What are the important events that happened on November 11? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

November 11: Facts & Myths About This Day

November 11 is the 315^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 50 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 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, 29,380,320 minutes 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 ‘trihectadecapentagon’ day.

Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 98 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 4,708 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

November 11 Historical Events

• 308 –
  At Carnuntum, Emperor emeritus Diocletian confers with Galerius, Augustus of the East, and Maximianus, the recently returned former Augustus of the West, in an attempt to restore order to the Roman Empire.
• 1620 –
  The Mayflower Compact is signed in what is now Provincetown Harbor near Cape Cod.
• 1673 –
  Second Battle of Khotyn in Ukraine: Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth forces under the command of Jan Sobieski defeat the Ottoman army. In this battle, rockets made by Kazimierz Siemienowicz are successfully used.
• 1724 –
  Joseph Blake, alias Blueskin, a highwayman known for attacking “Thief-Taker General” (and thief) Jonathan Wild at the Old Bailey, is hanged in London.
• 1919 –
  The Centralia Massacre in Centralia, Washington results the deaths of four members of the American Legion and the lynching of a local leader of the Industrial Workers of the World.
• 1930 –
  Patent number US1781541 is awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention, the Einstein refrigerator.
• 1942 –
  World War II: The Second Battle of El Alamein is won by the British in El Alamein, Egypt.
• 1960 –
  A military coup against President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam is crushed.
• 2000 –
  Kaprun disaster: 155 skiers and snowboarders die when a cable car catches fire in an alpine tunnel in Kaprun, Austria.
• 2004 –
  The Palestine Liberation Organization confirms the death of Yasser Arafat from unidentified causes. Mahmoud Abbas is elected chairman of the PLO minutes later.

Who were born on November 11?

• 1792 –
  Mary Anne Evans, Welsh wife of Benjamin Disraeli (d. 1872)
• 1888 –
  Abul Kalam Azad, Indian independence movement leader (d. 1958)
• 1915 –
  William Proxmire, American politician (d. 2005)
• 1929 –
  LaVern Baker, American singer (d. 1997)
• 1936 –
  Susan Kohner, American actress
• 1943 –
  Doug Frost, Australian swimming coach
• 1951 –
  Bill Moseley, American actor
• 1954 –
  Mary Gaitskill, American novelist
• 1983 –
  Brittny Gastineau, American socialite
• 1986 –
  Victor Cruz, American football player

Who died on November 11?

• 826 –
  (feast day) Theodore the Studite, Byzantine monk (b. 759)
• 1638 –
  Cornelis van Haarlem, Dutch painter (b. 1562)
• 1675 –
  Guru Tegh Bahadur, Indian religious figure (b. 1621)
• 1686 –
  Otto von Guericke, German scientist, inventor, and politician (b. 1602)
• 1724 –
  Joseph Blake, English highwayman (b. c. 1700)
• 1884 –
  Alfred Brehm German zoologist (b. 1827)
• 1887 –
  Haymarket defendants: Albert Parsons (b. 1848)
• 1994 –
  John A. Volpe, American politician and Nixon administration cabinet member (b. 1908)
• 2009 –
  Dhanpat Rai Nahar, Indian labour leader (b. 1919)
• 2010 –
  William Edwin Self, American actor and television producer (b. 1921)