May 11
Day of the year
May 11 is the 131st day of the year (132nd in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 234 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
330 – Constantine the Great dedicates the much-expanded and rebuilt city of Byzantium , changing its name to New Rome and declaring it the new capital of the Eastern Roman Empire.[1]
868 – A copy of the Diamond Sūtra is published,[2] making it the earliest dated and printed book known.[3]
973 – In the first coronation ceremony ever held for an English monarch, Edgar the Peaceful is crowned King of England , having ruled since 959 AD.[4] His wife, Ælfthryth , is crowned queen, the first recorded coronation for a Queen of England.[5]
1068 – Matilda of Flanders , wife of William the Conqueror , is crowned Queen of England .[6]
1258 – Louis IX of France and James I of Aragon sign the Treaty of Corbeil , renouncing claims of feudal overlordship in one another's territories and separating the House of Barcelona from the politics of France.[7]
1601–1900
1901–present
1919 – Uruguay becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty .[15]
1970 – The 1970 Lubbock tornado kills 26 and causes $250 million in damage.[16]
1973 – Citing government misconduct, Daniel Ellsberg's charges for his involvement in releasing the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times are dismissed.[17]
1973 – Aeroflot Flight 6551 crashes in Semey , Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (now Kazakhstan ), killing all 63 aboard.[18]
1985 – Fifty-six spectators die and more than 200 are injured in the Bradford City stadium fire .[19]
1987 – Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II .[20]
1996 – After the aircraft's departure from Miami, a fire started by improperly handled chemical oxygen generators in the cargo hold of Atlanta-bound ValuJet Airlines Flight 592 causes the Douglas DC-9 to crash in the Florida Everglades, killing all 110 on board.[21]
1997 – Deep Blue , a chess-playing supercomputer, defeats Garry Kasparov in the last game of the rematch, becoming the first computer to beat a world-champion chess player in a classic match format.[22]
1998 – India conducts three underground atomic tests in Pokhran.[23]
2000 – Effective date of Canada's first modern-day treaty - The Nisga'a Final Agreement .[24]
2000 – Second Chechen War : Chechen separatists ambush Russian paramilitary forces in the Republic of Ingushetia .[25]
2009 – An American soldier in Iraq opened fire on a counseling center at Camp Liberty in Baghdad , leaving 5 other US soldiers dead and 3 soldiers wounded.[26]
2009 – Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on the final mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope .[27]
2010 – David Cameron takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom as the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats form the country's first coalition government since the Second World War .[28]
2011 – An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 hits Lorca, Spain .[29]
2013 – Fifty-two people are killed in a bombing in Reyhanlı, Turkey .[30]
2014 – Fifteen people are killed and 46 injured in Kinshasa , DRC , in a stampede caused by tear gas being thrown into soccer stands by police officers.[31]
2016 – One hundred and ten people are killed in an ISIL bombing in Baghdad .[32]
2022 – The Burmese military executes at least 37 villagers during the Mon Taing Pin massacre in Sagaing , Myanmar .[33]
2022 – Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh is killed while covering a raid in Jenin . Israel eventually admitted and apologized for the murder, after initial denials.[34]
2024 – Start/Middle of the May 2024 Solar Storms , the most powerful set of Geomagnetic storms since the 2003 Halloween solar storms .[35]
2024 – The 68th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest is held in Malmö , Sweden . Nemo from Switzerland wins with their song "The Code" , making them the contest's first non-binary winner.[36]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1715 – Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach , German organist (d. 1739)[38]
1752 – Johann Friedrich Blumenbach , German physician, physiologist, and anthropologist (d. 1840)[39] : 94
1797 – José Mariano Salas , Mexican general and politician (d. 1867)[40]
1811 – Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel , Swiss politician (d. 1893)[41]
1811 – Chang and Eng Bunker , Siamese-American showmen, the original conjoined twins (d. 1874)[42]
1852 – Charles W. Fairbanks , American journalist and politician, 26th United States Vice President (d. 1918)[43]
1854 – Jack Blackham , Australian cricketer (d. 1932)[44]
1869 – Archibald Warden , English tennis player (d. 1943)[45]
1871 – Frank Schlesinger , American astronomer and author (d. 1943)[46]
1875 – Harriet Quimby , American pilot and screenwriter (d. 1912)[47]
1881 – Al Cabrera , Spanish-Cuban baseball player and manager (d. 1964)[48]
