BIRTHDAY ATLAS

Birthday facts

Born on November 11.

Everyone born on November 11 is a Scorpio — ruled by Pluto, remembers everything. The stone is topaz, the flower chrysanthemum, and the day is shared with Fyodor Dostoevsky and Kurt Vonnegut.

Scorpio, the Scorpion — an engraving
Sun sign
Scorpio ♏︎
the Scorpion · ruled by Pluto · remembers everything
Topaz, the birthstone for November — an engraving
Birthstone
Topaz
November
Chrysanthemum, the birth flower for November — an engraving
Birth flower
Chrysanthemum
& peony

Your book

Born on November 11? Add the year.

Then it is a pop-up book: the sky the day you arrived, the No. 1 that week, the president, what a stamp cost, your life in weeks, and who was exactly your age when they did the thing they are known for — and at the end, a birthday poster of the day, engraved, to take home. One field. The date lives after the # in the link, which no server sees — nothing about you leaves your browser.

Making it for someone else? Send it as a pop-up birthday card.

The old books say

Scorpio, October 23 to November 21.

The Scorpion, ruled by Mars in the old books and Pluto in the newer ones, which tells you the tradition could not agree on how to handle it. A water sign, credited with intensity, loyalty that runs to the bone, and a stare. Its people are said to keep secrets well — their own and yours — and to forgive nothing and forget less. The books call it magnetic, from a safe distance.

Astrology, reported rather than endorsed — the astronomy is the part of the book that is real.

Good company

Also born on November 11.

The names most looked up among everyone who shares the day — leaning on the ones who last.

1821
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Russian novelist and philosopher
1922
Kurt Vonnegut
American novelist and short story writer
1974
Leonardo DiCaprio
American actor and producer
1945
Daniel Ortega
Nicaraguan politician
1960
Stanley Tucci
American director and actor
1986
Jon Batiste
American singer and pianist
1962
Demi Moore
American director and actress
1885
George S. Patton
American general

On this day

What November 11 has seen.

It is Armistice Day (known as Remembrance Day in the Commonwealth of Nations and Veterans Day in the United States).

1805War of the Third Coalition: French, Austrian and Russian units suffered heavy losses at the Battle of Dürenstein.
1920In London, the Cenotaph was unveiled and the Unknown Warrior was buried in Westminster Abbey in remembrance of the First World War.
1940Second World War: The Royal Navy launched the first all-aircraft ship-to-ship naval attack in history against the Italians in the Battle of Taranto.
1960A coup attempt by the Army of the Republic of Vietnam against President Ngô Đình Diệm was crushed after he falsely promised reform, allowing loyalists to rescue him.
1965Rhodesia, led by Prime Minister Ian Smith, unilaterally declared independence from the United Kingdom.

The calendar

When November 11 falls.

A Wednesday in 2026, a Thursday in 2027, a Saturday in 2028, a Sunday in 2029, and a Monday in 2030.