What are the important events that happened on February 11? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
February 11: Facts & Myths About This Day
February 11 is the 42nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 324 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 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, 1,707,609,600 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 ‘tetracontadigon’ day.
Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 353 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 4,069 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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February 11 Historical Events
- 660 BC –Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.
- 55 –Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman Emperorship, dies under mysterious circumstances in Rome. This clears the way for Nero to become Emperor.
- 1531 –Henry VIII of England is recognized as supreme head of the Church of England.
- 1790 –The Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, petitions U.S. Congress for abolition of slavery.
- 1794 –First session of United States Senate open to the public.
- 1889 –Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted; the first Diet of Japan convenes in 1890.
- 1978 –Censorship: the People’s Republic of China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens.
- 1987 –The Constitution of the Philippines goes into effect.
- 1997 –Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
- 2032 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rat in Chinese astrology.
Who were born on February 11?
- 1833 –Melville Weston Fuller, American jurist and 8th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1910)
- 1925 –Virginia E. Johnson, of Masters and Johnson renown. American psychologist.
- 1926 –Leslie Nielsen, Canadian actor (d. 2010)
- 1934 –Tina Louise, American actress
- 1957 –Mitchell Symons, British writer
- 1959 –Roberto Moreno, Brazilian racing driver
- 1961 –Mary Docter, American speed skater
- 1969 –P.J. Sparxx, American pornographic actress
- 1981 –Kelly Rowland, American singer
- 1985 –William Beckett, American singer
Who died on February 11?
- 731 –Pope Gregory II
- 1626 –Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (b. 1552)
- 1650 –René Descartes, French philosopher (b. 1596)
- 1923 –Wilhelm Killing, German mathematician (b. 1847)
- 1973 –J. Hans D. Jensen, German physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1907)
- 1976 –Alexander Lippisch, German scientist (b. 1894)
- 1994 –Sorrell Booke, American actor (b. 1930)
- 2006 –Peter Benchley, American author (b. 1940)
- 2007 –Marianne Fredriksson, Swedish author (b. 1927)
- 2011 –Tom Carnegie, American sports announcer (b. 1919)
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