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

December 11: Day of the Week

December 11, 2024 is the 346th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 20 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

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

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

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Zodiac & Birthstone

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

December 11 Historical Event(s)

361
Julian the Apostate enters Constantinople as sole Emperor of the Roman Empire.
1602
A surprise attack by forces under the command of the Duke of Savoy and his brother-in-law, Philip III of Spain, is repelled by the citizens of Geneva.
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.
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.
1972
Apollo 17 becomes the sixth and last Apollo mission to land on the Moon.
1981
El Mozote massacre: Armed forces in El Salvador kill an estimated 900 civilians in an anti-guerrilla campaign during the Salvadoran Civil War.
1994
First Chechen War: Russian President Boris Yeltsin orders Russian troops into Chechnya.
1997
The Kyoto Protocol opens for signature.
1998
Thai Airways Flight 261 crashes near Surat Thani Airport, killing 101. The pilot flying the Thai Airways Airbus A310-300 is thought to have suffered spatial disorientation.
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?

1801
Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German writer (d. 1836)
1858
Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Russian theatre director (d. 1943)
1918
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian writer and Soviet dissident, Nobel laureate (d. 2008)
1924
Doc Blanchard, American football player (d. 2009)
1925
Aaron Feuerstein, American businessman
1925
Paul Greengard, American neuroscientist, Nobel laureate
1926
Big Mama Thornton, American singer (d. 1984)
1944
Teri Garr, American film actress
1951
Ria Stalman, Dutch discus thrower
1976
Shareef Abdur-Rahim, American basketball player

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