NOVEMBER 11
1933:One of the first major storms of the Dust Bowl sweeps topsoil from South Dakota across the Great Plains in an event known as the "Great Black Blizzard."
1620: John Carver, first governor of the Plymouth Colony, is the first of 41 English colonists to sign the Mayflower Compact while anchored in present-day Provincetown Harbor off the coast of Massachusetts. The early constitution calls for a democratic Civil Body Politic to govern the Pilgrims' new colony.
1918: Allied Commander in Chief Ferdinand Foch signs a cease-fire agreement with German representative Matthias Erzberger in a railway car in Compiègne, France, effectively bringing World War I to an end. Nov. 11 would be celebrated as Armistice Day until 1954, when Congress would rename the holiday Veterans Day and expand the commemoration to include all American war veterans.
1938:Kate Smith introduces the song "God Bless America," written by Irving Berlin
1926:U.S. Route 66 is established.
1972:The Dow Jones Index passes the 1,000 mark for the first time.
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