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 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 355 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 29, 2023 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,704,931,200 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 ‘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 30 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 4,038 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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January 11 Historical Events
- 630 –Muhammad leads an army of 10,000 to conquer Mecca.
- 1158 –Vladislav II becomes King of Bohemia.
- 1693 –Mt. Etna erupts in Sicily, Italy. A powerful earthquake destroys parts of Sicily and Malta.
- 1787 –William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.
- 1863 –American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post – General John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture the Arkansas River for the Union.
- 1919 –Romania annexes Transylvania.
- 1922 –First use of insulin to treat diabetes in a human patient.
- 1943 –World War II: The United States and United Kingdom give up territorial rights in China.
- 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.
- 1960 –Henry Lee Lucas, once listed as America’s most prolific serial killer, commits his first known murder.
Who were born on January 11?
- 1591 –Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English Civil War general (d. 1646)
- 1857 –Fred Archer, English jockey (d. 1886)
- 1878 –Theodoros Pangalos, Greek general (d. 1952)
- 1888 –Joseph B. Keenan, American political figure (d. 1954)
- 1965 –Roland Scholten, Dutch darts Player
- 1971 –Chris Willsher, English singer-songwriter and musician
- 1973 –Joanna Brodzik, Polish actress
- 1979 –Siti Nurhaliza, Malaysian singer
- 1981 –Tom Meighan, English singer (Kasabian)
- 1989 –Darko Bodul, Croatian footballer
Who died on January 11?
- 1713 –Pierre Jurieu, French Protestant leader (b. 1637)
- 1762 –Louis-François Roubiliac, French sculptor (b. 1695)
- 1763 –Caspar Abel, German theologian, historian, and poet (b. 1676)
- 1958 –Edna Purviance, American actress (b. 1895)
- 1972 –Padraic Colum, Irish poet, novelist, dramatist, biographer and collector of folklore (b. 1881)
- 1980 –Barbara Pym, English novelist (b. 1913)
- 1988 –Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)
- 2003 –Richard Simmons, American actor (b. 1913)
- 2006 –Nixzmary Brown, American child abuse victim (b. 1998)
- 2010 –Joe Rollino, American strongman, weightlifter and boxer (b. 1905)
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