What happened this day in history August 11

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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