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urcompsezwazzup
post Jan 28 2004, 12:30 AM
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yea i kno this is really unrelated to xanga n xangans altogether, but hey this is the lounge right...

does anyone know WHY the armistice to end WWI was signed at november eleventh, eleven AM? (thats 11/11, 11AM)? what is so special about the date? thanx...juss learnin about htis in history n im like uhh wtH...lol

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starling
post Jan 28 2004, 12:48 PM
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QUOTE(urcompsezwazzup @ 01-28-2004, 12:30 AM)
yea i kno this is really unrelated to xanga n xangans altogether, but hey this is the lounge right...

does anyone know WHY the armistice to end WWI was signed at november eleventh, eleven AM? (thats 11/11, 11AM)? what is so special about the date? thanx...juss learnin about htis in history n im like uhh wtH...lol

-aMiT-

it was actually *signed* at five am, but took effect six hours later, hence the 11/11, 11am thing. still not sure why the timing, maybe it just seemed like the thing to do at the time!
 

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