What are the important events that happened on December 11? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
December 11: Facts & Myths About This Day
December 11 is the 346th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 20 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 28, 2024 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,733,875,200 seconds 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 ‘trihectatetracontahexagon’ day.
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Sagittarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 49 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 4,373 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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December 11 Historical Events
- 969 –Byzatine Emperor Nikephoros II is assassinated by his wife Theofano and her lover, the later Emperor John I Tzimiskes.
- 1815 –the U.S. Senate created a select committee on finance and a uniform national currency, predecessor of the United States Senate Committee on Finance.
- 1927 –Guangzhou Uprising: Communist militia and worker Red Guards launch an uprising in the Chinese city of Guangzhou, taking over most of the city and announcing the formation of a Guangzhou Soviet.
- 1931 –The British Parliament enacts the Statute of Westminster 1931, establishing legislative equality between the self-governing dominions of the Commonwealth of Australia, the Dominion of Canada, the Irish Free State, Dominion of Newfoundland, the Dominion of New Zealand, and the Union of South Africa.
- 1937 –Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italy leaves the League of Nations.
- 1948 –The United Nations passes General Assembly Resolution 194, which established and defined the role of the United Nations Conciliation Commission as an organization to facilitate peace in the British Mandate for Palestine.
- 1964 –Che Guevara speaks at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City.
- 1994 –A bomb explodes on Philippine Airlines Flight 434, en route from Manila to Tokyo, killing one. The captain is able to safely land the plane.
- 2005 –Cronulla riots: Thousands of White Australians demonstrate against ethnic violence resulting in a riot against anyone thought to be Lebanese (and many who are not) in Cronulla Sydney. These are followed up by retaliatory ethnic attacks on Cronulla.
- 2005 –The Buncefield Oil Depot catches fire in Hemel Hempstead, England.
Who were born on December 11?
- 1890 –Carlos Gardel, tango singer (d. 1935)
- 1962 –Nele Karajlić, Bosnian singer
- 1963 –John Lammers, Dutch footballer and football manager
- 1964 –John Mark Karr, American who claimed involvement in JonBenét Ramsey case
- 1967 –Mo'Nique, American actress/comedienne
- 1972 –Daniel Alfredsson, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1974 –Rey Mysterio, Mexican professional wrestler
- 1975 –Tomoka Kurotani, Japanese actress
- 1976 –Shareef Abdur-Rahim, American basketball player
- 1996 –Hailee Steinfeld, American actress
Who died on December 11?
- 969 –Nikephoros II Phokas (b. c. 912)
- 1121 –Al-Afdal Shahanshah, Galilean political advisor (b. 1066)
- 1582 –Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alba, Spanish territorial governor (b. 1508)
- 1880 –Oliver Fisher Winchester, American businessman and politician (b. 1810)
- 1909 –Innokenty Annensky, Russian poet (b. 1855)
- 1941 –John Gillespie Magee, Jr., American poet and aviator (b. 1922)
- 1975 –Lee Wiley, American jazz singer (b. 1908)
- 1978 –Paul O'Dea, American baseball player (b. 1920)
- 1996 –Willie Rushton, English cartoonist and magazine publisher (b. 1937)
- 2008 –Maddie Blaustein, American voice actress (b. 1960)
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