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
- 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).
- 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.
- 1805 –A fire consumes large portions of Detroit in the Michigan Territory.
- 1892 –The Limelight Department, one of the world’s first film studios, is officially established in Melbourne, Australia.
- 1907 –George Dennett, aided by Gilbert Jessop, dismisses Northamptonshire for 12 runs, the lowest total in first-class cricket.
- 1919 –Sir Barton wins the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first horse to win the Triple Crown.
- 1937 –Great Purge: The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes eight army leaders.
- 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.
- 1981 –A Richter Scale 6.9 magnitude earthquake at Golbaf, Iran, kills at least 2,000.
Who were born on June 11?
- 1888 –Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian anarchist (d. 1927)
- 1936 –Chad Everett, American actor
- 1940 –Joey Dee, American musician (Joey Dee and the Starliters)
- 1944 –Roscoe Orman, American actor
- 1962 –Erika Salumäe, Estonian cyclist
- 1963 –Bruce Kimball, American diver
- 1980 –Yhency Brazobán, Dominican baseball player
- 1983 –José Reyes, Dominican baseball player
- 1985 –Chris Trousdale, American pop singer and dancer
- 1989 –Maya Moore, American basketball player
Who died on June 11?
- 1852 –Karl Briullov, Russian painter (b. 1799)
- 1924 –Théodore Dubois, French composer and teacher (b. 1837)
- 1941 –Daniel Carter Beard, founder of the Boy Scouts of America (b. 1850)
- 1963 –Thích Quảng Đức, Vietnamese Buddhist monk (b. 1897)
- 1970 –Earl Grant, American pianist, organist and singer (b. 1931)
- 1974 –Julius Evola, Italian philosopher (b. 1898)
- 1991 –Cromwell Everson, South African composer (b. 1925)
- 2007 –Imre Friedmann, American scientist (b. 1921)
- 2008 –Miroslav Dvořák, Czechoslovak ice hockey player (b. 1951)
- 2008 –Võ Văn Kiệt, former prime minister of Vietnam (b. 1922)
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