What are the important events that happened on February 11? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
February 11: Facts & Myths About This Day
February 11 is the 42nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 323 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 29, 2025 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,739,232,000 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 ‘tetracontadigon’ day.
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Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 371 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 4,435 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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February 11 Historical Events
- 1752 –Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in the United States, is opened by Benjamin Franklin.
- 1826 –University College London is founded under the name University of London.
- 1918 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Horse in Chinese astrology.
- 1919 –Friedrich Ebert (SPD), is elected President of Germany.
- 1938 –BBC Television produces the world’s first ever science fiction television program, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Capek play R.U.R., that coined the term “robot”.
- 1942 –World War II: The Battle of Bukit Timah is fought in Singapore.
- 1953 –The Soviet Union breaks off diplomatic relations with Israel.
- 1964 –Greeks and Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus.
- 1971 –Eighty-seven countries, including the US, UK, and USSR, sign the Seabed Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons on the ocean floor in international waters.
- 1981 –100000 USgal of radioactive coolant leak into the containment building of TVA Sequoyah 1 nuclear plant in Tennessee, contaminating 8 workers.
Who were born on February 11?
- 1657 –Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, French scientist and man of letters (d. 1757)
- 1774 –Hans Järta, Swedish political activist (d. 1847)
- 1890 –David Drummond, Australian politician (d. 1965)
- 1932 –Dennis Skinner, British politician
- 1934 –Manuel Noriega, Panamanian general and dictator
- 1947 –Joselito, Spanish singer
- 1962 –Eric Vanderaerden, Belgian cyclist
- 1972 –Craig Jones, American musician (Slipknot)
- 1976 –Tony Battie, American basketball player
- 1984 –Aubrey O'Day, American singer
Who died on February 11?
- 1829 –Alexandr Griboyedov, Russian playwright (b. 1795)
- 1868 –Léon Foucault, French astronomer (b. 1819)
- 1923 –Wilhelm Killing, German mathematician (b. 1847)
- 1940 –John Buchan, Governor-General of Canada (b. 1875)
- 1954 –Adolph M. Christianson, justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court (b. 1877)
- 1977 –Louis Beel, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1902)
- 1981 –Franz Sondheimer, British chemist (b. 1926)
- 1986 –Evelio Javier, Filipino politician, lawyer, and civil servant (b. 1942)
- 1996 –Amelia Rosselli, Italian poet (b. 1930)
- 2002 –Barry Foster, British actor (b. 1931)
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