May 11

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on May 11. From 1900 until now. May 11 is under the sign of Taurus. Famous birthdays on this day include Salvador Dalí (1904), Laetitia Casta (1978) and Renaud (singer) (1952). Several movies were released around May 11 over the years, such as The Shining in 1980 directed by Stanley Kubrick and Braveheart in 1995 directed by Mel Gibson.
But much more happened on May 11 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

Saint Francis of Girolamo
Saint Estella
Holiday of the City of Miskolc (since 1992).
Saint Odilo of Cluny
Saint Majolus of Cluny
Saint James Walworth
Blessed John Rochester
Saint Bertilla
Saint Gengou Gangulphus
Feast day of the following saints in the Roman Catholic Church: Saint Mamertus, first of the Ice Saints
Roman Empire - Feast of the Lemures (See Larvae).
Saint Gauthier of Esterp
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Events

2019 Yemeni Civil War (2015–present): Houthi forces begin to withdraw from several Yemeni ports, including Al Hudaydah, As-Salif and Ras Isa. The withdrawal is part of a UN-brokered ceasefire deal that aims to end the blockade of Yemen. (Deutsche Welle)
2018 The Israel Defense Forces again open fire with tear gas and live ammunition on Palestinian protesters, following 6 weeks of protests. One person is killed and 146 others wounded, with some protesters throwing stones and burning tyres. (The Independent)
2017 Battle of Mosul: The Iraqi army's chief of staff, Lt Gen Othman al-Ghanmi, states that his security forces are only days away from completing the operation to recapture Mosul from ISIL. (BBC)
2016 Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017): 11 May 2016 Baghdad bombings: At least 64 people are killed and 87 injured in a bomb attack on a market in Sadr City, Baghdad. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) claims responsibility. (CNN) (NY Times)ISIS bury alive 45 of their own fighters in Qayyarah for fleeing a battle. (Mirror) (Armen Press)
2015 Han Min-goo, the South Korean Minister for National Defense states that South Korea will "mercilessly counterattack" any North Korean "provocations" following the North's successful trial of a ballistic missile system. (Yonhap)
2014 Naxalite–Maoist insurgency: Seven police commandos are killed in a Naxalite attack in the Indian state of Maharashtra. (Biharprabha News)
2013 War in North-West Pakistan:: A bomb explodes near the Awami National Party offices in Karachi killing 11 people. (News Limited)
2012 Syrian uprising: the death toll of the May 10 Damascus double bombing reaches 55, with as many as 370 reportedly injured. Syrian authorities claim that over 1,000 kilograms (2,200 lb) of explosives were used in the attacks. (Daily Mail)
2011 2011 Syrian uprising: Syrian Army tanks shell the suburb of Bab Amro in the city of Homs, killing at least five people. (Reuters via Alertnet) (Al Jazeera)
2010 The son of Corazon Aquino, Benigno Aquino III, appears set to win the presidency in the Philippine elections, which have been marred by deadly violence and malfunctioning voting machines. (Chicago Tribune) (USA Today)
2009 The NASA space shuttle Atlantis blasts off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center on a mission to fix the Hubble Space Telescope.
2008 Tornadoes and strong storms across central United States kill 22 and severely damage towns of Picher, Oklahoma, and Seneca, Missouri.
2007 Samoa's Head of State Malietoa Tanumafili II dies at the age of 94. (AP via IHT)
2006 Residents flee Mogadishu as warlords and Islamist militias battle for control of the Somali capital. The death toll in five days of fighting reaches 120. (VoA), (BBC)
2005 Serial killer Michael Ross becomes the first person executed in New England in 45 years.
2004 Nine factory workers in Glasgow, Scotland, are killed in a midday explosion at the Stockline Plastics factory. (BBC)
2003 Benvenuto Cellini's ''Saliera'' is stolen from the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.
2001 Died: Douglas Adams, author of the cult science fiction comedy The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, dies at the age of 49.
2000 Second Chechen War: Chechen separatists ambush Russian paramilitary forces in the Republic of Ingushetia.
1999 Starting late on May 10 and continuing through the early hours of May 12, NASA's ACE and Wind spacecraft each observed that the density of the solar wind dropped by more than 98%. (NASA Science)
1998 The first euro coins are minted in Pessac, France. Because the final specifications for the coins were not finished in 1998, they will have to be melted and minted again in 1999.
1997 Play On! closes at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC after 61 performances
