Today Nov 11, 2010, is a Thursday.
Originally, in the US Veterans Day was known as Armistice Day, because it was on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month that the guns fell silent ending WWI.
11th hour, 11th day ,11th month
Veteran's Day was originally called "Armistice Day". It was on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month that an Armistice ended WWI.
November 11 was chosen as Veterans Day because it was the day the Armistice was signed in 1918 ending World War I. It was originally called Armistice Day and was changed to Veterans Day in 1956.
WWI ended
Armistice Day is celebrated November 11th in Belgium & France.
11th day of the 11th month 11 minutes after the 11th hour
Originally, in the US Veterans Day was known as Armistice Day, because it was on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month that the guns fell silent ending WWI.
There is no unique 'remembrance' day in France. French commemorate the end of WWI on the 11th of November, and the end of WWII on the 8th of May.
The first Remembrance Day was actually called Armistice Day, November 11th, 1919.
It is Armistice Day.
Remembrance Day is a holiday not something that was "signed." But it commemorates the armistice that ended the hostilities of World War I. This was signed in a railway car on a siding in a forest near Compiêgne, France at 5 AM on November 11, 1918. The armistice took effect 6 hours later at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918.
Veterans Day was originally called Armistice Day. It commemorated the end of WW1 at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918.
November 11th was selected as Veteran's Day. The holiday was originally called "Armistice Day", because on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, an armistice ended WWI.
11th hour, 11th day ,11th month
Veteran's Day was originally called "Armistice Day". It was on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month that an Armistice ended WWI.
In the U.S., it was the 11th of May.