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

October 11: Facts & Myths About This Day

October 11 is the 285^th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 81 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 28, 2024 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,728,604,800 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 ‘dihectaoctacontapentagon’ day.

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

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 110 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 4,312 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

October 11 Historical Events

• 1531 –
  Huldrych Zwingli is killed in battle with the Roman Catholic cantons of Switzerland.
• 1811 –
  Inventor John Stevens’ boat, the Juliana, begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry (service between New York City, New York, and Hoboken, New Jersey).
• 1864 –
  Campina Grande, Brazil is established as a city.
• 1899 –
  The Western League is renamed the American League.
• 1950 –
  Television: CBS’s mechanical color system is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
• 1972 –
  A race riot occurs on the United States Navy aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off the coast of Vietnam during Operation Linebacker.
• 1982 –
  The Mary Rose, a Tudor carrack which sank on July 19 1545, is salvaged from the sea bed of the Solent, off Portsmouth.
• 1987 –
  Start of Operation Pawan by Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka that killed few thousand ethnic Tamil civilians, several hundred Tamil Tigers and few hundred Indian Army soldiers.
• 2000 –
  NASA launches STS-92, the 100th Space Shuttle mission, using Space Shuttle Discovery.
• 2002 –
  A bomb attack in a shopping mall in Vantaa, Finland kills seven.

Who were born on October 11?

• 1335 –
  Taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (d. 1408)
• 1672 –
  Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian Zaporozhian Cossack starshina, diplomat (d. 1742)
• 1929 –
  Raymond Moriyama, Canadian architect
• 1936 –
  Tom Zé, Brazilian songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer
• 1941 –
  Lester Bowie, American jazz trumpeter (d. 1999)
• 1968 –
  Claude Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1968 –
  Jane Krakowski, American actress
• 1971 –
  Petra Haden, American musician
• 1973 –
  Mike Smith, American guitarist (Snot, Limp Bizkit)
• 1976 –
  Dominic Aitchison, Scottish musician (Mogwai)

Who died on October 11?

• 1303 –
  Pope Boniface VIII
• 1636 –
  Johann Albrecht Adelgrief, German man who claimed to be a prophet and was executed for witchcraft.
• 1705 –
  Guillaume Amontons, French physicist and instrument maker (b. 1663)
• 1809 –
  Meriwether Lewis, American explorer (b. 1774)
• 1852 –
  Gotthold Eisenstein, German mathematician (b. 1823)
• 1889 –
  James Prescott Joule, English physicist (b. 1818)
• 1940 –
  Lluís Companys i Jover, President of Generalitat of Catalonia (shot) (b. 1882)
• 1965 –
  Walther Stampfli, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1884)
• 1976 –
  Alfredo Bracchi, Italian author (b. 1897)
• 2004 –
  Keith Miller, Australian sportsman (b. 1919)