What are the important events that happened on August 11? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

August 11: Facts & Myths About This Day

August 11 is the 223^rd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 142 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 29, 2025 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,754,870,400 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 ‘dihectaicosatrigon’ day.

Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 190 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 4,616 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

August 11 Historical Events

• 3114 BC –
  The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Mayans, begins.
• 2492 BC –
  Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation.
• 1858 –
  The Eiger in the Bernese Alps is ascended for the first time by Charles Barrington accompanied by Christian Almer and Peter Bohren.
• 1920 –
  The Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty, which relinquished Russia’s authority and pretenses to Latvia, is signed, ending the Latvian War of Independence.
• 1929 –
  Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio.
• 1947 –
  Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founding father of Pakistan, gives a speech to the Constituent Assembly, the contents and meaning of which remain contentious today.
• 1960 –
  Chad declares independence.
• 1982 –
  A bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 830, en route from Tokyo to Honolulu, killing one teenager and injuring 15 passengers.
• 1999 –
  The Salt Lake City Tornado tears through the downtown district of the city, killing one.
• 2003 –
  The highest temperature ever seen in Great Britain (38.1 °C) is recorded at Gravesend, Kent.

Who were born on August 11?

• 1718 –
  Sir Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born British colonial governor (d. 1791)
• 1897 –
  Enid Blyton, English author (d. 1968)
• 1908 –
  Torgny Torgnysson Segerstedt, Swedish sociologist and philosopher (d. 1999)
• 1932 –
  Israel Harold “Izzy” Asper, Canadian tax lawyer (d. 2003)
• 1950 –
  Steve Wozniak, American computer pioneer
• 1954 –
  Yashpal Sharma, Indian cricketer
• 1957 –
  Ian Stuart Donaldson, British singer (Skrewdriver) (d. 1993)
• 1967 –
  Collin Chou, Taiwanese actor
• 1967 –
  Joe Rogan, American television host, comedian, commentator and actor
• 1976 –
  Ľubomír Višňovský, Slovak ice hockey player

Who died on August 11?

• 353 –
  Magnentius, Roman usurper (b. 303)
• 1204 –
  King Guttorm of Norway (b. 1199)
• 1494 –
  Hans Memling, Flemish painter (b. c. 1430)
• 1596 –
  Hamnet Shakespeare, son of William Shakespeare (b. 1585)
• 1908 –
  Khudiram Bose, Indian freedom fighter (b. 1889)
• 1919 –
  Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-born American industrialist and philanthropist (b. 1835)
• 1939 –
  Jean Bugatti, Italian automobile designer (b. 1909)
• 1996 –
  Baba Vanga, Macedonian-born Bulgarian prophet, mystic, clairvoyant and herbalist (b. 1911)
• 2001 –
  Percy Stallard, English cyclist (b. 1909)
• 2005 –
  James Booth, English actor (b. 1927)