What are the important events that happened on August 11? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
August 11: Facts & Myths About This Day
August 11 is the 224th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 142 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 29, 2024 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,723,334,400 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 ‘dihectaicosatetragon’ day.
Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 171 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 4,251 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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August 11 Historical Events
3114 BC –
The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Mayans, begins.
106 –
The south-eastern part of Dacia (modern Romania) becomes a Roman province: Roman Dacia.
1675 –
Franco-Dutch War: forces of the Holy Roman Empire defeat the French in the Battle of Konzer Brücke.
1858 –
The Eiger in the Bernese Alps is ascended for the first time by Charles Barrington accompanied by Christian Almer and Peter Bohren.
1919 –
The constitution of the Weimar Republic is adopted.
1960 –
Chad declares independence.
1975 –
East Timor: Governor Mário Lemos Pires of Portuguese Timor abandons the capital Dili, following a coup by the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT) and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and Fretilin.
1984 –
“We begin bombing in five minutes” - United States President Ronald Reagan, while running for re-election, jokes while preparing to make his weekly Saturday address on National Public Radio.
2003 –
A heat wave in Paris results in temperatures rising to 112 °F, leaving about 144 people dead.
2003 –
NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.
Who were born on August 11?
1913 –
Paul Dupuis, French Canadian actor (d. 1976)
1943 –
Abigail Folger, American heiress and Manson murder victim (d. 1969)
1954 –
Mottu Vara Narasimha Rao, Indian cricketer
1955 –
Marc Bureau, Canadian politician
1955 –
Sylvia Hermon, British politician
1971 –
Julie Clarke, American model
1980 –
Lee Suggs, American football player
1983 –
Chris Hemsworth, Australian actor
1984 –
Melky Cabrera, Dominican baseball player
1987 –
Dany N'Guessan, French footballer
Who died on August 11?
1774 –
Tiphaigne de la Roche, French writer (b. 1722)
1851 –
Lorenz Oken, German naturalist (b. 1779)
1854 –
Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist (b. 1798)
1868 –
Halfdan Kjerulf, Norwegian composer (b. 1815)
1886 –
Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet (b. 1843)
1936 –
Blas Infante, Spanish writer and politician (b. 1885)
1961 –
Antanas Škėma, Lithuanian writer, actor and director (b. 1910)
1984 –
Alfred A. Knopf, Sr., American publisher (b. 1892)
1984 –
Paul Felix Schmidt, Estonian–born German chess player (b. 1916)
1996 –
Mel Taylor, American drummer (The Ventures) (b. 1933)
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