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, 482,376 hours 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
- 630 –Muhammad leads an army of 10,000 to conquer Mecca.
- 1693 –Mt. Etna erupts in Sicily, Italy. A powerful earthquake destroys parts of Sicily and Malta.
- 1863 –American Civil War: ship CSS encountered and sank the USS Hatteras off Galveston Lighthouse in Texas.
- 1922 –First use of insulin to treat diabetes in a human patient.
- 1942 –World War II: Japan declares war on the Netherlands and invades the Netherlands East Indies.
- 1949 –First recorded case of snowfall in Los Angeles, California.
- 1949 –The first “networked” television broadcasts take place as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air connecting the east coast and mid-west programming.
- 1962 –An avalanche on Huascaran in Peru causes 4,000 deaths.
- 1994 –The Irish Government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the IRA and its political arm Sinn Féin.
- 1998 –Sidi-Hamed massacre takes place in Algeria, over 100 people are killed.
Who were born on January 11?
- 1878 –Theodoros Pangalos, Greek general (d. 1952)
- 1924 –Slim Harpo, American musician (d. 1970)
- 1925 –Grant Tinker, American television executive
- 1930 –Rod Taylor, Australian-born American actor
- 1942 –Clarence Clemons, American musician (E Street Band) (d. 2011)
- 1946 –Naomi Judd, American singer
- 1953 –John Sessions, Scottish actor
- 1957 –Bryan Robson, English footballer and manager
- 1974 –Roman Görtz, German footballer
- 1975 –Rory Fitzpatrick, American ice hockey player
Who died on January 11?
- 705 –Pope John VI
- 1494 –Domenico Ghirlandaio, Italian artist (b. 1449)
- 1843 –Francis Scott Key, American lawyer and writer of the American national anthem (b. 1779)
- 1923 –King Constantine I of Greece (b. 1868)
- 1968 –Moshe Zvi Segal, Israeli linguist and Talmudic scholar, and Israel Prize recipient (b. 1876)
- 1979 –Jack Soo, American actor (b. 1917)
- 2000 –Ivan Combe, American inventor (b. 1911)
- 2003 –Mickey Finn, English drummer (T.Rex) (b. 1947)
- 2005 –Miriam Hyde, Australian composer (b. 1913)
- 2005 –Spencer Dryden, American drummer (Jefferson Airplane) (b. 1938)
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