Historical Events on May 11, Special Events on This Day

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What Happened on May 11th This Day in History

Year Name
2016 One hundred and ten people are killed in an ISIL bombing in Baghdad.
2014 Fifteen people are killed and 46 injured in Kinshasa in a stampede caused by tear gas being thrown into soccer stands by police officers.
2013 Fifty-two people are killed in a bombing in Reyhanlı, Turkey.
2011 An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 hits Lorca, Spain.
1998 India conducts three underground atomic tests in Pokhran.
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.
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.
1985 Fifty-six spectators die and more than 200 are injured in the Bradford City stadium fire.
1970 The 1970 Lubbock tornado kills 26 and causes $250 million in damage.
1919 Uruguay becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
1894 Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a wildcat strike.
1889 An attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort results in the theft of over $28,000 and the award of two Medals of Honor.
1880 Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California.
1857 Indian Rebellion of 1857: Indian rebels seize Delhi from the British.
1813 William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth discover a route across the Blue Mountains, opening up inland Australia to settlement.
1812 Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the British House of Commons.
Famous People Born on May 11

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Year Name
1918 Richard Feynman, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1988)
1896 Josip Štolcer-Slavenski, Croatian composer and academic (d. 1955)
1984 Andrés Iniesta, Spanish footballer
1797 José Mariano Salas, Mexican general and politician (d. 1867)
1889 Paul Nash, British painter (d. 1946)
1977 Bobby Roode, Canadian professional wrestler
1932 Valentino Garavani, Italian fashion designer
1954 John Gregory, English footballer and manager
1969 Simon Vroemen, Dutch runner
1983 Matt Leinart, American football player
Famous People Deaths On May 11

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Date Name
2003 Noel Redding, English bass player (b. 1945)
2008 John Rutsey, Canadian drummer (b. 1953)
2006 Floyd Patterson, American boxer and actor (b. 1935)
2020 Jerry Stiller, American comedian, actor (b. 1927)
2021 Colt Brennan, American quarterback
1963 Herbert Spencer Gasser, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
2010 Doris Eaton Travis, American dancer and vaudevillian (b. 1904)
1908 Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
1967 James E. Brewton, American painter (b. 1930)
2011 Robert Traylor, American basketball player (b. 1977)