Thursday July 11, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

July 11: Day of the Week

July 11, 2024 is the 193rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 173 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is jeudi.

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Here’s the July calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Cancer is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

July 11 Historical Event(s)

1576
Martin Frobisher sights Greenland.
1776
Captain James Cook begins his third voyage.
1796
The United States takes possession of Detroit from Great Britain under terms of the Jay Treaty.
1919
The eight-hour working day and free Sunday become law in the Netherlands.
1922
The Hollywood Bowl opens.
1940
World War II: Vichy France regime is formally established. Henri Philippe Pétain becomes Prime Minister of France.
1960
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is first published.
1962
First transatlantic satellite television transmission.
1978
Los Alfaques Disaster: A truck carrying liquid gas crashes and explodes at a coastal campsite in Tarragona, Spain killing 216 tourists.
2006
209 people are killed in a series of bomb attacks in Mumbai, India.

Who were born on July 11?

154
Bardaisan, Syriac gnostic (d. 222)
1662
Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (d. 1726)
1751
Caroline Matilda of Wales, queen consort of Denmark and Norway (d. 1775)
1916
Reg Varney, English actor (d. 2008)
1935
Oliver Napier, Northern Irish politician (d. 2011)
1950
Bonnie Pointer, American singer (Pointer Sisters)
1960
David Baerwald American songwriter/composer
1967
Andy Ashby, American baseball player
1990
Caroline Wozniacki, Danish tennis player
1990
Connor Paolo, American actor

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