FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

Big Bank Hank

Big Bank Hank, American rapper (born 1956)

Albert Parsons

Albert Parsons, American journalist and activist (born 1848)

Arthur Rothstein

Arthur Rothstein, American photographer and educator (born 1915)

August Spies

August Spies, American journalist and activist (born 1855)

Singles' Day

Singles' Day (China)

National Education Day (India)

Pepero Day

Pepero Day (South Korea)

Public holidays in the Maldives

Republic Day (Maldives)

Bartholomew of Grottaferrata

Christian feast day: Bartholomew of Grottaferrata

Public holidays in Bhutan

Birthday of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck (Bhutan)

Martin of Tours

Christian feast day: Martin of Tours, and its related observances.

Menas of Egypt

Christian feast day: Menas

Saint Mercurius

Christian feast day: Mercurius (Coptic)

Søren Kierkegaard

Christian feast day: Søren Kierkegaard (Lutheran Church)

Theodore the Studite

Christian feast day: Theodore the Studite

November 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: November 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

National Independence Day (Poland)

End of World War I-related observances: National Independence Day (Poland), commemorates the anniversary of Poland's assumption of independent statehood in 1918

Remembrance Day

End of World War I-related observances: Remembrance Day (United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations, including Australia and Canada)

Veterans Day

End of World War I-related observances: Veterans Day, called Armistice Day until 1954, when it was rededicated to honor American military (Army, Navy, Marine, and Air Force) veterans. (United States)

Public holidays in Angola

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Angola from Portugal in 1975.

Public holidays in Colombia

Independence of Cartagena (Colombia)

Lāčplēsis Day

Lāčplēsis Day, celebrates the victory over the Bermontians at the Battle of Riga in 1919. (Latvia)