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 223rd 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, 487,464 hours 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.
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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.
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August 11 Historical Events
- 1804 –Francis II assumes the title of first Emperor of Austria.
- 1812 –Peninsular War: French troops engage British-Portuguese forces in the Battle of Majadahonda.
- 1918 –World War I: the Battle of Amiens ends.
- 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.
- 1952 –Hussein bin Talal is proclaimed King of Jordan.
- 1960 –Chad declares independence.
- 1961 –The former Portuguese territories in India of Dadra and Nagar Haveli are merged to create the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
- 1972 –Vietnam War: the last United States ground combat unit leaves South Vietnam.
- 2003 –The highest temperature ever seen in Great Britain (38.1 °C) is recorded at Gravesend, Kent.
Who were born on August 11?
- 1467 –Mary of York, English princess (d. 1482)
- 1912 –Thanom Kittikachorn, 10th Prime Minister of Thailand (d. 2004)
- 1930 –Paul Soles, Canadian actor and television personality
- 1954 –Joe Jackson, English singer
- 1955 –Marc Bureau, Canadian politician
- 1958 –Jah Wobble, English bassist
- 1961 –David Brooks, American journalist and author
- 1970 –Teresa Pavlinek, Canadian actress
- 1974 –Audrey Mestre, French diver (d. 2002)
- 1974 –Kira Kener, American pornographic actress
Who died on August 11?
- 1253 –Clare of Assisi, Italian follower of Francis of Assisi (b. 1194)
- 1494 –Hans Memling, Flemish painter (b. c. 1430)
- 1578 –Pedro Nunes, Portuguese mathematician (b. 1502)
- 1774 –Tiphaigne de la Roche, French writer (b. 1722)
- 1969 –Miriam Licette, English operatic soprano (b. 1885)
- 1996 –Baba Vanga, Macedonian-born Bulgarian prophet, mystic, clairvoyant and herbalist (b. 1911)
- 1996 –Rafael Kubelík, Czech conductor and composer (b. 1914)
- 1996 –Tassos Isaac, Greek Cypriot murdered while demonstrating in the United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus (b. 1972)
- 2003 –Armand Borel, Swiss mathematician (b. 1923)
- 2006 –Mike Douglas, American singer and talk show host (b. 1925)
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