What are the important events that happened on June 11? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
June 11: Facts & Myths About This Day
June 11 is the 162nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 203 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 29, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,749,600,000 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 ‘hectahexacontadigon’ day.
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Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 251 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 4,555 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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June 11 Historical Events
- 173 –Marcomannic Wars: The Roman army in Moravia is encircled by the Quadi, who have broken the peace treaty (171). In a violent thunderstorm emperor Marcus Aurelius defeats and subdues them in the so-called “miracle of the rain”.
- 631 –Emperor Taizong of Tang, the Emperor of China, sends envoys to the Xueyantuo bearing gold and silk in order to seek the release of enslaved Chinese prisoners captured during the transition from Sui to Tang from the northern frontier; this embassy succeeded in freeing 80,000 Chinese men and women who were then returned to China.
- 1898 –Spanish-American War: U.S. war ships set sail for Cuba.
- 1898 –The Hundred Days’ Reform is started by Guangxu Emperor with a plan to change social, political and educational institutions in China, but is suspended by Empress Dowager Cixi after 104 days. The failed reform though led to the abolition of Imperial Examination in 1905.
- 1935 –Inventor Edwin Armstrong gives the first public demonstration of FM broadcasting in the United States at Alpine, New Jersey.
- 1956 –Start of Gal Oya riots, the first reported ethnic riots that target minority Sri Lankan Tamils in the Eastern Province. The total number of deaths is reportedly 150.
- 1963 –American Civil Rights Movement: Alabama Governor George Wallace stands at the door of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama in an attempt to block two black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, from attending that school. Later in the day, accompanied by federalized National Guard troops, they are able to register.
- 1963 –Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc burns himself with gasoline in a busy Saigon intersection to protest the lack of religious freedom in South Vietnam.
- 1970 –After being appointed on May 15, Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington officially receive their ranks as U.S. Army Generals, becoming the first females to do so.
- 2002 –Antonio Meucci is acknowledged as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress.
Who were born on June 11?
- 1913 –Coby Whitmore, American painter and magazine illustrator (d. 1988)
- 1917 –Joseph B. Wirthlin, American religious leader (d. 2008)
- 1936 –Jud Strunk, American singer, songwriter and comedian (d. 1981)
- 1939 –Bernard Purdie, American session drummer
- 1939 –Christina Crawford, American actress and writer
- 1939 –Sir Jackie Stewart, Scottish race car driver
- 1959 –Hugh Laurie, English actor and comedian
- 1969 –Peter Dinklage, American actor
- 1970 –Chris Rice, American singer and songwriter
- 1977 –Geoff Ogilvy, Australian golfer
Who died on June 11?
- 1183 –Henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England (b. 1155)
- 1557 –King John III of Portugal (b. 1502)
- 1695 –André Félibien, French architect (b. 1619)
- 1879 –Prince Willem of the Netherlands, disgraced heir apparent to the Dutch throne (b. 1840)
- 1882 –Louis Maigret, Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1804)
- 1914 –Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1848)
- 1970 –Frank Laubach, Christian missionary (b. 1884)
- 1974 –Julius Evola, Italian philosopher (b. 1898)
- 1998 –Catherine Cookson, British novelist (b. 1906)
- 2001 –Timothy McVeigh, American terrorist (b. 1968)
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