May 11th, 1694

Born on May 11th, 1694

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What happened on May 11th?

May 11th, 2022

Myanmar civil war: Government troops killed 37 unarmed civilians in Mondaingbin.

May 11th, 2013

Two car bombs by unknown perpetrators exploded in Reyhanlı, Turkey, resulting in 52 killed and 140 injured.

May 11th, 2011

An earthquake registering Mw 5.1, the worst to hit the region for more than 50 years, struck near Lorca, Spain.

May 11th, 2010

Gordon Brown resigned as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party after failing to strike a coalition agreement with the Liberal Democrats.

May 11th, 1998

India began the Pokhran-II nuclear-weapons test, its first since the Smiling Buddha test 24 years earlier.

May 11th, 1997

Deep Blue (pictured) defeated Garry Kasparov in six games to become the first chess computer to win a match against a world champion.

May 11th, 1981

Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats, the first megamusical, opened at the New London Theatre.

May 11th, 1970

Lubbock, Texas, was struck by a tornado that left 26 people dead.

May 11th, 1928

After a week-long standoff punctuated by military clashes, Japanese forces captured the city of Jinan, Shandong in China.

May 11th, 1910

Glacier National Park was established in the U.S. state of Montana.

May 11th, 1894

In response to a 28-percent wage cut, 4,000 Pullman Palace Car Company workers went on strike in Illinois, bringing rail traffic west of Chicago to a halt.

May 11th, 1889

Bandits attacked a U.S. Army paymaster's escort in the Arizona Territory, stealing more than $28,000.

May 11th, 1880

A land dispute between the Southern Pacific Railroad and settlers in Hanford, California, turned deadly when a gun battle broke out, leaving seven dead.

May 11th, 1858

Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted as the 32nd U.S. state.

May 11th, 1813

William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth departed westward from Sydney on an expedition to become the first confirmed Europeans to cross the Blue Mountains (depicted).

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 11th

Born on May 11th, 1694

44

Hieronymus Florentinus Quehl

German composer

*May 11th, 1694, Zella-Mehlis †March 27th, 1739, Fürth

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84

Salvador Dalí

Spanish artist (1904-1989)

*May 11th, 1904, Figueres †January 23rd, 1989, Figueres

43

Sudheer Babu

Indian film actor and former professional badminton player

*May 11th, 1980, Vijayawada

34

Katrin Neudolt

Austrian badminton player

*May 11th, 1989, Mödling

69

Richard Feynman

American theoretical physicist (1918–1988)

*May 11th, 1918, Queens †February 15th, 1988, Los Angeles

31

Thibaut Courtois

Belgian association football player

*May 11th, 1992, Bree

19

Meilysa Trias Puspita Sari

Badminton player

*May 11th, 2004, Purwokerto

101

Irving Berlin

American composer and lyricist (1888–1989)

*May 11th, 1888, Talačyn †September 22nd, 1989, New York City

27

Fernando Daniel

Portuguese singer-songwriter

*May 11th, 1996, Estarreja

45

Natasha Richardson

British actress (1963–2009)

*May 11th, 1963, Marylebone †March 18th, 2009, Upper East Side

39

Andrés Iniesta

Spanish association football player

*May 11th, 1984, Fuentealbilla

37

Abou Diaby

French association football player

*May 11th, 1986, Aubervilliers

77

Alexander Jakob Lubomirski

(1695-1772)

*May 11th, 1695, Kraków †November 16th, 1772, Dresden

78

Mikhail Sholokhov

Soviet writer (1905-1984)

*May 11th, 1905, Kruzhilin †February 21st, 1984, Vyoshenskaya

63

Jesper Asholt

Danish actor

*May 11th, 1960, Silkeborg

52

Alberto Rodríguez Librero

Spanish film director

*May 11th, 1971, Seville

83

Haroun Tazieff

French volcanologist, geologist (1914-1998)

*May 11th, 1914, Warsaw †February 2nd, 1998, 4th arrondissement of Paris

82

Jacques Brugnon

French tennis player (1895-1978)

*May 11th, 1895, Paris †March 20th, 1978, Paris

70

Boyd Gaines

American actor

*May 11th, 1953, Atlanta

72

Edsger W. Dijkstra

Dutch computer scientist

*May 11th, 1930, Rotterdam †August 6th, 2002, Nuenen

63

Betty Boyd

Actress (1908-1971)

*May 11th, 1908, Kansas City †September 16th, 1971, Los Angeles

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83

Voltaire

French writer, historian, and philosopher (1694–1778)

*November 21st, 1694, Paris †May 30th, 1778, Paris

70

Christoph von Steiger

Swiss politician (1694–1765)

*February 22nd, 1694, Bern †February 12th, 1765, Bern

59

Johann Gottfried von Hahn

German physician

*January 18th, 1694, Świdnica †May 1st, 1753, Świdnica

80

François Quesnay

French economist

*June 4th, 1694, Méré †December 16th, 1774, Su Casa Es Mi Casa

85

Giovan Battista Passeri

Antiquarian, catholic priest and civil servant (1694-1780)

*November 10th, 1694, Farnese †February 4th, 1780, Pesaro

59

Henry Pelham

Prime Minister of Great Britain

*September 25th, 1694, Laughton †March 6th, 1754, London

64

Johan Helmich Roman

Swedish Baroque composer (1694-1758)

*October 26th, 1694, Stockholm †November 20th, 1758, Ryssby

79

Réginald Outhier

French astronomer and priest

*August 16th, 1694, La Marre †May 8th, 1774, Bayeux

50

Leonardo Leo

Italian composer

*August 5th, 1694, San Vito dei Normanni †October 31st, 1744, Naples

33

Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen

German prince and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Köthen

*November 29th, 1694, Köthen †November 19th, 1728, Köthen

46

Christfried Kirch

German astronomer

*January 1st, 1694, Guben †January 1st, 1740, Berlin

62

Ernest Amadej Tomaž Attems

(1694-1757)

*December 21st, 1694, Graz †December 5th, 1757, Vienna

81

Yeongjo of Joseon

21st King of Joseon Dynasty in Korean history

*September 13th, 1694, Changdeokgung †March 5th, 1776, Gyeonghuigung

78

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

18th-century British statesman and man of letters; (1694-1773)

*September 22nd, 1694, London †March 24th, 1773, London

76

William Shirley

British governor of Massachusetts and then of the Bahamas (1694-1771)

*December 2nd, 1694, Preston †March 24th, 1771, Roxbury

89

Bartolomeo Altomonte

Austrian artist

*February 24th, 1694, Warsaw †November 11th, 1783, Sankt Florian

83

Ricardo Wall

Irish-born soldier, diplomat and minister in the Spanish service (1694-1777)

*November 5th, 1694, Nantes †December 26th, 1777, Granada

73

Hermann Samuel Reimarus

German philosopher

*December 22nd, 1694, Hamburg †March 1st, 1768, Hamburg

52

Francis Hutcheson

Scottish philosopher (1694–1746)

*August 8th, 1694, Drumalig †August 8th, 1746, Dublin

74

Peter Collinson

English botanist (1694-1768)

*January 28th, 1694, London †August 11th, 1768, Brentwood

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