What are the important events that happened on June 11? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
June 11: Facts & Myths About This Day
June 11 is the 162nd day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 203 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 29, 2019 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,560,211,200 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 ‘hectahexacontadigon’ day.
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Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 228 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 2,363 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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June 11 Historical Events
- 1775 –The American Revolutionary War’s first naval engagement, the Battle of Machias, results in the capture of a small British naval vessel.
- 1776 –The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence.
- 1903 –Group of Serbian officers stormed royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife queen Draga.
- 1920 –During the U.S. Republican National Convention in Chicago, U.S. Republican Party leaders gathered in a room at the Blackstone Hotel to come to a consensus on their candidate for the U.S. presidential election, leading the Associated Press to first coin the political phrase “smoke-filled room”.
- 1938 –Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts.
- 1944 –USS Missouri the last battleship built by the United States Navy and future site of the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, is commissioned.
- 1962 –Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin allegedly become the only prisoners to escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island.
- 1963 –Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc burns himself with gasoline in a busy Saigon intersection to protest the lack of religious freedom in South Vietnam.
- 1964 –World War II veteran Walter Seifert runs amok in an elementary school in Cologne, Germany, killing at least eight children and two teachers and seriously injuring several more with a home-made flamethrower and a lance.
- 1981 –A Richter Scale 6.9 magnitude earthquake at Golbaf, Iran, kills at least 2,000.
Who were born on June 11?
- 1880 –Jeannette Rankin, American politician, feminist and pacifist (d. 1973)
- 1933 –Gene Wilder, American actor
- 1934 –Henrik, French-born Prince Consort of Denmark
- 1936 –Jud Strunk, American singer, songwriter and comedian (d. 1981)
- 1940 –Joey Dee, American musician (Joey Dee and the Starliters)
- 1955 –Duncan Steel, British astronomer and author
- 1959 –Magnum T.A., American professional wrestler
- 1969 –Olaf Kapagiannidis, German footballer
- 1978 –Ujjwala Raut, Indian supermodel
- 1985 –Chris Trousdale, American pop singer and dancer
Who died on June 11?
- 1796 –Samuel Whitbread, English brewer (Whitbread Group PLC) and politician (b. 1720)
- 1847 –John Franklin, English sea captain and explorer (b. 1786)
- 1920 –William F. Halsey, Sr., United States Naval Officer (b. 1853)
- 1963 –Thích Quảng Đức, Vietnamese Buddhist monk (b. 1897)
- 1970 –Earl Grant, American pianist, organist and singer (b. 1931)
- 1970 –William ‘Billy Batts’Devino, American crime figure (b. 1921)
- 1974 –Julius Evola, Italian philosopher (b. 1898)
- 1979 –John Wayne, American actor (b. 1907)
- 1985 –Karen Ann Quinlan, American right-to-die cause célèbre (b. 1954)
- 1986 –Chesley Bonestell, American engineer, architect and artist (b. 1888)
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