What are the important events that happened on January 11? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
January 11: Facts & Myths About This Day
January 11 is the 11th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 354 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 29, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,736,553,600 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 ‘hendecagon’ day.
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Capricorn is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 18 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 4,404 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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January 11 Historical Events
- 1569 –First recorded lottery in England.
- 1805 –The Michigan Territory is created.
- 1861 –Alabama secedes from the United States.
- 1942 –World War II: Japan declares war on the Netherlands and invades the Netherlands East Indies.
- 1949 –First recorded case of snowfall in Los Angeles, California.
- 1949 –The first “networked” television broadcasts take place as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air connecting the east coast and mid-west programming.
- 1957 –The African Convention is founded in Dakar.
- 1960 –Henry Lee Lucas, once listed as America’s most prolific serial killer, commits his first known murder.
- 1962 –An avalanche on Huascaran in Peru causes 4,000 deaths.
- 1996 –Space Shuttle program: STS-72 launches from the Kennedy Space Center marking the start of the 74th Space Shuttle mission and the 10th flight of Endeavour.
Who were born on January 11?
- 347 –Roman Emperor Theodosius I “the Great” (d. 395)
- 1907 –Abraham Joshua Heschel, Warsaw-born American rabbi, theologian, and philosopher (d. 1972)
- 1942 –Leo Cullum, American cartoonist (d. 2010)
- 1949 –Chris Ford, American basketball player and coach
- 1952 –Michael Forshaw, Australian politician
- 1958 –Vicki Peterson, American musician (The Bangles)
- 1970 –Rick Hendrix, American writer
- 1973 –Rockmond Dunbar, American actor
- 1977 –Anni Friesinger-Postma, German speed skater
- 1988 –Fuska, Brazilian footballer
Who died on January 11?
- 1843 –Francis Scott Key, American lawyer and writer of the American national anthem (b. 1779)
- 1882 –Theodor Schwann, German physiologist (b. 1810)
- 1901 –Vasily Kalinnikov, Russian composer (b. 1866)
- 1904 –William Sawyer, Canadian politician (b. 1815)
- 1961 –Elena Gerhardt, German mezzo-soprano singer (b. 1883)
- 1972 –Padraic Colum, Irish poet, novelist, dramatist, biographer and collector of folklore (b. 1881)
- 1981 –Beulah Bondi, American actress (b. 1888)
- 2000 –Betty Archdale, Anglo-Australian educationalist and cricketer (b. 1907)
- 2000 –Bob Lemon, American baseball player (b. 1920)
- 2007 –Robert Anton Wilson, American author (b. 1932)
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