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.
1531 –
Henry VIII of England is recognized as supreme head of the Church of England.
1861 –
American Civil War: United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state.
1918 –
New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Horse in Chinese astrology.
1929 –
Fascist Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty.
1938 –
BBC Television produces the world’s first ever science fiction television program, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Capek play R.U.R., that coined the term “robot”.
1942 –
The first gold record is presented to Glenn Miller for “Chattanooga Choo Choo”.
1953 –
The Soviet Union breaks off diplomatic relations with Israel.
1978 –
Censorship: the People’s Republic of China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens.
1990 –
Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner.
Who were born on February 11?
1872 –
Hannah Mitchell, English socialist and suffragette (d. 1956)
1874 –
Elsa Beskow, Swedish author (d. 1953)
1874 –
Fritz Hart, English-born composer (d. 1949)
1887 –
John van Melle, South African writer (d. 1953)
1902 –
Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect (d. 1971)
1917 –
T. Nagi Reddy, Indian revolutionary (d. 1976)
1954 –
Noriyuki Asakura, Japanese composer
1962 –
Sheryl Crow, American musician
1964 –
Ken Shamrock, American martial artist
1972 –
Steve McManaman, English footballer
Who died on February 11?
821 –
Saint Benedict of Aniane
1160 –
Minamoto no Yoshitomo, Japanese general (b. 1123)
1959 –
Marshall Teague, American race car driver (b. 1922)
1963 –
Sylvia Plath, American writer (b. 1932)
1967 –
A.J. Muste, American peace activist (b. 1885)
1978 –
Harry Martinson, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1904)
1994 –
Paul Feyerabend, Austrian philosopher (b. 1924)
1994 –
Sorrell Booke, American actor (b. 1930)
1996 –
Amelia Rosselli, Italian poet (b. 1930)
2000 –
Jacqueline Auriol, French aviatrix (b. 1917)
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