What are the important events that happened on July 11? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
July 11: Facts & Myths About This Day
July 11 is the 192nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 173 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 28, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,752,192,000 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 ‘hectaenneacontadigon’ day.
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Cancer is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 221 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 4,585 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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July 11 Historical Events
- 1735 –Mathematical calculations suggest that it is on this day that dwarf planet Pluto moved inside the orbit of Neptune for the last time before 1979.
- 1750 –Halifax, Nova Scotia is almost completely destroyed by fire.
- 1893 –The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kokichi Mikimoto.
- 1895 –The Lumière brothers demonstrate film technology to scientists.
- 1921 –A truce is called in the Irish War of Independence; see Irish calendar.
- 1936 –The Triborough Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic.
- 1957 –Prince Karim Husseini Aga Khan IV inherits the office of Imamat as the 49th Imam of Shia Imami Ismaili worldwide, after the death of Sir Sultan Mahommed Shah Aga Khan III.
- 1979 –America’s first space station, Skylab, is destroyed as it re-enters the Earth’s atmosphere over the Indian Ocean.
- 1983 –A Boeing 737 crashes into hilly terrain after a tail strike in Cuenca, Ecuador, claiming 119 lives.
- 1987 –According to the United Nations, the world population crosses the 5,000,000,000 (5 billion) mark.
Who were born on July 11?
- 1274 –Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland (d. 1329)
- 1751 –Caroline Matilda of Wales, queen consort of Denmark and Norway (d. 1775)
- 1851 –Millie and Christine McCoy, Conjoined twins (d. 1912)
- 1924 –César Lattes, Brazilian physicist (d. 2005)
- 1937 –Pai Hsien-yung, Taiwanese writer
- 1959 –Suzanne Vega, American singer
- 1966 –Mick Molloy, Australian comedian
- 1966 –Rod Strickland, American basketball player
- 1972 –Michael Rosenbaum, American actor
- 1975 –Lil' Kim, American rapper
Who died on July 11?
- 1774 –Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, Irish-born New York pioneer (b. 1715)
- 1806 –James Smith, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1719)
- 1844 –Evgeny Baratynsky, Russian poet (b. 1800)
- 1936 –James Murray, American actor (b. 1901)
- 1987 –Yaakov Yitzchak Ruderman, American Rosh Yeshiva (b. 1901)
- 1994 –Gary Kildall, American computer programmer (b. 1942)
- 1998 –Panagiotis Kondylis, Greek writer, translator and publications manager (b. 1943)
- 2006 –Barnard Hughes, American actor (b. 1915)
- 2009 –Arturo Gatti, Canadian boxer (b. 1972)
- 2010 –Bob Sheppard, New York Yankees and New York Giants announcer (b. 1910)
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