What are the important events that happened on June 11? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

June 11: Facts & Myths About This Day

June 11 is the 162^nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 203 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 29, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,749,600,000 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 ‘hectahexacontadigon’ day.

Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 251 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 4,555 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

June 11 Historical Events

• 173 –
  Marcomannic Wars: The Roman army in Moravia is encircled by the Quadi, who have broken the peace treaty (171). In a violent thunderstorm emperor Marcus Aurelius defeats and subdues them in the so-called “miracle of the rain”.
• 1770 –
  Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.
• 1776 –
  The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence.
• 1907 –
  George Dennett, aided by Gilbert Jessop, dismisses Northamptonshire for 12 runs, the lowest total in first-class cricket.
• 1955 –
  Eighty-three are killed and at least 100 are injured after an Austin-Healey and a Mercedes-Benz collide at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the deadliest ever accident in motorsports.
• 1972 –
  The Eltham Well Hall rail crash, caused by an intoxicated train driver, kills six people and injures 126.
• 1981 –
  A Richter Scale 6.9 magnitude earthquake at Golbaf, Iran, kills at least 2,000.
• 2002 –
  Antonio Meucci is acknowledged as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress.
• 2004 –
  Cassini-Huygens makes its closest flyby of the Saturn moon Phoebe.
• 2008 –
  Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper makes an historic official apology to Canada’s First Nations in regard to a residential school abuse in which children are isolated from their homes, families and cultures for a century.

Who were born on June 11?

• 1403 –
  John IV, Duke of Brabant (d. 1427)
• 1456 –
  Anne Neville, wife of Richard III of England (d. 1485)
• 1910 –
  Jacques-Yves Cousteau, French marine biologist and inventor (d. 1997)
• 1934 –
  Henrik, French-born Prince Consort of Denmark
• 1947 –
  Richard Palmer-James, British lyricist and guitarist (King Crimson, Supertramp)
• 1953 –
  Peter Bergman, American actor
• 1964 –
  Jean Alesi, French Formula One driver
• 1968 –
  Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein
• 1977 –
  Shane Meier, Canadian actor
• 1979 –
  Amy Taylor, Australian television presenter and model

Who died on June 11?

• 1695 –
  André Félibien, French architect (b. 1619)
• 1847 –
  John Franklin, English sea captain and explorer (b. 1786)
• 1911 –
  James Curtis Hepburn, American missionary and linguist (b. 1815)
• 1937 –
  R. J. (Reginald Joseph) Mitchell, British aircraft designer (b. 1895)
• 1965 –
  José Mendes Cabeçadas, 95th Prime Minister of Portugal and 9th President of Portugal (b. 1883)
• 1985 –
  Karen Ann Quinlan, American right-to-die cause célèbre (b. 1954)
• 1991 –
  Cromwell Everson, South African composer (b. 1925)
• 1996 –
  Brigitte Helm, German actress (b. 1908)
• 1998 –
  Catherine Cookson, British novelist (b. 1906)
• 2001 –
  Amalia Mendoza, Mexican singer (b. 1923)