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 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 173 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 28, 2024 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,720,656,000 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.
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 202 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 4,220 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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July 11 Historical Events
1798 –
The United States Marine Corps is re-established; they had been disbanded after the American Revolutionary War.
1864 –
American Civil War: Battle of Fort Stevens; Confederate forces attempt to invade Washington, D.C.
1889 –
Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
1893 –
A revolution led by the liberal general and politician, José Santos Zelaya, takes over state power in Nicaragua.
1940 –
World War II: Vichy France regime is formally established. Henri Philippe Pétain becomes Prime Minister of France.
1943 –
Massacres of Poles in Volhynia.
1977 –
Martin Luther King Jr. is posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
1991 –
A Nationair DC-8 crashes during an emergency landing at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, killing 261.
2006 –
209 people are killed in a series of bomb attacks in Mumbai, India.
2011 –
Neptune completes its first orbit since its discovery on September 23, 1846.
Who were born on July 11?
1767 –
John Quincy Adams, American politician, 8th United States Secretary of State & 6th President of the United States (d. 1848)
1850 –
Annie Armstrong, American missionary leader (d. 1938)
1897 –
Eugene “Bull” Connor, American law enforcement official (d. 1973)
1913 –
Cordwainer Smith, American writer (d. 1966)
1924 –
Brett Somers, Canadian-born actress (d. 2007)
1938 –
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, American feminist scholar and historian
1953 –
Paul Weiland, English director, writer and producer
1973 –
Konstantinos Kenteris, Greek athlete
1975 –
Rubén Baraja, Spanish footballer
1976 –
Eduardo Nájera, Mexican-born basketball player
Who died on July 11?
1302 –
Robert II of Artois, French soldier (b. 1250)
1806 –
James Smith, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1719)
1920 –
Empress Eugénie de Montijo of France (b. 1826)
1929 –
Billy Mosforth, English footballer (b. 1857)
1971 –
Pedro Rodríguez, Mexican racing driver (b. 1940)
1999 –
Helen Forrest, American singer (b. 1917)
2005 –
Don Starr, American actor (b. 1917)
2009 –
Arturo Gatti, Canadian boxer (b. 1972)
2009 –
Go Mi-Young, South Korean female mountaineer (b. 1967)
2009 –
Ji Xianlin, Chinese linguist and paleographer (b. 1911)
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