Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: August 11
August 11, 2024 is the 224th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 142 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Leo is your zodiac sign. Peridot is your modern birthstone. Diamond is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: August 11
- 1786 –Captain Francis Light establishes the British colony of Penang in Malaysia.
- 1858 –The Eiger in the Bernese Alps is ascended for the first time by Charles Barrington accompanied by Christian Almer and Peter Bohren.
- 1918 –World War I: the Battle of Amiens ends.
- 1919 –The constitution of the Weimar Republic is adopted.
- 1920 –The Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty, which relinquished Russia’s authority and pretenses to Latvia, is signed, ending the Latvian War of Independence.
- 1934 –The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island.
- 1947 –Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founding father of Pakistan, gives a speech to the Constituent Assembly, the contents and meaning of which remain contentious today.
- 1961 –The former Portuguese territories in India of Dadra and Nagar Haveli are merged to create the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
- 1975 –East Timor: Governor Mário Lemos Pires of Portuguese Timor abandons the capital Dili, following a coup by the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT) and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and Fretilin.
- 2003 –A heat wave in Paris results in temperatures rising to 112 °F, leaving about 144 people dead.
Who were born on August 11?
- 1467 –Mary of York, English princess (d. 1482)
- 1858 –Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician, Nobel Laureate (d. 1930)
- 1919 –Luis Olmo, Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1926 –Claus von Bülow, Danish-born British socialite
- 1930 –Paul Soles, Canadian actor and television personality
- 1932 –Israel Harold “Izzy” Asper, Canadian tax lawyer (d. 2003)
- 1942 –Mike Hugg, British drummer, keyboardist and vocalist (Manfred Mann)
- 1962 –Uvais Karnain, Sri Lankan cricketer
- 1968 –Noordin Mohammad Top, Malaysian Islamist terrorist (d. 2009)
- 1984 –Lucas di Grassi, Brazilian racing driver
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