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 162^nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 203 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 29, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 486,000 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 ‘hectahexacontadigon’ 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 251 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 4,555 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

June 11 Historical Events

• 173 –
  Marcomannic Wars: The Roman army in Moravia is encircled by the Quadi, who have broken the peace treaty (171). In a violent thunderstorm emperor Marcus Aurelius defeats and subdues them in the so-called “miracle of the rain”.
• 1345 –
  The megas doux Alexios Apokaukos, chief minister of the Byzantine Empire, is lynched by political prisoners.
• 1429 –
  Hundred Years’ War: start of the Battle of Jargeau.
• 1775 –
  The American Revolutionary War’s first naval engagement, the Battle of Machias, results in the capture of a small British naval vessel.
• 1907 –
  George Dennett, aided by Gilbert Jessop, dismisses Northamptonshire for 12 runs, the lowest total in first-class cricket.
• 1937 –
  Great Purge: The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes eight army leaders.
• 1963 –
  American Civil Rights Movement: Alabama Governor George Wallace stands at the door of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama in an attempt to block two black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, from attending that school. Later in the day, accompanied by federalized National Guard troops, they are able to register.
• 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.
• 1981 –
  A Richter Scale 6.9 magnitude earthquake at Golbaf, Iran, kills at least 2,000.
• 2004 –
  Cassini-Huygens makes its closest flyby of the Saturn moon Phoebe.

Who were born on June 11?

• 1797 –
  José Trinidad Reyes, Honduran national hero (d. 1855)
• 1897 –
  Ram Prasad Bismil, Indian Revolutionary, Founder of Hindustan Republican Association (d. 1927)
• 1925 –
  William Styron, American novelist and essayist (d. 2006)
• 1930 –
  Charles B. Rangel, American politician
• 1936 –
  Jud Strunk, American singer, songwriter and comedian (d. 1981)
• 1939 –
  Christina Crawford, American actress and writer
• 1947 –
  Bob Evans, British racing driver
• 1970 –
  Kang Ho Dong, Korean traditional wrestler and MC
• 1974 –
  David Starie, British boxer
• 1984 –
  Andy Lee, Irish boxer

Who died on June 11?

• 1557 –
  King John III of Portugal (b. 1502)
• 1695 –
  André Félibien, French architect (b. 1619)
• 1712 –
  Louis Joseph, duc de Vendôme, Marshal of France (b. 1654)
• 1920 –
  William F. Halsey, Sr., United States Naval Officer (b. 1853)
• 1965 –
  José Mendes Cabeçadas, 95th Prime Minister of Portugal and 9th President of Portugal (b. 1883)
• 1970 –
  Earl Grant, American pianist, organist and singer (b. 1931)
• 2005 –
  Vasco Gonçalves, Portuguese general (b. 1922)
• 2006 –
  Neroli Fairhall, New Zealand archer (b. 1944)
• 2008 –
  Miroslav Dvořák, Czechoslovak ice hockey player (b. 1951)
• 2009 –
  Sumire, Japanese fashion model (b. 1987)