What are the important events that happened on October 11? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
October 11: Facts & Myths About This Day
October 11 is the 285th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 81 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 28, 2024 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,810,080 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 ‘dihectaoctacontapentagon’ day.
Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 110 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 4,312 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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October 11 Historical Events
- 1634 –The Burchardi flood – “the second Grote Mandrenke” killed around 15,000 men in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany.
- 1649 –Sack of Wexford: After a ten-day siege, English New Model Army troops (under Oliver Cromwell) stormed the town of Wexford, killing over 2,000 Irish Confederate troops and 1,500 civilians.
- 1767 –Surveying for the Mason–Dixon Line separating Maryland from Pennsylvania is completed.
- 1833 –A big demonstration at the gates of the legislature of Buenos Aires forces the ousting of governor Juan Ramón Balcarce and his replacement with Juan José Viamonte.
- 1862 –American Civil War: In the aftermath of the Battle of Antietam, Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart and his men loot Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, during a raid into the north.
- 1912 –First Balkan War: The Greek Army liberates the city of Kozani.
- 1942 –World War II: Battle of Cape Esperance – On the northwest coast of Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese fleet on their way to reinforce troops on the island.
- 1972 –A race riot occurs on the United States Navy aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off the coast of Vietnam during Operation Linebacker.
- 1975 –The NBC sketch comedy/variety show Saturday Night Live debuts with George Carlin as the host and Andy Kaufman, Janis Ian and Billy Preston as guests.
- 2001 –The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.
Who were born on October 11?
- 1814 –Jean Baptiste Lamy, first Archbishop of Santa Fe (d. 1888)
- 1872 –Emily Davison, Militant womans suffrage activist (d. 1913)
- 1885 –François Mauriac, French author, Nobel laureate (d. 1970)
- 1937 –Sir Bobby Charlton, English footballer
- 1946 –Daryl Hall, American rock singer
- 1965 –Orlando Hernández, Cuban baseball player
- 1967 –Daniel Razon, Vice Presiding Minister, Church of God International
- 1970 –Chidi Ahanotu, American football player
- 1973 –Dmitri Young, American baseball player
- 1974 –Rachel Barton Pine, violinist from Chicago
Who died on October 11?
- 1852 –Gotthold Eisenstein, German mathematician (b. 1823)
- 1940 –Lluís Companys i Jover, President of Generalitat of Catalonia (shot) (b. 1882)
- 1965 –Walther Stampfli, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1884)
- 1977 –MacKinlay Kantor, American author (b. 1904)
- 1989 –M. King Hubbert, American geophysicist (b. 1904)
- 1991 –Steven Jesse Bernstein, American underground poet (suicide) (b. 1950)
- 2002 –Dina Pathak, Indian Actress (b. 1922)
- 2005 –Edward Szczepanik, Polish economist and Prime Minister in exile (b. 1915)
- 2007 –Sri Chinmoy (Chinmoy Kumar Ghose), founder of the Sri Chinmoy meditation centres (b. 1931)
- 2008 –Neal Hefti, American jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger (b. 1922)
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