What are the important events that happened on January 11? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
January 11: Facts & Myths About This Day
January 11 is the 11th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 354 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 29, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,736,553,600 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 ‘hendecagon’ day.
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Capricorn is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 18 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 4,404 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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January 11 Historical Events
- 1787 –William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.
- 1794 –Robert Forsythe, a U.S. Marshal is killed in Augusta, Georgia when trying to serve court papers, the first US marshal to die while carrying out his duties.
- 1861 –Alabama secedes from the United States.
- 1863 –American Civil War: ship CSS encountered and sank the USS Hatteras off Galveston Lighthouse in Texas.
- 1935 –Amelia Earhart is the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
- 1942 –World War II: The Japanese capture Kuala Lumpur.
- 1943 –Italian-American Anarchist Carlo Tresca is assassinated in New York
- 1949 –The first “networked” television broadcasts take place as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air connecting the east coast and mid-west programming.
- 1986 –The Gateway Bridge, Brisbane in Queensland, Australia is officially opened.
- 1998 –Sidi-Hamed massacre takes place in Algeria, over 100 people are killed.
Who were born on January 11?
- 1867 –Edward B. Titchener, British psychologist. (d. 1927)
- 1885 –Alice Paul, American women’s rights activist (d. 1977)
- 1887 –Aldo Leopold, American ecologist (d. 1948)
- 1890 –Max Carey, American baseball player (d. 1976)
- 1890 –Oswald de Andrade, Brazilian author (d. 1954)
- 1910 –Nikos Kavvadias, Greek poet and writer (d. 1975)
- 1938 –John August Swanson, American artist
- 1952 –Diana Gabaldon, American author
- 1958 –Diego León Montoya Sánchez, Colombian organized crime figure
- 1962 –Kim Coles, American actress
Who died on January 11?
- 1904 –William Sawyer, Canadian politician (b. 1815)
- 1947 –Eva Tanguay, Canadian-born singer and entertainer (b. 1879)
- 1954 –Oscar Straus, Austrian composer (b. 1870)
- 1958 –Alec Rowley, English composer (b. 1892)
- 1999 –Brian Moore, Irish-born writer (b. 1921)
- 1999 –Fabrizio De André, Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1940)
- 2000 –Ivan Combe, American inventor (b. 1911)
- 2002 –Struan Sutherland, Australian medical researcher (b. 1936)
- 2003 –Maurice Pialat, French actor and director (b. 1925)
- 2006 –Nixzmary Brown, American child abuse victim (b. 1998)
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