Also on February 11
🏛️ Public Holidays
Also observed in: Foundation Day (JP) · 建国記念の日 (JP)
🕰️ On This Day in History
- 2016 — A man shoots six people dead at an education center in Jizan Province, Saudi Arabia. ↗
- 2015 — A university student was murdered as she resisted an attempted rape in Turkey, sparking nationwide protests and public outcry against... ↗
- 2014 — A military transport plane crashes in a mountainous area of Oum El Bouaghi Province in eastern Algeria, killing 77 people. ↗
- 2013 — The Vatican confirmed that Pope Benedict XVI would resign the papacy on 28 February 2013, as a result of his advanced age. ↗
- 2011 — The first wave of the Egyptian revolution culminates in the resignation of Hosni Mubarak and the transfer of power to the Supreme... ↗
🎂 Notable Births
- 1996 — Jonathan Tah, German footballer
- 1995 — Yang Zhaoxuan, Chinese tennis player
- 1993 — Ben McLemore, American basketball player
- 1993 — Saana Saarteinen, Finnish tennis player
- 1992 — Lasse Norman Hansen, Danish track and road cyclist