Armistice Day

As I was writing in the date for the previous entry, I noticed today was the 11th day of the eleventh month. Further, I was writing it during the eleventh hour.

In 1918, that particular time was the start of the ceasefire ending World War I. 1.1% of the world's population died as a direct result of the fighting. That would be close to 70 million people by today's population.

The last man to die in battle in France during World War One was a Canadian, shot dead by a sniper at 10:58 AM.