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 316th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 50 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 29, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 480,912 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 ‘trihectadecahexagon’ 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 79 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 4,343 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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November 11 Historical Events
- 1673 –Second Battle of Khotyn in Ukraine: Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth forces under the command of Jan Sobieski defeat the Ottoman army. In this battle, rockets made by Kazimierz Siemienowicz are successfully used.
- 1778 –Cherry Valley Massacre: Loyalists and Seneca Indian forces attack a fort and village in eastern New York during the American Revolutionary War, killing more than forty civilians and soldiers.
- 1839 –The Virginia Military Institute is founded in Lexington, Virginia.
- 1918 –World War I: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car in the forest of Compiègne, France. The fighting officially ends at 11:00 a.m., (the eleventh hour in the eleventh month on the eleventh day) and this is annually honoured with a two-minute silence. The war officially ends on the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on 28th June, 1919.
- 1924 –Prime Minister Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the first recognized Greek Republic.
- 1926 –U.S. Route 66 is established.
- 1940 –World War II: Battle of Taranto – The Royal Navy launches the first aircraft carrier strike in history, on the Italian fleet at Taranto.
- 1962 –Kuwait’s National Assembly ratifies the Constitution of Kuwait.
- 1972 –Vietnam War: Vietnamization – The United States Army turns over the massive Long Binh military base to South Vietnam.
- 2001 –Journalists Pierre Billaud, Johanne Sutton and Volker Handloik are killed in Afghanistan during an attack on the convoy they are traveling in.
Who were born on November 11?
- 1792 –Mary Anne Evans, Welsh wife of Benjamin Disraeli (d. 1872)
- 1869 –King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (d. 1947)
- 1885 –George Smith Patton, Jr., American general (d. 1945)
- 1888 –Abul Kalam Azad, Indian independence movement leader (d. 1958)
- 1914 –Howard Fast, American author (d. 2003)
- 1932 –Germano Mosconi, Italian journalist and former-anchorman
- 1951 –Kim Peek, American megasavant (d. 2009)
- 1960 –Stanley Tucci, American actor and director
- 1983 –Brittny Gastineau, American socialite
- 1985 –Austin Collie, American football player
Who died on November 11?
- 537 –Pope Silverius (date of birth unknown)
- 865 –Petronas the Patrician, Byzantine General
- 1887 –Haymarket defendants: Adolph Fischer (b. 1858)
- 1887 –Haymarket defendants: Albert Parsons (b. 1848)
- 1950 –Alexandros Diomidis, Greek banker and statesman (b. 1875)
- 1990 –Attilio Demaría, Argentinian footballer (b. 1909)
- 1994 –Tadeusz Żychiewicz, Polish journalist, art historian and publicist (b. 1922)
- 1997 –Rod Milburn, American athlete (b. 1950)
- 2004 –Richard Dembo, French director and screenwriter (b. 1948)
- 2005 –Peter Drucker, American management theorist (b. 1909)
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