What are the important events that happened on December 11? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
December 11: Facts & Myths About This Day
December 11 is the 346th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 20 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 28, 2024 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,733,875,200 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectatetracontahexagon’ day.
Sagittarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 49 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,373 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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December 11 Historical Events
1282 –
Llywelyn the Last, the last native Prince of Wales, is killed at Cilmeri, near Builth Wells, south Wales.
1602 –
A surprise attack by forces under the command of the Duke of Savoy and his brother-in-law, Philip III of Spain, is repelled by the citizens of Geneva.
1815 –
the U.S. Senate created a select committee on finance and a uniform national currency, predecessor of the United States Senate Committee on Finance.
1868 –
Brazilians defeat Paraguayans at the Battle of Avaí during the War of the Triple Alliance.
1946 –
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is established.
1994 –
A bomb explodes on Philippine Airlines Flight 434, en route from Manila to Tokyo, killing one. The captain is able to safely land the plane.
1998 –
Thai Airways Flight 261 crashes near Surat Thani Airport, killing 101. The pilot flying the Thai Airways Airbus A310-300 is thought to have suffered spatial disorientation.
2001 –
The People’s Republic of China joins the World Trade Organization.
2005 –
The Buncefield Oil Depot catches fire in Hemel Hempstead, England.
2006 –
The International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust is opened in Tehran, Iran by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; Nations such as Israel and the United States express concern.
Who were born on December 11?
1465 –
Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (d. 1489)
1890 –
Carlos Gardel, tango singer (d. 1935)
1911 –
Qian Xuesen, Chinese scientist (d. 2009)
1931 –
Osho, Mystic (d. 1990)
1935 –
Elmer Vasko, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1998)
1941 –
J. Frank Wilson, American singer (J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers) (d. 1991)
1946 –
Susan Kyle (aka Diana Palmer, Susan S. Kyle, Diana Blayne, Katy Currie), American writer
1960 –
Rachel Portman, English film composer
1962 –
Nele Karajlić, Bosnian singer
1984 –
Spyros Vrontaras, Greek footballer
Who died on December 11?
1121 –
Al-Afdal Shahanshah, Galilean political advisor (b. 1066)
1532 –
Pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1455)
1747 –
Edmund Curll, English bookseller (b. c. 1675)
1945 –
Charles Fabry, French physicist (b. 1867)
1979 –
James J. Gibson, American perceptual psychologist (b. 1904)
1991 –
Robert Q. Lewis, American game show host (b. 1921)
1994 –
Philip Phillips, American archaeologist (b. 1900)
1998 –
André Lichnerowicz, Polish-French physicist (b. 1915)
2004 –
José Luis Cuciuffo, Argentinian footballer (b. 1962)
2008 –
Maddie Blaustein, American voice actress (b. 1960)
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