What are the important events that happened on November 11? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

November 11: Facts & Myths About This Day

November 11 is the 315^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 50 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

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

When this day started, 489,672 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 ‘trihectadecapentagon’ day.

Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 98 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 4,708 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

November 11 Historical Events

• 1215 –
  The Fourth Lateran Council meets, defining the doctrine of transubstantiation, the process by which bread and wine are, by that doctrine, said to transform into the body and blood of Christ.
• 1620 –
  The Mayflower Compact is signed in what is now Provincetown Harbor near Cape Cod.
• 1634 –
  Following pressure from Anglican bishop John Atherton, the Irish House of Commons passes An Act for the Punishment for the Vice of Buggery.
• 1750 –
  riots break out in Lhasa after the murder of the Tibetan regent.
• 1805 –
  Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Dürenstein – 8000 French troops attempt to slow the retreat of a vastly superior Russian and Austrian force.
• 1831 –
  In Jerusalem, Virginia, Nat Turner is hanged after inciting a violent slave uprising.
• 1921 –
  The Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated by US President Warren G. Harding at Arlington National Cemetery.
• 1993 –
  A sculpture honoring women who served in the Vietnam War is dedicated at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
• 2004 –
  New Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Warrior is dedicated at the National War Memorial, Wellington.
• 2004 –
  The Palestine Liberation Organization confirms the death of Yasser Arafat from unidentified causes. Mahmoud Abbas is elected chairman of the PLO minutes later.

Who were born on November 11?

• 1858 –
  Marie Bashkirtseff, Russian painter (d. 1884)
• 1864 –
  Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1921)
• 1887 –
  Roland Young, American actor (d. 1953)
• 1899 –
  Pat O'Brien, American film actor (d. 1983)
• 1904 –
  Alger Hiss, American government official and spy (d. 1996)
• 1937 –
  Stephen Lewis, Canadian politician and diplomat
• 1960 –
  Peter Parros, American actor
• 1961 –
  Jan Kuehnemund, American guitarist
• 1980 –
  Jaeson Ma, Pastor, Artist, Missionary
• 1985 –
  Austin Collie, American football player

Who died on November 11?

• 1623 –
  Philippe de Mornay, French writer (b. 1549)
• 1887 –
  Haymarket defendants: August Spies (b. 1855)
• 1887 –
  Haymarket defendants: George Engel (b. 1836)
• 1938 –
  Mary Mallon, Irish-born American carrier of typhoid (b. 1869)
• 1985 –
  Pelle Lindbergh, Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1959)
• 1993 –
  Erskine Hawkins, American trumpeter and big band leader (b. 1914)
• 1997 –
  Rod Milburn, American athlete (b. 1950)
• 2005 –
  Moustapha Akkad, Syrian-American film producer and director (b. 1930)
• 2005 –
  Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield, British photographer (b. 1939)
• 2009 –
  Dhanpat Rai Nahar, Indian labour leader (b. 1919)