What are the important events that happened on October 11? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
October 11: Facts & Myths About This Day
October 11 is the 285th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 81 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 28, 2024 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,810,080 minutes 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 ‘dihectaoctacontapentagon’ day.
Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 110 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 4,312 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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October 11 Historical Events
1138 –
A massive earthquake strikes Aleppo, Syria.
1582 –
Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
1634 –
The Burchardi flood – “the second Grote Mandrenke” killed around 15,000 men in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany.
1767 –
Surveying for the Mason–Dixon Line separating Maryland from Pennsylvania is completed.
1912 –
First Balkan War: The Greek Army liberates the city of Kozani.
1942 –
World War II: Battle of Cape Esperance – On the northwest coast of Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese fleet on their way to reinforce troops on the island.
1972 –
A race riot occurs on the United States Navy aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off the coast of Vietnam during Operation Linebacker.
1982 –
The Mary Rose, a Tudor carrack which sank on July 19 1545, is salvaged from the sea bed of the Solent, off Portsmouth.
1996 –
Pala accident: a wood lorry and school bus collide in Jõgeva county, Estonia, killing eight children.
2001 –
The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.
Who were born on October 11?
1809 –
Orson Squire Fowler, American phrenologist (d. 1887)
1844 –
Henry Heinz, American food manufacturer (d. 1916)
1865 –
Hans E. Kinck, Norwegian author and philologist (d. 1926)
1942 –
Amitabh Bachchan, Indian actor
1948 –
Cecilia, Spanish singer-songwriter (d. 1976)
1957 –
Dawn French, Welsh comedian,actress and screenwriter
1957 –
Paul Sereno, American paleontologist
1963 –
Prince Faisal bin Al Hussein of Jordan
1968 –
Brett Salisbury, American football player and author
1976 –
Emily Deschanel, American actress
Who died on October 11?
1779 –
Kazimierz Pułaski, Polish fighter for American independence (b. 1745)
1940 –
Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1860)
1961 –
Chico Marx, American comedian (b. 1887)
1963 –
Édith Piaf, French singer (b. 1915)
1963 –
Jean Cocteau, French writer (b. 1889)
1976 –
Alfredo Bracchi, Italian author (b. 1897)
1991 –
Steven Jesse Bernstein, American underground poet (suicide) (b. 1950)
1996 –
Lars Ahlfors, Finnish mathematician (b. 1907)
2000 –
Donald Dewar, first First Minister of Scotland (b. 1937)
2009 –
Angelo DiGeorge, Italian-American pediatric endocrinologist (b. 1922)
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