Today,on 11/11 at 11:11 o'clock is the beginning of Carnival in Germany (especially the Rhineland area).
the carnival season, the so called "fifth season", officially begins on November 11th (11/11) at 11:11 a.m. and finishes on Ash Wednesday.
it was a way to express subversive anti-Prussian and anti-French thoughts in times of occupation, through parody and mockery. Wikipedia:Carnival#German-speaking_countries
Today is also Remembrance Day (remembering those who died in WWII) in Canada.
and its the birthdays of Leonardo DiCaprio and Callista Flockhart.
Wikipedia:Carnival#German-speaking_countries