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, 28,589,760 minutes 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
- 912 –Alexander becomes Emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
- 1927 –The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is founded.
- 1942 –William Faulkner’s collections of short stories, Go Down, Moses, is published.
- 1943 –World War II: American troops invade Attu Island in the Aleutian Islands in an attempt to expel occupying Japanese forces.
- 1944 –World War II: The Allies begin a major offensive against the Axis Powers on the Gustav Line.
- 1945 –World War II: Off the coast of Okinawa, the aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill, is hit by two kamikazes, killing 346 of her crew. Although badly damaged, the ship is able to return to the U.S. under her own power.
- 1946 –UMNO is created.
- 1953 –The 1953 Waco tornado outbreak: an F5 tornado hits downtown Waco, Texas, killing 114.
- 1968 –The Toronto Transit Commission opens the largest expansion of its Bloor–Danforth line, going to Scarborough in the East, and Etobicoke in the West.
- 1996 –The 1996 Mount Everest disaster: on a single day eight people die during summit attempts on Mount Everest.
Who were born on May 11?
- 1897 –Kurt Gerron, German director (d. 1944)
- 1907 –Rose Ausländer, German poet (d. 1988)
- 1911 –Mitchell Sharp, Canadian politician (d. 2004)
- 1948 –Nirj Deva, Sri Lankan-British politician
- 1956 –Theresa Burke, Canadian journalist
- 1958 –Walt Terrell, American baseball player
- 1981 –Daniel Ortmeier, American baseball player
- 1984 –Andrés Iniesta, Spanish football player
- 1989 –Cam Newton, American football player
- 1994 –David Alvarez, Canadian dancer and actor
Who died on May 11?
- 1708 –Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646)
- 1760 –Alaungpaya, Founder of Konbaung Dynasty of Burma (b. 1714)
- 1777 –George Pigot, Baron Pigot, British governor of Madras (b. 1719)
- 1891 –A. E. Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1820)
- 1981 –Bob Marley, Jamaican singer and musician (b. 1945)
- 1998 –Oreste Kirkop, Maltese tenor and actor (b. 1923)
- 2002 –Renaude Lapointe, French Canadian journalist and senator (b. 1912)
- 2007 –Malietoa Tanumafili II, Samoan Head of State (O le Ao o le Malo) (b. 1913)
- 2008 –Bruno Neves, Portuguese cyclist (b. 1981)
- 2008 –Dottie Rambo, American gospel singer (b. 1934)
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