1881 – Jan van Gilse , Dutch composer and conductor (d. 1944)[49]
1881 – Theodore von Kármán , Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer (d. 1963)[50]
1888 – Irving Berlin , Belarusian-American pianist and composer (d. 1989)[51]
1888 – Willis Augustus Lee , American admiral (d. 1945)[52]
1889 – Paul Nash , British painter (d. 1946)[53]
1890 – Willie Applegarth , English-American sprinter (d. 1958)[54]
1890 – Helge Løvland , Norwegian decathlete (d. 1984)[55]
1894 – Martha Graham , American dancer and choreographer (d. 1991)[56]
1895 – Jacques Brugnon , French tennis player (d. 1978)[57]
1895 – Jiddu Krishnamurti , Indian philosopher and speaker (d. 1986)[58]
1895 – William Grant Still , American composer and conductor (d. 1978)[59]
1896 – Josip Štolcer-Slavenski , Croatian composer and academic (d. 1955)[60]
1897 – Robert E. Gross , American businessman (d. 1961)[61]
1901–present
1901 – Rose Ausländer , poet and author (d. 1988)[62]
1901 – Gladys Rockmore Davis , American painter (d. 1967)[63]
1903 – Charlie Gehringer , American baseball player and manager (d. 1993)[64]
1904 – Salvador Dalí , Spanish artist (d. 1989)[65]
1905 – Lise de Baissac , Mauritian SOE agent, war hero (d. 2004)[66]
1905 – Catherine Bauer Wurster , American architect and public housing advocate (d. 1964)[67]
1907 – Rip Sewell , American baseball player and coach (d. 1989)[68]
1911 – Phil Silvers , American actor and comedian (d. 1985)[69]
1912 – Saadat Hasan Manto , Pakistani author and screenwriter (d. 1955)[70]
1916 – Camilo José Cela , Spanish author and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002)[71]
1918 – Richard Feynman , American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1988)[72]
1924 – Antony Hewish , English astronomer and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2021)[73]
1925 – Edward J. King , American politician, 66th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 2006)[74]
1927 – Bernard Fox , British actor (d. 2016)[75]
1927 – Gene Savoy , American explorer, author, and scholar (d. 2007)[76]
1929 – Gerhard Klingenberg , Austrian actor (d. 2024)[77] [78] [79] [80]
1930 – Edsger W. Dijkstra , Dutch computer scientist and academic (d. 2002)[81]
1932 – Valentino Garavani , Italian fashion designer[82]
1933 – Louis Farrakhan , American religious leader[83]
1934 – Jim Jeffords , American lawyer and politician (d. 2014)[84]
1934 – Jack Twyman , American basketball player (d. 2012)[85]
1937 – Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő , Hungarian Olympic and world champion foil fencer[86]
1941 – Eric Burdon , English musician[87]
1941 – Ian Redpath , Australian cricketer and coach[88]
1943 – Nancy Greene , Canadian skier and politician[89]
1947 – Butch Trucks , American drummer (d. 2017)[90]
1948 – Nirj Deva , British politician[91]
1948 – Pam Ferris , Welsh actress[92]
1950 – Jeremy Paxman , English journalist and author[93]
1950 – Sadashiv Amrapurkar , Indian actor (d. 2014)[94]
1951 – Ed Stelmach , Canadian farmer and politician, 13th Premier of Alberta [95]
1954 – John Gregory , English footballer and manager[96]
1955 – James L. Dolan , American businessman[97]
1957 – Mike Nesbitt , Northern Irish journalist and politician[98]
1963 – Natasha Richardson , English actress (d. 2009)[99]
1964 – Tim Blake Nelson , American actor[100]
1964 – Bobby Witt , American baseball player[101]
1970 – Harold Ford Jr. , American lawyer and politician[102]
1974 – Stanley Gene , Papua New Guinean rugby league player[103]
1975 – Francisco Cordero , Dominican baseball player[104]
1975 – Ziad Jarrah , Lebanese terrorist, September 11 attacks (d. 2001)[citation needed ]
1976 – Kardinal Offishall , Canadian rapper and record producer/executive[105]
1977 – Pablo Gabriel García , Uruguayan footballer[106]
1977 – Victor Matfield , South African rugby player, coach, and sportscaster[107]
1977 – Bobby Roode , Canadian professional wrestler[108]
1978 – Laetitia Casta , French model and actress[109]
1978 – Judy Ann Santos , Filipino actress[110]
1981 – Lauren Jackson , Australian basketball player[111]
1981 – JP Karliak , American actor, voice actor and comedian[112]
1982 – Cory Monteith , Canadian actor and singer (d. 2013)[113]
1983 – Matt Leinart , American football player[114]
1983 – Steven Sotloff , American-Israeli journalist (d. 2014)[115]
1983 – Holly Valance , Australian actress, singer and model[116]
1984 – Andrés Iniesta , Spanish footballer[117]
1985 – Beau Ryan , Australian rugby league player and television host[118]
1986 – Abou Diaby , French footballer[119]
1986 – Miguel Veloso , Portuguese footballer[120]
1987 – Lim Seul-ong , South Korean singer and actor[121]
1988 – Jeremy Maclin , American football player[122]
1988 – Brad Marchand , Canadian ice hockey player[123]
1989 – Giovani dos Santos , Mexican footballer[124]
1989 – Cam Newton , American football player[125]
1992 – Thibaut Courtois , Belgian footballer[126]
