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 11^th 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, 482,376 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 ‘hendecagon’ day.

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.

January 11 Historical Events

• 1779 –
  Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur.
• 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.
• 1927 –
  Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announced the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at a banquet in Los Angeles, 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.
• 1957 –
  The African Convention is founded in Dakar.
• 1964 –
  United States Surgeon General Dr. Luther Leonidas Terry, M.D., publishes a landmark report saying that smoking may be hazardous to health, sparking nation- and worldwide anti-smoking efforts.

Who were born on January 11?

• 1911 –
  Zenko Suzuki, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2004)
• 1921 –
  Gory Guerrero, professional wrestler (d. 1990)
• 1930 –
  Rod Taylor, Australian-born American actor
• 1934 –
  Jean Chrétien, Canadian statesman, 20th Prime Minister of Canada
• 1938 –
  Fischer Black, American economist (d. 1995)
• 1945 –
  Christine Kaufmann, German-Austrian actress
• 1958 –
  Diego León Montoya Sánchez, Colombian organized crime figure
• 1965 –
  Roland Scholten, Dutch darts Player
• 1969 –
  Kyle Richards, American actress
• 1997 –
  Cody Simpson, Australian singer-songwriter

Who died on January 11?

• 1696 –
  Charles Albanel, French missionary explorer in Canada (b. 1616)
• 1771 –
  Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, French writer (b. 1704)
• 1843 –
  Francis Scott Key, American lawyer and writer of the American national anthem (b. 1779)
• 1952 –
  Aureliano Pertile, Italian tenor (b. 1885)
• 1952 –
  Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, French general, posthumous Marshal of France (b. 1889)
• 1957 –
  Rose Sutro, American duo-pianist with her sister Ottilie (b. 1870)
• 1961 –
  Elena Gerhardt, German mezzo-soprano singer (b. 1883)
• 1969 –
  Richmal Crompton, British author (b. 1890)
• 1988 –
  Florence Knapp, American, one-time oldest person in the world (b. 1873)
• 1995 –
  Theodor Wisch, German general (SS) (b. 1907)