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
- 1794 –First session of United States Senate open to the public.
- 1812 –Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry “gerrymanders” for the first time.
- 1826 –Swaminarayan writes the Shikshapatri, an important text within the Swaminarayan faith.
- 1840 –Gaetano Donizetti’s opera La Fille du Régiment receives its first performance in Paris.
- 1855 –Kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia, by Abuna Salama III in a ceremony at the church of Derasge Maryam
- 1889 –Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted; the first Diet of Japan convenes in 1890.
- 1906 –Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer nos.
- 1916 –Emma Goldman is arrested for lecturing on birth control.
- 1919 –Friedrich Ebert (SPD), is elected President of Germany.
- 1942 –The first gold record is presented to Glenn Miller for “Chattanooga Choo Choo”.
- 1953 –President Dwight Eisenhower refuses a clemency appeal for Ethel and Julius Rosenberg.
- 1959 –The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South, which will later become South Yemen, is created as a protectorate of the United Kingdom.
- 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.
- 1979 –Islamic revolution of Iran establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
- 1981 –100000 USgal of radioactive coolant leak into the containment building of TVA Sequoyah 1 nuclear plant in Tennessee, contaminating 8 workers.
- 1987 –The Constitution of the Philippines goes into effect.
- 1997 –Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
- 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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