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 163^rd 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.

June 11 Historical Events

• 631 –
  Emperor Taizong of Tang, the Emperor of China, sends envoys to the Xueyantuo bearing gold and silk in order to seek the release of enslaved Chinese prisoners captured during the transition from Sui to Tang from the northern frontier; this embassy succeeded in freeing 80,000 Chinese men and women who were then returned to China.
• 1345 –
  The megas doux Alexios Apokaukos, chief minister of the Byzantine Empire, is lynched by political prisoners.
• 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).
• 1901 –
  New Zealand annexes the Cook Islands.
• 1907 –
  George Dennett, aided by Gilbert Jessop, dismisses Northamptonshire for 12 runs, the lowest total in first-class cricket.
• 1917 –
  King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father Constantine I abdicates under pressure by allied armies occupying Athens.
• 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.
• 1956 –
  Start of Gal Oya riots, the first reported ethnic riots that target minority Sri Lankan Tamils in the Eastern Province. The total number of deaths is reportedly 150.
• 1998 –
  Compaq Computer pays $9 billion for Digital Equipment Corporation in the largest high-tech acquisition.

Who were born on June 11?

• 1797 –
  José Trinidad Reyes, Honduran national hero (d. 1855)
• 1877 –
  Renée Vivien, English-born French poet (d. 1909)
• 1897 –
  Grand Duchess Tatiana of Russia (d. 1918)
• 1930 –
  Charles B. Rangel, American politician
• 1936 –
  Jud Strunk, American singer, songwriter and comedian (d. 1981)
• 1937 –
  Robin Warren, Australian pathologist, Nobel laureate
• 1948 –
  Michael Swan, American actor
• 1975 –
  Thomas Bimis, Greek diver
• 1977 –
  Shane Meier, Canadian actor
• 1983 –
  Chuck Hayes, American basketball player

Who died on June 11?

• 1183 –
  Henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England (b. 1155)
• 1796 –
  Samuel Whitbread, English brewer (Whitbread Group PLC) and politician (b. 1720)
• 1859 –
  Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, Austrian statesman (b. 1773)
• 1914 –
  Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1848)
• 1924 –
  Théodore Dubois, French composer and teacher (b. 1837)
• 1970 –
  Frank Laubach, Christian missionary (b. 1884)
• 1982 –
  Al Rinker, American singer (The Rhythm Boys) (b. 1907)
• 1985 –
  Karen Ann Quinlan, American right-to-die cause célèbre (b. 1954)
• 2005 –
  Vasco Gonçalves, Portuguese general (b. 1922)
• 2009 –
  Sumire, Japanese fashion model (b. 1987)