What are the important events that happened on May 11? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
May 11: Facts & Myths About This Day
May 11 is the 132nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 234 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 28, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,715,385,600 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectatriacontadigon’ day.
Taurus is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 263 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,159 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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May 11 Historical Events
- 1745 –War of Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy – French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army.
- 1846 –President James K. Polk asked for and received a Declaration of War against Mexico, starting the Mexican-American War
- 1857 –Indian Mutiny: Indian rebels seize Delhi from the British.
- 1924 –Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.
- 1942 –William Faulkner’s collections of short stories, Go Down, Moses, is published.
- 1944 –World War II: The Allies begin a major offensive against the Axis Powers on the Gustav Line.
- 1967 –Andreas Papandreou, Greek economist and socialist politician, is imprisoned in Athens by the Greek military junta.
- 1987 –Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II.
- 1998 –India conducts three underground atomic tests in Pokhran to include a thermonuclear device.
- 2000 –Second Chechen War: Chechen separatists ambush Russian paramilitary forces in the Republic of Ingushetia.
Who were born on May 11?
- 1907 –Rip Sewell, American baseball player (d. 1989)
- 1925 –Edward J. King, 66th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 2006)
- 1939 –Carlos Lyra, Brazilian musician
- 1943 –Juliet Harmer, English actress
- 1943 –Nancy Greene, Canadian alpine skier
- 1946 –Robert Jarvik, American physician and inventor
- 1953 –Céline Lomez, Quebec singer and actress
- 1963 –Roark Critchlow, Canadian actor
- 1970 –Harold Ford Jr., Political commentator and former U.S. Congressman
- 1974 –Billy Kidman, American professional wrestler
Who died on May 11?
- 1672 –Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, Scottish royalist (b. 1615)
- 1708 –Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646)
- 1777 –George Pigot, Baron Pigot, British governor of Madras (b. 1719)
- 1779 –John Hart, delegate from New Jersey to the Continental Congress and a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (b. 1711)
- 1934 –Blaise Diagne, Sengalese politician (b. 1872)
- 1986 –Fritz Pollard, American football player (b. 1894)
- 1996 –Nnamdi Azikiwe, President of Nigeria (b. 1904)
- 1999 –Giorgos Kappis, Greek actor (b. 1929)
- 2006 –Floyd Patterson, American boxer (b. 1935)
- 2008 –Bruno Neves, Portuguese cyclist (b. 1981)
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