What Day Is Nov 11 2024 In History. He’s known for cutting his cloak in half to share it with a beggar during a snowstorm. The observance originated in 1919 on the first anniversary of the 1918.
Celebrated since the end of wwi, remembrance day actually marks armistice day — the day on which the hostilities between the allies and germany ceased on the western front. 11, 1918, fighting in world war i ended as the allies and germany signed an armistice aboard a railroad.