in a forest
On a ship

Show the answer

Answer: In a railway carriage in a forest

🎂 Landmarks that opened on November 11

Questions

What happened on November 11?

November 11, 1918: Armistice Day: the guns fall silent. It happened in Glade of the Armistice, Compiègne, France.

Which landmarks opened on November 11?

Liberty Memorial (dedicated 1926), Shrine of Remembrance (dedicated 1934), Australian War Memorial (opened to the public 1941).

In the game, the "Today on Earth" panel shows this story on its day, with a question to answer and a place to fly to.

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glade_of_the_Armistice