Lots of holidays today:
Holidays and observances
Birthday of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck (Bhutan)
Children's Day (Croatia)
Christian feast day:
Bartholomew of Grottaferrata
Martin of Tours (Roman Catholic Church), and its related observances.
Menas
Mercurius (Coptic)
Søren Kierkegaard (Lutheran Church)
Theodore the Studite
November 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
End of World War I-related observances:
Armistice Day (New Zealand, France, Belgium and Serbia)
National Independence Day (Poland), commemorates the anniversary of Poland's assumption of independent statehood in 1918
Remembrance Day (United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations, including Australia and Canada)
Veterans Day, called Armistice Day until 1954, when it was rededicated to honor American military, naval, and Air Force veterans. (United States)
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Angola from Portugal in 1975.
Independence of Cartagena (Colombia)
Lāčplēsis Day, celebrates the victory over the Bermontians at the Battle of Riga in 1919. (Latvia)
Opening of carnival ("Karneval"/"Fasching"), on 11-11, at 11:11. (Germany, the Netherlands, and other countries)
National Education Day (India)
Pepero Day (South Korea)
Pocky & Pretz Day (Japan)
Republic Day (Maldives)
Singles Day (China)
St. Martin's Day (Sint Maarten, Kingdom of the Netherlands)
Women's Day (nl, fr) (Belgium)