Comment by telemachos

I don't understand the fascination with (merely) the number 11.

Wouldn't NY Times November 11, 1918 be more appropriate today?[1] Or maybe Philip Larkin's MCMXIV.[2]

[1] http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/world-war-i-ends

[2] http://net.lib.byu.edu/english/WWI/influence/MCMXIV.html