About February 11
February 11, 2025 is the 42nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 323 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
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Aquarius is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 371 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On February 11
- 1531 –Henry VIII of England is recognized as supreme head of the Church of England.
- 1790 –The Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, petitions U.S. Congress for abolition of slavery.
- 1826 –University College London is founded under the name University of London.
- 1855 –Kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia, by Abuna Salama III in a ceremony at the church of Derasge Maryam
- 1861 –American Civil War: United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state.
- 1873 –King Amadeus I of Spain abdicates.
- 1889 –Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted; the first Diet of Japan convenes in 1890.
- 1903 –Anton Bruckner’s 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna.
- 1906 –Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer nos.
- 1918 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Horse in Chinese astrology.
- 1929 –Fascist Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty.
- 1942 –The first gold record is presented to Glenn Miller for “Chattanooga Choo Choo”.
- 1942 –World War II: The Battle of Bukit Timah is fought in Singapore.
- 1953 –President Dwight Eisenhower refuses a clemency appeal for Ethel and Julius Rosenberg.
- 1953 –The Soviet Union breaks off diplomatic relations with Israel.
- 1959 –The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South, which will later become South Yemen, is created as a protectorate of the United Kingdom.
- 1964 –Greeks and Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus.
- 1971 –Eighty-seven countries, including the US, UK, and USSR, sign the Seabed Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons on the ocean floor in international waters.
- 1973 –Vietnam War: First release of American prisoners of war from Vietnam takes place.
- 2011 –Egyptian Revolution culminates in the resignation of Hosni Mubarak and the transfer of power to the Supreme Military Council after 18 days of protests.
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