1992 – Pablo Sarabia , Spanish footballer[127]
1992 – Bobi , Portuguese Rafeiro do Alentejo , oldest recorded dog (d. 2023)[128] [129]
1993 – Maurice Harkless , American-Puerto Rican basketball player[130]
1993 – Miguel Sanó , Dominican baseball player[131]
1994 – Hagos Gebrhiwet , Ethiopian runner[132]
1994 – Nene Macdonald , Papua New Guinean rugby league player[133]
1995 – Gelson Martins , Portuguese footballer[134]
1995 – Sachia Vickery , American tennis player[135]
1996 – Adin Hill , Canadian ice hockey player[136]
1997 – Lana Condor , American actress[137]
1998 – Viktória Kužmová , Slovak tennis player[138]
1999 – Sabrina Carpenter , American singer and actress[139]
2000 – Yūki Tsunoda , Japanese racing driver[140]
2003 – Fermín López , Spanish footballer[141]
Deaths
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1610 – Matteo Ricci , Italian priest and mathematician (b. 1552)[143]
1778 – William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham , English politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (b. 1708)[144]
1779 – John Hart , American lawyer and politician (b. 1711)[145]
1812 – Spencer Perceval , English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1762)[146]
1848 – Tom Cribb , English boxer (b. 1781)[147]
1849 – Juliette Récamier , French businesswoman (b. 1777)[148]
1882 – Frederick Innes , Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1816)[149]
1889 – John Cadbury , English businessman and philanthropist, founded the Cadbury Company (b. 1801)[150]
1901–present
1908 – Charles Kingston , Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)[151]
1916 – Karl Schwarzschild , German astronomer and physicist (b. 1873)[152] : xix
1918 – George Elmslie , Australian politician, 25th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)[153]
1920 – James Colosimo , Italian-American mob boss (b. 1878)[154]
1920 – William Dean Howells , American novelist, literary critic, and playwright (b. 1837)[155]
1927 – Juan Gris , Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1887)[156]
1929 – Jozef Murgaš , Slovak-American priest, architect, botanist, and painter (b. 1864)[157]
1938 – George Lyon , Canadian golfer and cricketer (b. 1858)[157]
1946 – Seán McCaughey , Irish Republican, died on hunger strike (b. 1915)[158]
1955 – Gilbert Jessop , English cricketer (b. 1874)[159]
1960 – John D. Rockefeller Jr. , American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1874)[160]
1963 – Herbert Spencer Gasser , American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)[161] : 169
1964 – Janne Mustonen , Finnish politician (b. 1901)[162]
1967 – James E. Brewton , American painter (b. 1930)[163]
1979 – Lester Flatt , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1914)[164]
1980 – Dyre Vaa , Norwegian sculptor and painter (b. 1903)[165]
1981 – Odd Hassel , Norwegian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)[166]
1981 – Bob Marley , Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1945)[167]
1983 – Zenna Henderson , American writer (b. 1917)[168]
1985 – Chester Gould , American cartoonist, created Dick Tracy (b. 1900)[169]
1986 – Fritz Pollard , American football player and coach (b. 1894)[170]
1988 – Kim Philby , British-Soviet double agent (b. 1912)[171]
1990 – Stratos Dionysiou , Greek Singer , composer and lyricist (b. 1935)[172]
1994 – Timothy Carey , American actor, director, and producer (b. 1928)[173]
2001 – Douglas Adams , English novelist and screenwriter (b. 1952)[174]
2002 – Renaude Lapointe , Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1912)[175]
2002 – Bill Peet , American animator and screenwriter (b. 1915)[176]
2003 – Noel Redding , English bass player (b. 1945)[177]
2005 – Léo Cadieux , Canadian politician, 17th Canadian Minister of National Defence (b. 1908)[178]
2006 – Floyd Patterson , American boxer and actor (b. 1935)[179]
2007 – Malietoa Tanumafili II , Samoan ruler (b. 1913)[180]
2008 – John Rutsey , Canadian drummer (b. 1953)[181]
2009 – Abel Goumba , Central African physician and politician, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (b. 1926)[182]
2009 – Claudio Huepe , Chilean economist and politician, Chilean Minister Secretary-General of Government (b. 1939)[183]
2009 – Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda , Indian admiral (b. 1915)[184]
2010 – Doris Eaton Travis , American dancer and vaudevillian (b. 1904)[185]
2011 – Robert Traylor , American basketball player (b. 1977)[186]
2019 – Peggy Lipton , American actress, model, and singer (b. 1946)[187]
2019 – Thomas Silverstein , American murderer (b. 1952)[188]
2020 – Jerry Stiller , American comedian, actor (b. 1927) [189]
2021 – Colt Brennan , American quarterback[190] (b. 1983)
2021 – Norman Lloyd , American actor, producer and director (b. 1914)[191]
2024 – Susan Backlinie , American actress and stuntwoman (b. 1946)[192]
Holidays and observances
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