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 102nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 264 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 29, 2024 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,546,560 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 ‘hectadigon’ 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 293 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 4,129 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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April 11 Historical Events
- 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.
- 1951 –Korean War: President Harry Truman relieves General of the Army Douglas MacArthur of overall command in Korea.
- 1951 –The Stone of Scone, the stone upon which Scottish monarchs were traditionally crowned, is found on the site of the altar of Arbroath Abbey. It had been taken by Scottish nationalist students from its place in Westminster Abbey.
- 1955 –The Air India Kashmir Princess is bombed and crashes in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by the Kuomintang.
- 1957 –United Kingdom agrees to Singaporean self-rule.
- 1968 –President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
- 1981 –A massive riot in Brixton, South London, results in almost 300 police injuries and 65 serious civilian injuries.
- 2001 –The detained crew of a United States EP-3E aircraft that landed in Hainan, China after a collision with a J-8 fighter is released.
- 2011 –2011 Minsk Metro bombing
Who were born on April 11?
- 1859 –Stefanos Thomopoulos, Greek writer and historian (d. 1939)
- 1876 –Paul Henry, Northern Irish artist (d. 1958)
- 1918 –Richard Wainwright, English politician (d. 2003)
- 1932 –Joel Grey, American singer and actor
- 1947 –Lev Bulat, Russian physicist
- 1950 –Tom Hill, English bass guitarist (Geordie)
- 1960 –Jeremy Clarkson, British journalist and television presenter
- 1964 –Steve Azar, American singer-songwriter
- 1979 –Sebastien Grainger, Canadian musician
- 1982 –Ian Bell, English cricketer
Who died on April 11?
- 1894 –Constantin Lipsius, German architect (b. 1832)
- 1903 –Gemma Galgani, Catholic saint and mystic (b. 1878)
- 1906 –Francis Pharcellus Church, American editor and publisher (b. 1839)
- 1926 –Luther Burbank, American botanist (b. 1849)
- 1970 –John O'Hara, American author (b. 1905)
- 1977 –Jacques Prévert, French poet and screenwriter (b. 1900)
- 1992 –Alejandro Obregón, Colombian painter (b. 1920)
- 2005 –Lucien Laurent, French footballer (b. 1907)
- 2006 –June Pointer, American singer (Pointer Sisters) (b. 1953)
- 2007 –Roscoe Lee Browne, American actor (b. 1925)
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