About February 11
February 11, 2023 is the 42nd day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 323 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
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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 364 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.
- 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.
- 1873 –King Amadeus I of Spain abdicates.
- 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.
- 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”.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1979 –Islamic revolution of Iran establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
- 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.
- 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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