What are the important events that happened on December 11? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
December 11: Facts & Myths About This Day
December 11 is the 345th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 20 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 28, 2025 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,765,411,200 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 ‘trihectatetracontapentagon’ day.
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Sagittarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 68 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 4,738 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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December 11 Historical Events
- 361 –Julian the Apostate enters Constantinople as sole Emperor of the Roman Empire.
- 1602 –A surprise attack by forces under the command of the Duke of Savoy and his brother-in-law, Philip III of Spain, is repelled by the citizens of Geneva.
- 1905 –A workers’ uprising occurs in Kiev and establishes the Shuliavka Republic.
- 1931 –The British Parliament enacts the Statute of Westminster 1931, establishing legislative equality between the self-governing dominions of the Commonwealth of Australia, the Dominion of Canada, the Irish Free State, Dominion of Newfoundland, the Dominion of New Zealand, and the Union of South Africa.
- 1948 –The United Nations passes General Assembly Resolution 194, which established and defined the role of the United Nations Conciliation Commission as an organization to facilitate peace in the British Mandate for Palestine.
- 1980 –The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, also known as CERCLA or Superfund, is enacted by the U.S. Congress.
- 1981 –El Mozote massacre: Armed forces in El Salvador kill an estimated 900 civilians in an anti-guerrilla campaign during the Salvadoran Civil War.
- 1994 –First Chechen War: Russian President Boris Yeltsin orders Russian troops into Chechnya.
- 2005 –Cronulla riots: Thousands of White Australians demonstrate against ethnic violence resulting in a riot against anyone thought to be Lebanese (and many who are not) in Cronulla Sydney. These are followed up by retaliatory ethnic attacks on Cronulla.
- 2008 –Bernard Madoff is arrested and charged with securities fraud in a $50 billion Ponzi scheme.
Who were born on December 11?
- 1863 –Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer (d. 1941)
- 1897 –Ronald Skirth, conscientious objector of the First World War (d. 1977)
- 1921 –Liz Smith, British actress
- 1923 –Betsy Blair, American actress (d. 2009)
- 1938 –McCoy Tyner, American jazz pianist
- 1944 –Jon Garrison, American tenor
- 1964 –Michel Courtemanche, French Canadian comedian
- 1974 –Lisa Ortiz, TV animation and video game voice actress.
- 1979 –Rider Strong, American actor
- 1980 –Arya, Indian actor
Who died on December 11?
- 1226 –Robert de Ros, English politician (b. 1177)
- 1826 –Empress Maria Leopoldina of Austria of Empire of Brazil (b. 1797)
- 1892 –William Milligan, Scottish theologian (b. 1821)
- 1950 –Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer (b. 1893)
- 1978 –Vincent du Vigneaud, American chemist and Nobel laureate (b. 1901)
- 1991 –Artur Lundkvist, Swedish author and critic (b. 1906)
- 1992 –Michael Robbins, English actor (b. 1930)
- 1993 –Elvira Popescu, Romanian-born French actress (b. 1894)
- 1994 –Philip Phillips, American archaeologist (b. 1900)
- 1998 –André Lichnerowicz, Polish-French physicist (b. 1915)
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