What happened this day in history May 11

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, 476,496 hours 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

  • 1502
    Christopher Columbus leaves for his fourth and final voyage to the West Indies.
  • 1812
    Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the House of Commons, London.
  • 1857
    Indian Mutiny: Indian rebels seize Delhi from the British.
  • 1867
    Luxembourg gains its independence.
  • 1943
    World War II: American troops invade Attu Island in the Aleutian Islands in an attempt to expel occupying Japanese forces.
  • 1949
    Siam officially changes its name to Thailand for the second time. The name had been in use since 1939 but was reverted in 1945.
  • 1953
    The 1953 Waco tornado outbreak: an F5 tornado hits downtown Waco, Texas, killing 114.
  • 1960
    In Buenos Aires, Argentina, four Israeli Mossad agents capture fugitive Nazi Adolf Eichmann who is living under the alias of Ricardo Klement.
  • 1970
    The Lubbock Tornado, a F5 tornado, hits Lubbock, Texas, killing 26 and causing $250 million in damage.
  • 1973
    Citing government misconduct, Daniel Ellsberg has charges for his involvement in releasing the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times dismissed.

Who were born on May 11?

  • 1852
    Charles W. Fairbanks, 26th United States Vice President (d. 1918)
  • 1881
    Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor (d. 1944)
  • 1927
    Gene Savoy, American author, explorer, scholar and cleric (d. 2007)
  • 1932
    Valentino Garavani (Valentino), Italian designer
  • 1963
    Natasha Richardson, English/American actress (d. 2009)
  • 1964
    Floyd Youmans, American baseball player
  • 1964
    Katie Wagner, American television reporter
  • 1981
    Lauren Jackson, Australian basketball player
  • 1986
    Manuel Schenkhuizen, Dutch gamer
  • 1989
    Gianluigi Bianco, Italian footballer

Who died on May 11?

  • 1610
    Matteo Ricci, Italian Jesuit missionary (b. 1552)
  • 1779
    John Hart, delegate from New Jersey to the Continental Congress and a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (b. 1711)
  • 1891
    A. E. Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1820)
  • 1927
    Juan Gris, Spanish cubist artist (b. 1887)
  • 1955
    Gilbert Laird Jessop, English cricketer (b. 1874)
  • 1986
    Fritz Pollard, American football player (b. 1894)
  • 1988
    Kim Philby, British spy (b. 1912)
  • 2002
    Renaude Lapointe, French Canadian journalist and senator (b. 1912)
  • 2004
    John Whitehead, American singer (McFadden & Whitehead) (b. 1949)
  • 2007
    Malietoa Tanumafili II, Samoan Head of State (O le Ao o le Malo) (b. 1913)

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