What are the important events that happened on July 11? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
July 11: Facts & Myths About This Day
July 11 is the 192nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 173 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 28, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,752,192,000 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 ‘hectaenneacontadigon’ day.
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Cancer is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 221 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 4,585 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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July 11 Historical Events
- 472 –After being besieged in Rome by his own generals, Western Roman Emperor Anthemius is captured in the Old St. Peter’s Basilica and put to death.
- 1616 –Samuel de Champlain returns to Quebec.
- 1740 –Pogrom: Jews are expelled from Little Russia.
- 1848 –Waterloo railway station in London opens.
- 1889 –Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
- 1893 –The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kokichi Mikimoto.
- 1897 –Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.
- 1914 –Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major league baseball.
- 1922 –The Hollywood Bowl opens.
- 1987 –According to the United Nations, the world population crosses the 5,000,000,000 (5 billion) mark.
Who were born on July 11?
- 1912 –William F. Walsh, American politician (d. 2011)
- 1929 –Chuck Rio, Musician (d. 2006)
- 1929 –David Kelly, Irish actor
- 1935 –Frederick Hemke, American saxophonist
- 1943 –Howard Gardner, American Psychologist
- 1955 –Balaji Sadasivan, Singaporean politician and neurosurgeon (d. 2010)
- 1964 –Kyrill, Prince of Preslav, titular Bulgarian royal family
- 1979 –Lauris Reiniks, Latvian singer
- 1983 –Evan Roberts, American radio broadcaster
- 1984 –Yorman Bazardo, Venezuelan baseball player
Who died on July 11?
- 1183 –Otto I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1117)
- 1774 –Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, Irish-born New York pioneer (b. 1715)
- 1905 –Muhammad Abduh, Egyptian jurist and islamic modernist (b. 1849)
- 1936 –James Murray, American actor (b. 1901)
- 1971 –John W. Campbell, American writer and editor (b. 1910)
- 1974 –Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1891)
- 1989 –Sir Laurence Olivier, acclaimed English stage and screen actor (b. 1907)
- 1994 –Savannah, American porn star (b. 1970)
- 2007 –Ed Mirvish, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1914)
- 2011 –Rob Grill, American lead singer, songwriter and bass guitarist (b. 1943)
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