May 11th, 1845

Born on May 11th, 1845

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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, 1845

48

Carl Eduard Gesell

Organ builder

*May 11th, 1845, Potsdam †April 8th, 1894

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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

101

Irving Berlin

American composer and lyricist (1888–1989)

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

31

Thibaut Courtois

Belgian association football player

*May 11th, 1992, Bree

19

Meilysa Trias Puspita Sari

Badminton player

*May 11th, 2004, Purwokerto

78

Mikhail Sholokhov

Soviet writer (1905-1984)

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

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

27

Fernando Daniel

Portuguese singer-songwriter

*May 11th, 1996, Estarreja

37

Abou Diaby

French association football player

*May 11th, 1986, Aubervilliers

82

Jacques Brugnon

French tennis player (1895-1978)

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

83

Haroun Tazieff

French volcanologist, geologist (1914-1998)

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

63

Jesper Asholt

Danish actor

*May 11th, 1960, Silkeborg

52

Alberto Rodríguez Librero

Spanish film director

*May 11th, 1971, Seville

63

Betty Boyd

Actress (1908-1971)

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

66

Charles W. Fairbanks

Vice president of the United States from 1905 to 1909

*May 11th, 1852, Unionville Center †June 4th, 1918, Indianapolis

72

Edsger W. Dijkstra

Dutch computer scientist

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

70

Boyd Gaines

American actor

*May 11th, 1953, Atlanta

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72

Georg Cantor

German mathematician, inventor of set theory (1845–1918)

*February 19th, 1845, Saint Petersburg †January 6th, 1918, Halle (Saale)

79

Gabriel Fauré

French composer, organist, pianist and teacher

*May 12th, 1845, Pamiers †November 4th, 1924, Paris

74

Paul Deussen

German Orientalist and Sanskrit scholar

*January 7th, 1845, Oberdreis †July 6th, 1919, Kiel

58

Carl Frederik Bricka

Danish biographer and historian

*July 10th, 1845, Copenhagen †August 23rd, 1903, Copenhagen

52

Erwin Rohde

German classical philologist (1845-1898)

*October 9th, 1845, Hamburg †January 11th, 1898, Heidelberg

77

Wilhelm Röntgen

German physicist (1845–1923)

*March 27th, 1845, Lennep †February 10th, 1923, Munich

71

Élie Metchnikoff

Immunologist, embryologist, biologist, Nobel laureat

*May 3rd, 1845, Ivanivka †July 2nd, 1916, Paris

79

Carl Spitteler

Swiss writer (1845–1924)

*April 24th, 1845, Liestal †December 29th, 1924, Lucerne

75

Gabriel Lippmann

Luxembourgish physicist nationalized French (1845-1921)

*August 16th, 1845, Bonnevoie †July 13th, 1921, Atlantic Ocean

76

Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran

French physician

*June 18th, 1845, Paris †May 18th, 1922, Paris

91

Elihu Root

American politician (1845-1937)

*February 15th, 1845, Clinton †February 7th, 1937, New York City

49

Alexander III of Russia

Emperor of Russia from 1881 to 1894

*March 10th, 1845, Anichkov Palace †October 20th, 1894, Livadia Palace

67

George I of Greece

King of Greece (r. 1863–1913)

*December 24th, 1845, Copenhagen †March 18th, 1913, Thessaloniki

40

Ludwig II of Bavaria

King of Bavaria

*August 25th, 1845, Nymphenburg Palace †June 13th, 1886, Lake Starnberg

51

Félix Tisserand

French astronomer (1845-1896)

*January 13th, 1845, Nuits-Saint-Georges †October 20th, 1896, Paris

83

Louis Rousselet

French photographer

*May 15th, 1845, Perpignan †January 1st, 1929, Vineuil

72

Judith Gautier

French poet and historical novelist (1845-1917)

*August 25th, 1845, Paris †December 26th, 1917, Dinard

73

George Reid

Australian politician, 4th Prime Minister of Australia and 12th Premier of New South Wales (1845-1918)

*February 25th, 1845, Johnstone †September 12th, 1918, London

79

Àngel Guimerà

Spanish Catalan author

*May 6th, 1845, Santa Cruz de Tenerife †July 18th, 1924, Barcelona

73

Karel Eichler

Czech writer and roman catholic priest (1845-1918)

*January 13th, 1845, Velké Meziříčí †April 25th, 1918, Brno

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