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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 193rd day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 173 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 28, 2020 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,594,425,600 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 ‘hectaenneacontatrigon’ 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 216 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 2,759 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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July 11 Historical Events
- 1776 –Captain James Cook begins his third voyage.
- 1789 –Jacques Necker is dismissed as France’s Finance Minister sparking the Storming of the Bastille.
- 1864 –American Civil War: Battle of Fort Stevens; Confederate forces attempt to invade Washington, D.C.
- 1897 –Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.
- 1922 –The Hollywood Bowl opens.
Who were born on July 11?
- 1920 –James von Brunn, perpetrator of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum shooting (d. 2010)
- 1924 –César Lattes, Brazilian physicist (d. 2005)
- 1952 –John Kettley, English weather forecaster
- 1971 –Leisha Hailey, American actress and musician (Uh Huh Her)
- 1995 –Tyler Medeiros, Canadian singer
Who died on July 11?
- 1905 –Muhammad Abduh, Egyptian jurist and islamic modernist (b. 1849)
- 1979 –Claude Wagner, French Canadian judge and politician (b. 1925)
- 1998 –Panagiotis Kondylis, Greek writer, translator and publications manager (b. 1943)
- 2004 –Laurance Rockefeller, American conservationist and philanthropist (b. 1910)
- 2005 –Shinya Hashimoto, Japanese professional wrestler (b. 1965)
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