November 21, 1918
"The German flag will be hauled down at sunset and will not be hoisted again without permission."
-British Admiral Sir David Beatty, accepting the surrender of the High Seas Fleet
Lemberg, Poland (now Lviv, Ukraine): Mobs of looters and freed criminals, including Soldiers with the Second Polish Republic, begin to loot and murder ethnic Jews in the city on rumors of collaborating with the Central Powers in the closing weeks of the war.
The Qualification of Women Act receives royal assent, giving British women over the age of 21 the right to stand as a Member of Parliament.
The Estonian Army adds an aviation and naval arm, leading to the establishment of the Estonian Air Force and Estonian Navy. On the same day, Estonia debuted its own national flag.
The National Institute of Public Health was established in Poland.
Born Today:
Dorothy Maguire, American baseball player, catcher and outfielder for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League from 1943 to 1949, in LaGrange, Ohio (died 1981).
Sydney Dowse, British air force officer, member of the escape crew from German POW camp Stalag Luft III during World War Two, recipient of the Military Cross, in Hammersmith, England (died 2008).
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—Rocky Russo
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