What are the important events that happened on January 11? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
January 11: Facts & Myths About This Day
January 11 is the 11th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 354 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 29, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,942,560 minutes 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 ‘hendecagon’ day.
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Capricorn is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 18 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 4,404 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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January 11 Historical Events
- 1158 –Vladislav II becomes King of Bohemia.
- 1571 –Austrian nobility is granted freedom of religion.
- 1693 –Mt. Etna erupts in Sicily, Italy. A powerful earthquake destroys parts of Sicily and Malta.
- 1759 –In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first American life insurance company is incorporated.
- 1863 –American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post – General John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture the Arkansas River for the Union.
- 1927 –Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announced the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at a banquet in Los Angeles, California.
- 1935 –Amelia Earhart is the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
- 1943 –Italian-American Anarchist Carlo Tresca is assassinated in New York
- 1986 –The Gateway Bridge, Brisbane in Queensland, Australia is officially opened.
- 1994 –The Irish Government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the IRA and its political arm Sinn Féin.
Who were born on January 11?
- 1815 –John A. Macdonald, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1891)
- 1839 –Eugenio Maria de Hostos, Puerto Rican educator and nationalist (d. 1903)
- 1853 –Georgios Jakobides, Greek painter (d. 1926)
- 1917 –John Robarts, Canadian politician (d. 1982)
- 1924 –Don Cherry, American singer and golfer
- 1928 –Mitchell Ryan, American actor
- 1935 –Melvyn Hayes, British actor
- 1951 –Willie Maddren, English former footballer (d. 2000)
- 1958 –Diego León Montoya Sánchez, Colombian organized crime figure
- 1981 –Jaime Valdés, Chilean footballer
Who died on January 11?
- 1696 –Charles Albanel, French missionary explorer in Canada (b. 1616)
- 1952 –Aureliano Pertile, Italian tenor (b. 1885)
- 1957 –Sir Robert Garran, Australian lawyer and early leading expert in Australian constitutional law (b. 1867)
- 1978 –Ibn-e-Insha, Pakistani humorist and Urdu poet (b. 1927)
- 1989 –Ray Moore, Radio 2 DJ (b. 1942)
- 1995 –Lewis Nixon, U.S. Army officer (b. 1918)
- 2001 –Denys Lasdun, English architect (b. 1914)
- 2002 –Struan Sutherland, Australian medical researcher (b. 1936)
- 2005 –Fabrizio Meoni, Italian motorcyclist (b. 1957)
- 2006 –Nixzmary Brown, American child abuse victim (b. 1998)
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