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: December 11
December 11, 2024 is the 346th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 20 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Wednesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Sagittarius is your zodiac sign. Turquoise is your modern birthstone. Onyx is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: December 11
- 1815 –the U.S. Senate created a select committee on finance and a uniform national currency, predecessor of the United States Senate Committee on Finance.
- 1816 –Indiana becomes the 19th U.S. state.
- 1917 –British General Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot and declares martial law.
- 1927 –Guangzhou Uprising: Communist militia and worker Red Guards launch an uprising in the Chinese city of Guangzhou, taking over most of the city and announcing the formation of a Guangzhou Soviet.
- 1936 –Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII’s abdication as King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India becomes effective.
- 1937 –Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italy leaves the League of Nations.
- 1958 –French Upper Volta gains self-government from France, becomes the Republic of Upper Volta, and joins the French Community.
- 1962 –Arthur Lucas, convicted of murder, is the last person to be executed in Canada.
- 2005 –Cronulla riots: Thousands of White Australians demonstrate against ethnic violence resulting in a riot against anyone thought to be Lebanese (and many who are not) in Cronulla Sydney. These are followed up by retaliatory ethnic attacks on Cronulla.
- 2006 –The International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust is opened in Tehran, Iran by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; Nations such as Israel and the United States express concern.
Who were born on December 11?
- 1935 –Ron Carey, American actor (d. 2007)
- 1938 –McCoy Tyner, American jazz pianist
- 1944 –Lynda Day George, American actress
- 1955 –Stu Jackson, American basketball head coach
- 1960 –Rachel Portman, English film composer
- 1972 –Daniel Alfredsson, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1975 –Tomoka Kurotani, Japanese actress
- 1987 –Clifton Geathers, American football player
- 1989 –Murugan Thiruchelvam, English chess player
- 1996 –Hailee Steinfeld, American actress
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