What are the important events that happened on April 11? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
April 11: Facts & Myths About This Day
April 11 is the 101st day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 264 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 29, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 484,536 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 ‘hectahenagon’ day.
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Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 312 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 4,494 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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April 11 Historical Events
- 1079 –Bishop Stanislaus of Kraków is executed by order of Bolesław II of Poland.
- 1713 –War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne’s War): Treaty of Utrecht.
- 1856 –Battle of Rivas: Juan Santamaria burns down the hostel where William Walker’s filibusters are holed up.
- 1888 –The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam is inaugurated.
- 1945 –World War II: American forces liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp.
- 1951 –Korean War: President Harry Truman relieves General of the Army Douglas MacArthur of overall command in Korea.
- 1987 –The London Agreement is secretly signed between Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Shimon Peres and King Hussein of Jordan.
- 2006 –Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that Iran has successfully enriched uranium.
- 2007 –2007 Algiers bombings: Two bombings in the Algerian capital of Algiers, kills 33 people and wounds a further 222 others.
- 2011 –2011 Minsk Metro bombing
Who were born on April 11?
- 1914 –Robert Stanfield, Premier of Nova Scotia (d. 2003)
- 1921 –Jim Hearn, American baseball player (d. 1998)
- 1970 –Trevor Linden, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1974 –David Jassy, Swedish musician, songwriter, and music producer
- 1976 –Kelvim Escobar, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1979 –Chris Gaylor, American drummer
- 1982 –Danja, American record producer, composer, and songwriter
- 1986 –Stephanie Pratt, American reality TV personality
- 1987 –Lights, Canadian singer-songwriter
- 2000 –Morgan Lily, American actress
Who died on April 11?
- 1712 –Richard Simon, French Biblical critic (b. 1638)
- 1856 –Juan Santamaría, national hero of Costa Rica (b. 1831)
- 1894 –Constantin Lipsius, German architect (b. 1832)
- 1903 –Gemma Galgani, Catholic saint and mystic (b. 1878)
- 1947 –Louise Peete, American murderer (b. 1880)
- 1953 –Kid Nichols, American baseball player (b. 1869)
- 1962 –Ukichiro Nakaya, Japanese physicist (b. 1900)
- 1967 –Donald Sangster, Jamaican Prime Minister (b. 1911)
- 1983 –Dolores del Río, Mexican actress (b. 1905)
- 2007 –Kurt Vonnegut Jr., American author (b. 1922)
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