On November 13, 1833 the night became as bright as daylight, the heavens fell, and people feared that it was the end of times. The event was so dramatic that it sparked both a new religion and a new science.
On November 11, 2004 some thirteen thousand coalition troops were in Anbar province, Iraq, fighting the deadliest battle of the War in Iraq. Armistice Day, 2004, was war at its most horrible.