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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
1951	Ed Stelmach, Canadian farmer and politician, 13th Premier of Alberta
1869	Archibald Warden, English tennis player (d. 1943)
1986	Miguel Veloso, Portuguese footballer
1993	Maurice Harkless, American-Puerto Rican basketball player
1973	Tsuyoshi Ogata, Japanese runner
1989	Alyssa Brown, Canadian artistic gymnast
1571	Niwa Nagashige, Japanese daimyō (d. 1637)
1964	Bobby Witt, American baseball player
1999	Sabrina Carpenter, American singer and actress
1970	Harold Ford, Jr., American lawyer and politician

Famous People Deaths On May 11

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Date	Name
1946	Seán McCaughey Irish Republican, Hunger Striker
2006	Floyd Patterson, American boxer and actor (b. 1935)
1979	Lester Flatt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1914)
1882	Frederick Innes, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1816)
1916	Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer and physicist (b. 1873)
1967	James E. Brewton, American painter (b. 1930)
1779	John Hart, American lawyer and politician (b. 1711)
2001	Douglas Adams, English novelist and screenwriter (b. 1952)
2008	John Rutsey, Canadian drummer (b. 1953)
1889	John Cadbury, English businessman and philanthropist, founded the Cadbury Company (b. 1801)