What are the important events that happened on January 11? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
January 11: Facts & Myths About This Day
January 11 is the 11th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 355 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 29, 2023 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,415,520 minutes 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 ‘hendecagon’ day.
Capricorn is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 30 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 4,038 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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January 11 Historical Events
- 1158 –Vladislav II becomes King of Bohemia.
- 1759 –In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first American life insurance company is incorporated.
- 1794 –Robert Forsythe, a U.S. Marshal is killed in Augusta, Georgia when trying to serve court papers, the first US marshal to die while carrying out his duties.
- 1805 –The Michigan Territory is created.
- 1861 –Alabama secedes from the United States.
- 1927 –Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announced the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at a banquet in Los Angeles, California.
- 1942 –World War II: Japan declares war on the Netherlands and invades the Netherlands East Indies.
- 1946 –Enver Hoxha declares the People’s Republic of Albania with himself as president.
- 1964 –United States Surgeon General Dr. Luther Leonidas Terry, M.D., publishes a landmark report saying that smoking may be hazardous to health, sparking nation- and worldwide anti-smoking efforts.
- 1994 –The Irish Government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the IRA and its political arm Sinn Féin.
Who were born on January 11?
- 1359 –Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (d. 1393)
- 1638 –Nicolas Steno, Danish scientist (d. 1686)
- 1875 –Reinhold Glière, Russian composer (d. 1956)
- 1889 –Calvin Bridges, American geneticist (d. 1938)
- 1922 –Ernle Bradford, English historian and writer (d. 1986)
- 1932 –Alfonso Arau, Mexican film director
- 1935 –Melvyn Hayes, British actor
- 1945 –Christine Kaufmann, German-Austrian actress
- 1948 –Terry Williams, Welsh rock drummer (Dire Straits)
- 1977 –Anni Friesinger-Postma, German speed skater
Who died on January 11?
- 802 –St. Paulinus II of Aquileia
- 844 –Michael I Rhangabes, Byzantine Emperor
- 1703 –Johann Georg Graevius, German classical scholar and critic (b. 1632)
- 1801 –Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer (b. 1749)
- 1882 –Theodor Schwann, German physiologist (b. 1810)
- 1952 –Aureliano Pertile, Italian tenor (b. 1885)
- 1972 –Padraic Colum, Irish poet, novelist, dramatist, biographer and collector of folklore (b. 1881)
- 1988 –Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)
- 1994 –Helmut Poppendick, Nazi physician (b. 1902)
- 2001 –Michael Williams, English actor (b. 1935)
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