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

November 11: Facts & Myths About This Day

November 11 is the 315^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 50 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

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

When this day started, 29,380,320 minutes 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 ‘trihectadecapentagon’ day.

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

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 98 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 4,708 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

November 11 Historical Events

• 308 –
  At Carnuntum, Emperor emeritus Diocletian confers with Galerius, Augustus of the East, and Maximianus, the recently returned former Augustus of the West, in an attempt to restore order to the Roman Empire.
• 1620 –
  The Mayflower Compact is signed in what is now Provincetown Harbor near Cape Cod.
• 1750 –
  riots break out in Lhasa after the murder of the Tibetan regent.
• 1813 –
  War of 1812: Battle of Crysler’s Farm – British and Canadian forces defeat a larger American force, causing the Americans to abandon their Saint Lawrence campaign.
• 1919 –
  The Centralia Massacre in Centralia, Washington results the deaths of four members of the American Legion and the lynching of a local leader of the Industrial Workers of the World.
• 1921 –
  The Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated by US President Warren G. Harding at Arlington National Cemetery.
• 1942 –
  World War II: Nazi Germany completes its occupation of France.
• 1965 –
  In Rhodesia (modern-day Zimbabwe), the white-minority government of Ian Smith unilaterally declares independence.
• 1967 –
  Vietnam War: In a propaganda ceremony in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, three American prisoners of war are released by the Viet Cong and turned over to “new left” antiwar activist Tom Hayden.
• 1999 –
  The House of Lords Act is given Royal Assent, restricting membership of the British House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage.

Who were born on November 11?

• 1744 –
  Abigail Adams, First Lady of the United States (d. 1818)
• 1900 –
  Halina Konopacka, Polish athlete (d. 1989)
• 1914 –
  Taslim Olawale Elias, Nigerian jurist and former ICJ president (d. 1991)
• 1951 –
  Marc Summers, American game show host
• 1960 –
  Chuck Hernandez, American baseball coach
• 1962 –
  Demi Moore, American actress
• 1971 –
  Paul Chaloner, English TV e-sports commentator
• 1976 –
  Jesse F. Keeler, Canadian musician
• 1986 –
  Mark Sanchez, American football player
• 1987 –
  Yuya Tegoshi, Japanese singer (NEWS, Tegomass)

Who died on November 11?

• 1675 –
  Guru Tegh Bahadur, Indian religious figure (b. 1621)
• 1812 –
  Platon Levshin, Metropoitan of Moscow (b. 1737)
• 1945 –
  Jerome Kern, American composer (b. 1885)
• 1950 –
  Alexandros Diomidis, Greek banker and statesman (b. 1875)
• 1990 –
  Attilio Demaría, Argentinian footballer (b. 1909)
• 1990 –
  Yiannis Ritsos, Greek poet (b. 1909)
• 1994 –
  Pedro Zamora, Cuban-born American TV personality and AIDS activist (b. 1972)
• 1994 –
  Tadeusz Żychiewicz, Polish journalist, art historian and publicist (b. 1922)
• 2005 –
  Peter Drucker, American management theorist (b. 1909)
• 2007 –
  Delbert Mann, American film director (b. 1920)