NOVEMBER 11
1620:Before landing on the coast of Massachusetts, 41 colonists later known as Pilgrims sign the Mayflower Compact while anchored in present-day Provincetown Harbor, calling for a "Civil Body Politic" to govern the Plymouth Colony.
1865: Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, the first female surgeon in the U.S. Army, is awarded the Medal of Honor by President Andrew Johnson in recognition for her service in the Civil War.
1918: Allied Commander in Chief Ferdinand Foch and German representative Matthias Erzberger sign a cease-fire agreement in a railway car in Compiègne, France, effectively ending World War I at 11 a.m. on the Western Front. Nov. 11 will be celebrated as Armistice Day between the world wars, while the U.S. Congress will further expand the commemoration to include all American war veterans in 1954.
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