What are the important events that happened on June 11? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
June 11: Facts & Myths About This Day
June 11 is the 163rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 203 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 29, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,634,400 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 ‘hectahexacontatrigon’ day.
Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 232 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 4,190 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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June 11 Historical Events
- 631 –Emperor Taizong of Tang, the Emperor of China, sends envoys to the Xueyantuo bearing gold and silk in order to seek the release of enslaved Chinese prisoners captured during the transition from Sui to Tang from the northern frontier; this embassy succeeded in freeing 80,000 Chinese men and women who were then returned to China.
- 1429 –Hundred Years’ War: start of the Battle of Jargeau.
- 1805 –A fire consumes large portions of Detroit in the Michigan Territory.
- 1903 –Group of Serbian officers stormed royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife queen Draga.
- 1907 –George Dennett, aided by Gilbert Jessop, dismisses Northamptonshire for 12 runs, the lowest total in first-class cricket.
- 1938 –Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts.
- 1944 –USS Missouri the last battleship built by the United States Navy and future site of the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, is commissioned.
- 1955 –Eighty-three are killed and at least 100 are injured after an Austin-Healey and a Mercedes-Benz collide at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the deadliest ever accident in motorsports.
- 1956 –Start of Gal Oya riots, the first reported ethnic riots that target minority Sri Lankan Tamils in the Eastern Province. The total number of deaths is reportedly 150.
- 1998 –Compaq Computer pays $9 billion for Digital Equipment Corporation in the largest high-tech acquisition.
Who were born on June 11?
- 1832 –Lucy Pickens, American and Confederate socialite (d. 1899)
- 1912 –James Algar, American film director (d. 1998)
- 1919 –Helen Tobias-Duesberg, Estonian-born American composer
- 1926 –Carlisle Floyd, American composer
- 1939 –Bernard Purdie, American session drummer
- 1947 –Bob Evans, British racing driver
- 1950 –Graham Russell, British guitarist and vocalist (Air Supply)
- 1960 –Mehmet Oz, American television host, surgeon, inventor
- 1973 –Dana Brunetti, American film producer
- 1978 –Ujjwala Raut, Indian supermodel
Who died on June 11?
- 1488 –King James III of Scotland (b. 1451)
- 1903 –Alexander Obrenovich, King of Serbia (b. 1876)
- 1927 –William Attewell, English cricketer (b. 1861)
- 1936 –Robert E. Howard, American writer (b. 1906)
- 1941 –Daniel Carter Beard, founder of the Boy Scouts of America (b. 1850)
- 1970 –William ‘Billy Batts’Devino, American crime figure (b. 1921)
- 1985 –Sapfo Notara, Greek actress (b. 1907)
- 1991 –Cromwell Everson, South African composer (b. 1925)
- 1999 –DeForest Kelley, American actor (b. 1920)
- 2001 –Amalia Mendoza, Mexican singer (b. 1923)
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