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
- 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.
- 1794 –First session of United States Senate open to the public.
- 1812 –Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry “gerrymanders” for the first time.
- 1826 –University College London is founded under the name University of London.
- 1843 –Giuseppe Verdi’s opera I Lombardi receives its first performance in Milan.
- 1873 –King Amadeus I of Spain abdicates.
- 1919 –Friedrich Ebert (SPD), is elected President of Germany.
- 1929 –Fascist Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty.
- 1937 –A sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers Union.
- 1939 –A Lockheed XP-38 flies from California to New York in 7 hours 2 minutes.
- 1942 –The first gold record is presented to Glenn Miller for “Chattanooga Choo Choo”.
- 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.
- 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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