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 163rd day of the year 2024 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, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 477,240 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 ‘hectahexacontatrigon’ day.
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 232 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 4,190 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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June 11 Historical Events
- 1429 –Hundred Years’ War: start of the Battle of Jargeau.
- 1594 –Philip II recognizes the rights and privileges of the local nobles and chieftains in the Philippines, which paved way to the stabilization of the rule of the Principalía (an elite ruling class of native nobility in Spanish Philippines).
- 1903 –Group of Serbian officers stormed royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife queen Draga.
- 1935 –Inventor Edwin Armstrong gives the first public demonstration of FM broadcasting in the United States at Alpine, New Jersey.
- 1937 –Great Purge: The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes eight army leaders.
- 1938 –Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts.
- 1938 –Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Nationalist government creates the 1938 Yellow River flood to halt Japanese forces. 500,000 to 900,000 civilians are killed.
- 1942 –World War II: The United States agrees to send Lend-Lease aid to the Soviet Union.
- 1998 –Compaq Computer pays $9 billion for Digital Equipment Corporation in the largest high-tech acquisition.
- 2002 –Antonio Meucci is acknowledged as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress.
Who were born on June 11?
- 1672 –Francesco Antonio Bonporti, Italian priest and composer (d. 1749)
- 1910 –Jacques-Yves Cousteau, French marine biologist and inventor (d. 1997)
- 1913 –Risë Stevens, American operatic soprano
- 1920 –Shelly Manne, American jazz drummer (d. 1984)
- 1926 –Carlisle Floyd, American composer
- 1928 –Fabiola de Mora y Aragón, Spanish-born Queen consort of the Belgians
- 1945 –Adrienne Barbeau, American actress
- 1960 –Mehmet Oz, American television host, surgeon, inventor
- 1975 –Thomas Bimis, Greek diver
- 1978 –Ujjwala Raut, Indian supermodel
Who died on June 11?
- 1216 –Henry of Flanders, Emperor of the Latin Empire
- 1879 –Prince Willem of the Netherlands, disgraced heir apparent to the Dutch throne (b. 1840)
- 1882 –Louis Maigret, Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1804)
- 1903 –Alexander Obrenovich, King of Serbia (b. 1876)
- 1970 –William ‘Billy Batts’Devino, American crime figure (b. 1921)
- 1974 –Julius Evola, Italian philosopher (b. 1898)
- 1995 –Rodel Naval, Filipino Singer (b.1953)
- 2006 –Bruce Shand, father of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (b. 1917)
- 2006 –Michael Bartosh, computer expert and author (b. 1977)
- 2008 –Võ Văn Kiệt, former prime minister of Vietnam (b. 1922)
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