On this day in History - November 11

1880 – Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.

1919 – Latvian forces defeat the West Russian Volunteer Army at Riga in the Latvian War of Independence.

1926 – The United States Numbered Highway System is established.

Remembrance Day - First World War hostilities ended "at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month" of 1918, The First World War formally ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919.