May 11th, 1877

Born on May 11th, 1877

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 53,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 322 days, exactly on March 16th, 2025, people who were born on May 11th, 1877 will be 54,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 11th?

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

101

Irving Berlin

American composer and lyricist (1888–1989)

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

69

Richard Feynman

American theoretical physicist (1918–1988)

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

34

Katrin Neudolt

Austrian badminton player

*May 11th, 1989, Mödling

31

Thibaut Courtois

Belgian association football player

*May 11th, 1992, Bree

78

Mikhail Sholokhov

Soviet writer (1905-1984)

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

82

Jacques Brugnon

French tennis player (1895-1978)

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

19

Meilysa Trias Puspita Sari

Badminton player

*May 11th, 2004, Purwokerto

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

27

Fernando Daniel

Portuguese singer-songwriter

*May 11th, 1996, Estarreja

37

Harriet Quimby

American aviator, screenwriter (1875-1912)

*May 11th, 1875, Arcadia Township †July 1st, 1912, Squantum

83

Haroun Tazieff

French volcanologist, geologist (1914-1998)

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

80

Margaret Rutherford

British actress (1892–1972)

*May 11th, 1892, London †May 22nd, 1972, Chalfont St Peter

63

Betty Boyd

Actress (1908-1971)

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

96

Martha Graham

American dancer and choreographer

*May 11th, 1894, Pittsburgh †April 1st, 1991, New York

63

Jesper Asholt

Danish actor

*May 11th, 1960, Silkeborg

52

Alberto Rodríguez Librero

Spanish film director

*May 11th, 1971, Seville

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66

Eveline Peterson

Badminton player

*January 17th, 1877, Jalpaiguri †November 30th, 1943, Totnes

85

Hermann Hesse

Nobel Prize winning German-Swiss poet, novelist and painter (1877–1962)

*July 2nd, 1877, Calw †August 9th, 1962, Montagnola

58

O.P. Heggie

American actor (1877-1936)

*September 17th, 1877, Angaston †February 7th, 1936, Los Angeles

50

Isadora cucan

American dancer and choreographer

*May 26th, 1877, San Francisco †September 14th, 1927, Nice

72

Rex Beach

Author and water polo player (1877-1949)

*September 1st, 1877, Antrim County †December 7th, 1949, Sebring

71

Ulrich Salchow

Swedish figure skater

*August 7th, 1877, Copenhagen †April 19th, 1949, Hedvig Eleonora parish

92

Laura Knight

English artist (1877-1970)

*August 4th, 1877, Long Eaton †July 7th, 1970, London

64

Hendrik Bolkestein

Dutch classical scholar

*December 18th, 1877, Amsterdam †July 24th, 1942, Utrecht

70

G.H. Hardy

British mathematician (1877–1947)

*February 7th, 1877, Cranleigh †December 1st, 1947, Cambridge

60

Muhammad Iqbal

South Asian Muslim writer, philosopher, and politician

*November 9th, 1877, Sialkot †April 21st, 1938, Lahore

93

Hjalmar Schacht

German politician and economist

*January 22nd, 1877, Tinglev Municipality †June 3rd, 1970, Munich

75

Raoul Dufy

French artist (1877-1953)

*June 3rd, 1877, Le Havre †March 23rd, 1953, Montcuq

69

Wilhelm Frick

German Nazi official (1877-1946)

*March 12th, 1877, Alsenz †October 16th, 1946, Nuremberg

83

Hélène Dutrieu

Belgian cyclist, stunt driver and aviator

*July 10th, 1877, Tournai †June 26th, 1961, Paris

82

James Montgomery Flagg

American artist (1877-1960)

*June 18th, 1877, Pelham Manor †May 25th, 1960, New York City

63

Rudolf Hilferding

German politician (1877-1941)

*August 10th, 1877, Vienna †February 11th, 1941, Paris

41

Endre Ady

Hungarian poet (1877-1919)

*November 22nd, 1877, Ady Endre †January 27th, 1919, Budapest

76

Ibn Saud

Founder of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (1877–1953)

*January 15th, 1877, Riyadh †November 9th, 1953, Ta'if

82

Roelof Klein

Dutch rower

*June 7th, 1877, Lemmer †February 13th, 1960, Montclair

53

Viktor Dyk

Czech poet, prose writer, playwright, politician and political writer (1877-1931)

*December 31st, 1877, Pšovka †May 14th, 1931, Lopud

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1877 is a normal year and no leap year.

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