THIS WEEK IN HISTORY. November 11: World War I Is Declared Over. Following an armistice agreement signed in a boxcar in the French woods of Compiegne, the brutal fighting in World War I comes to an end in 1918. On PBS: PBS explores The Great War and the world it made. PBS Special | The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century November 12: Elizabeth Cady Stanton Is Born. Elizabeth Cady Stanton was born in Jonestown, NY in 1815. She would grow up to help lead the womens rights movement that created basic political & social rights for women across the country. On PBS: A multimedia history of the womens rights movement. PBS Special | Not For Ourselves Alone November 13: The AK-47 Is Unveiled: Mikhail Kalashnikov probably did not expect the gun he developed in 1947 to be the most widely used firearm of all time. Known for its inaccuracy but cheap and easy production and reliability, it is now used by military units around the world. On PBS: Tracing the construction of AK-47 currently used in the Congo. FRONTLINE World | Rough Cut November 14: Apollo 12 Launches Into Space. Four months after the success of the Apollo 11 mission, Apollo 12 was launched in 1969, becoming the second manned mission to the moon. On PBS: Was a ceramic chip intended as part of a mini-art museum on the Apollo 12 mission? History Detectives | Moon Museum November 15: Georgia OKeeffe Is Born. Georgia OKeeffe, born on this day in 1885, is considered to be 1 of the greatest American Modernist painters. Her paintings depicted flowers, skyscrapers & desert landscapes. On PBS: A short video on the connection btwn. famed art collector Albert C. Barnes & OKeeffe. PBS Arts | The Barnes Collection: OKeeffe November 16: Operation Paperclip Begins American forces began smuggling Nazi scientists out of Soviet-occupied Germany in order to have them work for the U.S. govt. in 1945. The most notable among them was Werner von Braun, the father of rocket science. PBS: A summary of Operation Paperclip: History Detectives | Nazi Technology November 17: Nixon Declares I Am Not a Crook As President Richard Nixon was further embroiled in the Watergate scandal, he held a press conference in which he denied corruption, uttering the now-infamous line, I am not a crook. A PBS documentary on Nixon: American Experience | The Presidents: Nixon
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