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 345th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 20 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 28, 2025 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 490,392 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 ‘trihectatetracontapentagon’ 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 68 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 4,738 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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December 11 Historical Events
- 1816 –Indiana becomes the 19th U.S. state.
- 1905 –A workers’ uprising occurs in Kiev and establishes the Shuliavka Republic.
- 1917 –British General Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot and declares martial law.
- 1934 –Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, takes his last drink and enters treatment for the last time.
- 1941 –World War II: Germany and Italy declare war on the United States, following the Americans’ declaration of war on Japan in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The United States, in turn, declares war on Germany and Italy.
- 1960 –French forces crack down in a violent clash with protesters in French Algeria during a visit by French president Charles de Gaulle.
- 1981 –El Mozote massacre: Armed forces in El Salvador kill an estimated 900 civilians in an anti-guerrilla campaign during the Salvadoran Civil War.
- 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.
- 2001 –The People’s Republic of China joins the World Trade Organization.
- 2005 –The Buncefield Oil Depot catches fire in Hemel Hempstead, England.
Who were born on December 11?
- 1810 –Alfred de Musset, French poet (d. 1857)
- 1926 –Big Mama Thornton, American singer (d. 1984)
- 1931 –Pierre Pilote, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1948 –Stamatis Spanoudakis, Greek composer
- 1951 –Ria Stalman, Dutch discus thrower
- 1954 –Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson, Icelandic engineer
- 1961 –Marco Pierre White, English chef and restaurateur
- 1966 –Leon Lai, Hong Kong Cantonese singer/actor
- 1969 –Sean Grande, American sportscaster
- 1987 –Clifton Geathers, American football player
Who died on December 11?
- 384 –Pope Damasus I
- 1797 –Richard Brocklesby, English physician (b. 1722)
- 1872 –King Kamehameha V of Hawaii (b. 1830)
- 1950 –Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer (b. 1893)
- 1964 –Sam Cooke, American singer (b. 1931)
- 1996 –Willie Rushton, English cartoonist and magazine publisher (b. 1937)
- 2000 –David Lewis, American actor (b. 1916)
- 2004 –Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand track & field coach (b. 1917)
- 2006 –Elizabeth Bolden, American supercentenarian (b. 1890)
- 2007 –Christie Hennessy, Irish singer (b. 1945)
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