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Wednesday, 11 November 2026

2008

The {{RMS|Queen Elizabeth 2}} (QE2) sets sail on her final voyage to Dubai.

2006

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II unveils the New Zealand War Memorial in London, United Kingdom, commemorating the loss of soldiers from the New Zealand Army and the British Army.

2004

The Palestine Liberation Organization confirms the death of Yasser Arafat from unidentified causes. Mahmoud Abbas is elected chairman of the PLO minutes later.

New Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Warrior is dedicated at the National War Memorial, Wellington.

2001

Journalists Pierre Billaud, Johanne Sutton and Volker Handloik are killed in Afghanistan during an attack on the convoy they are traveling in.

2000

In Kaprun, Austria, 155 skiers and snowboarders die when a cable car catches fire in an alpine tunnel.

1999

The House of Lords Act is given Royal Assent, restricting membership of the British House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage.

1992

The General Synod of the Church of England votes to allow women to become priests.

1981

Antigua and Barbuda joins the United Nations.

1975

Australian constitutional crisis of 1975: Australian Governor-General Sir John Kerr dismisses the government of Gough Whitlam, appoints Malcolm Fraser as caretaker Prime Minister and announces a general election to be held in early December.

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