About November 11
November 11, 2023 is the 315th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 50 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
You can browse the full year calendar in case you need it.
What no one tells you about your first name’s personality. Are there magical powers in your given name? Check out Judy’s personality today! (Sponsored links)
Scorpio is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 91 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On November 11
- 308 –At Carnuntum, Emperor emeritus Diocletian confers with Galerius, Augustus of the East, and Maximianus, the recently returned former Augustus of the West, in an attempt to restore order to the Roman Empire.
- 1215 –The Fourth Lateran Council meets, defining the doctrine of transubstantiation, the process by which bread and wine are, by that doctrine, said to transform into the body and blood of Christ.
- 1634 –Following pressure from Anglican bishop John Atherton, the Irish House of Commons passes An Act for the Punishment for the Vice of Buggery.
- 1673 –Second Battle of Khotyn in Ukraine: Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth forces under the command of Jan Sobieski defeat the Ottoman army. In this battle, rockets made by Kazimierz Siemienowicz are successfully used.
- 1675 –Gottfried Leibniz demonstrates integral calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of y = ƒ(x).
- 1750 –The F.H.C. Society, also known as the Flat Hat Club, is formed at Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia. It is the first college fraternity.
- 1778 –Cherry Valley Massacre: Loyalists and Seneca Indian forces attack a fort and village in eastern New York during the American Revolutionary War, killing more than forty civilians and soldiers.
- 1813 –War of 1812: Battle of Crysler’s Farm – British and Canadian forces defeat a larger American force, causing the Americans to abandon their Saint Lawrence campaign.
- 1911 –Many cities in the Midwestern United States break their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls through.
- 1918 –Emperor Charles I of Austria relinquishes power.
- 1918 –Józef Piłsudski assumes supreme military power in Poland - symbolic first day of Polish independence.
- 1921 –The Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated by US President Warren G. Harding at Arlington National Cemetery.
- 1926 –U.S. Route 66 is established.
- 1934 –The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia is opened.
- 1942 –World War II: The Second Battle of El Alamein is won by the British in El Alamein, Egypt.
- 1960 –A military coup against President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam is crushed.
- 1962 –Kuwait’s National Assembly ratifies the Constitution of Kuwait.
- 1993 –A sculpture honoring women who served in the Vietnam War is dedicated at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
- 2004 –The Palestine Liberation Organization confirms the death of Yasser Arafat from unidentified causes. Mahmoud Abbas is elected chairman of the PLO minutes later.
- 2006 –Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II unveils the New Zealand War Memorial in London, United Kingdom, commemorating the loss of soldiers from the New Zealand Army and the British Army.
Do you drink coffee? Did you know that coffee and word games are an excellent combination to sharpen your vocabulary? Try this! Within 30 seconds, how many words can you think of from these letters BJCAUBO? Check your answers here: Make words with these letters BJCAUBO. (Sponsored by WordFinder.Cafe)
Share or Link to This Page: