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The Sun Front Page: November 14, 1982
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The Sun Front Page: November 14, 1982
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City celebrated as Germany surrendered during World War I
When news of the German surrender in the early hours of Nov. 11, 1918, swept through the city, crowds swarmed downtown to Sun Square at Baltimore and Charles streets to join in one of the city’s greatest public parties.
Throwback Thursday: Top 10 songs this week in 1998
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This week 16 years ago, impeachment hearings began against President Bill Clinton, “The Waterboy” was the No. 1 film at the American box office, “Portrait of the Artist Without Beard” by Vincent van Gogh sold at auction for $71.5 million and the following songs were the most popular in the U.S., according to Billboard’s Hot 100 chart archive.
The Sun Front Page: November 13, 1980
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The Sun Front Page: November 13, 1980
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The Sun Front Page: November 12, 1921
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The Sun Front Page: November 12, 1921
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Now-and-then pictures: Veterans Day
THEN: On Nov. 11, 1918, there are shouts of joy as a soldier reads the terms of the armistice that ended World War I to his friends in Company M, 6th Regular Infantry in Remoiville, France. Nov. 11 was from then on celebrated as Armistice Day, and is now known as Veterans Day. (Baltimore Sun file photo, 1918)
NOW: On Nov. 11, 2013, Al Grinspoon, right, of Baltimore salutes at a Veterans Day remembrance ceremony at the Maryland Vietnam Veterans Memorial. In June 1954, Congress voted to change the name of Armistice Day, which celebrated the end of World War I, to Veterans Day to honor all veterans. (Barbara Haddock Taylor, Baltimore Sun photo, 2013)