About February 11
February 11, 2024 is the 42nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 324 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
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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 353 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On February 11
- 660 BC –Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.
- 55 –Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman Emperorship, dies under mysterious circumstances in Rome. This clears the way for Nero to become Emperor.
- 244 –Emperor Gordian III is murdered by mutinous soldiers in Zaitha (Mesopotamia). A mound is raised at Carchemish in his memory.
- 1531 –Henry VIII of England is recognized as supreme head of the Church of England.
- 1812 –Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry “gerrymanders” for the first time.
- 1840 –Gaetano Donizetti’s opera La Fille du Régiment receives its first performance in Paris.
- 1861 –American Civil War: United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state.
- 1919 –Friedrich Ebert (SPD), is elected President of Germany.
- 1937 –A sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers Union.
- 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.
- 1964 –Greeks and Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus.
- 1964 –The Republic of China (commonly known as Taiwan) breaks off diplomatic relations with France.
- 1968 –Israeli-Jordanian border clashes.
- 1973 –Vietnam War: First release of American prisoners of war from Vietnam takes place.
- 1978 –Censorship: the People’s Republic of China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens.
- 1981 –100000 USgal of radioactive coolant leak into the containment building of TVA Sequoyah 1 nuclear plant in Tennessee, contaminating 8 workers.
- 2008 –Rebel East Timorese soldiers seriously wound President José Ramos-Horta. Rebel leader Alfredo Reinado is killed in the attack.
- 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.
- 2032 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rat in Chinese astrology.
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