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
- 1531 –Henry VIII of England is recognized as supreme head of the Church of England.
- 1659 –The assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses.
- 1752 –Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in the United States, is opened by Benjamin Franklin.
- 1794 –First session of United States Senate open to the public.
- 1826 –Swaminarayan writes the Shikshapatri, an important text within the Swaminarayan faith.
- 1826 –University College London is founded under the name University of London.
- 1861 –American Civil War: United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state.
- 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.
- 1919 –Friedrich Ebert (SPD), is elected President of Germany.
- 1937 –A sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers Union.
- 1937 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Ox in Chinese astrology.
- 1942 –The first gold record is presented to Glenn Miller for “Chattanooga Choo Choo”.
- 1959 –The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South, which will later become South Yemen, is created as a protectorate of the United Kingdom.
- 1971 –Eighty-seven countries, including the US, UK, and USSR, sign the Seabed Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons on the ocean floor in international waters.
- 1981 –100000 USgal of radioactive coolant leak into the containment building of TVA Sequoyah 1 nuclear plant in Tennessee, contaminating 8 workers.
- 1990 –Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner.
- 1997 –Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
- 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.
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