Wednesday June 11, 2025
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

: Day of the Week

was the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There were until the end of the year. The day of the week was .

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

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Zodiac & Birthstone

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

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by the Numbers

  • days since
  • year, month, and days ago
  • month since then
  • is in the th week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • The year is not a leap year

Historical Event(s)

1184 BC
Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned, according to calculations by Eratosthenes.
1429
Hundred Years’ War: start of the Battle of Jargeau.
1509
Henry VIII of England marries Catherine of Aragon.
Philip II recognizes the rights and privileges of the local nobles and chieftains in the Philippines, which paved way to the stabilization of the rule of the Principalía (an elite ruling class of native nobility in Spanish Philippines).
The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence.
King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father Constantine I abdicates under pressure by allied armies occupying Athens.
Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Nationalist government creates the 1938 Yellow River flood to halt Japanese forces. 500,000 to 900,000 civilians are killed.
Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin allegedly become the only prisoners to escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island.
Altaf Hussain founds the students’ political movement All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organisation (APMSO) in Karachi University.
Antonio Meucci is acknowledged as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress.

Who were born on ?

Francis Edward James Keith, Scottish soldier and Prussian field marshal (d. 1758)
Johann Georg Palitzsch, German astronomer (d. 1788)
Risë Stevens, American operatic soprano
Hazel Scott, Trinidad and Tobago-born American singer (d. 1981)
Lynsey de Paul, British singer and songwriter
Mark D. Siljander, American politician
Jamaaladeen Tacuma, American free jazz bassist
Jean Alesi, French Formula One driver
Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein
Fragiskos Alvertis, Greek basketball player

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