1996 Valujet DC-9 crashes in Miami, 109 die
1995 In New York City, more than 170 countries decide to extend the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty indefinitely and without conditions.
1994 Naked Gun 33 1 / 3: The Final Insult, released in France
1993 Paramaribo Suriname TV studio destroyed by fire.
1990 New York Yankees trade Dave Winfield to California Angels for Mike Witt.
1989 217th and final episode of Dynasty is aired
1988 KV Mechelen wins 28th Europe Cup II.
1987 Corazon Aquino is elected President in the Philippines.
1986 Muffin Spencer-Devlin wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic.
1985 40 die and 150 injured in fire at Bradford City football ground
1984 Transit of Earth as seen on Mars
1983 Dance a Little Closer opens and closes at Minskoff Theater, New York City
1982 Canucks 4-Isles 6-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 2-0 lead
1980 Pam Higgins wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament.
1978 Margaret A Brewer is first female general in the US Marine Corps.
1977 Ted Turner manages an Atlanta Braves game
1976 Emmy 3rd Daytime Award presentation
1975 Flyers 1-Isles 2 - Semifinals - Series tied at 3 games
1974 Bad, Bad Leroy Brown by Frank Sinatra hits #83
1973 Dutch Government of Uyl forms.
1972 John Lennon says his phone is tapped by FBI on Dick Cavett Show
1970 Sammy Davis Jr weds Altovise.
1969 Carol Mann wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open.
1968 Richard Harris releases MacArthur Park
1967 Sing, Israel Sing opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 14 performances
1966 Real Madrid wins 11th Europe Cup I.
1965 Flora, the Red Menace opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 87 performances
1963 Puff (The Magic Dragon) by Peter, Paul and Mary hits #2
1962 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island.
1960 French liner France launched
1959 Kookie, Kookie Lend Me Your Comb by Byrnes and Connie Stevens hits #4
1958 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Lawton Golf Open.
1957 Gabriel Paris forms Government of Colombia.
1956 Pinky Lee Show, last airs on NBC-TV
1955 Israel attacks Gaza.
1954 U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles declares that Indochina is important but not essential to the security of Southeast Asia thus ending any prospect of American intervention on the side of France.
1953 Winston Churchill criticizes John Foster Dulles' domino theory.
1951 Jay Forrester patents computer core memory.
1950 Belgium mine disaster at Borinage, 39 die.
1949 1st Polaroid camera sold $89.95 (NYC)
1948 Haganah takes control of Safed and port of Haifa.
1947 BF Goodrich announced the development of tubeless tire (Akron Ohio)
1946 72nd Preakness: Warren Mehrtens aboard Assault wins in 2:01.4.
1945 US marines conquer Awatsha Draw, Okinawa, Japan.
1944 Opposition group surprise attack post office Washer
1943 US 7th division lands on Attu, Aleutian, (first US territory recaptured).
1942 Japanese troops conquer Kalewa.
1940 66th Preakness: Fred A Smith aboard Bimelech wins in 1:58.6.
1935 61st Preakness: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 1:58.4.
1934 Over two days, the most severe dust storm to date in the USA sweeps an estimated 350 million tons of topsoil from the Great Plains across to the eastern seaboard.
1929 Dr Annie Webb Blanton forms Delta Kappa Gamma Society in Austin, Texas
1928 54th Kentucky Derby: Chick Lang aboard Reigh Count wins in 2:10.4
1927 Belgium beats England 9-1 in soccer
1926 Airship Norge leaves Spitsbergen for 1st air crossing of Arctic O
1925 Communist Party of Holland splits
1924 Pulitzer Prize awarded to Robert Frost (New Hampshire)
1923 10 HRs hit in Phillies 20-14 victory over St. Louis Cardinals
1922 Radio station KGU begins broadcasting in Hawaii.
1921 Tel Aviv is first all Jewish municipality.
1918 44th Kentucky Derby: William Knapp on Exterminator wins in 2:10.8.
1917 Britain grants Royal Letters Patent to New Zealand.
1912 38th Kentucky Derby: Carol H Shilling aboard Worth wins in 2:09.4.
1910 US President William Taft signs a bill into law establishing Glacier National Park, the nation's 10th national park.
1907 Bank of SF incorporated
1905 Albert Einstein submits his doctoral dissertation ''On the Motion of Small Particles...'', in which he explains Brownian motion. In the course of the year, Einstein publishes four papers, formulates the theory of special relativity and explains the photoelectric effect by quantization. 1905 is regarded as his quotmiracle yearquot.
1904 Andrew Carnegie donates $1.5 million to build a peace palace.
1900 James J Jeffries knocks out James J Corbett in 23 for heavyweight boxing title.
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