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: 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 2024. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Aquarius is your zodiac sign. Amethyst is your modern birthstone. Bloodstone is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: February 11
- 1659 –The assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses.
- 1790 –The Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, petitions U.S. Congress for abolition of slavery.
- 1812 –Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry “gerrymanders” for the first time.
- 1903 –Anton Bruckner’s 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna.
- 1937 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Ox in Chinese astrology.
- 1938 –BBC Television produces the world’s first ever science fiction television program, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Capek play R.U.R., that coined the term “robot”.
- 1939 –A Lockheed XP-38 flies from California to New York in 7 hours 2 minutes.
- 1953 –President Dwight Eisenhower refuses a clemency appeal for Ethel and Julius Rosenberg.
- 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.
Who were born on February 11?
- 1799 –The Blessed Father Basil Anthony Marie Patrice Moreau, Founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross (d. 1873)
- 1813 –Otto Ludwig, German writer and critic (d. 1865)
- 1830 –Hans Bronsart von Schellendorff, Prussian musician (d. 1913)
- 1925 –Kim Stanley, American actress (d. 2001)
- 1934 –John Surtees, English motorcycle and race car driver
- 1969 –Jennifer Aniston, American actress
- 1969 –P.J. Sparxx, American pornographic actress
- 1974 –D'Angelo, American singer
- 1980 –Matthew Lawrence, American actor
- 1991 –Georgia May Foote, British actress
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