May 11th, 1922

Born on May 11th, 1922

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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, 1922

74

Fritz Senft

(1922-1997)

*May 11th, 1922, Zürich †April 23rd, 1997

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84

Salvador Dalí

Spanish artist (1904-1989)

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

69

Richard Feynman

American theoretical physicist (1918–1988)

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

43

Sudheer Babu

Indian film actor and former professional badminton player

*May 11th, 1980, Vijayawada

95

Hildegard Hamm-Brücher

German politician (1921-2016)

*May 11th, 1921, Essen †December 7th, 2016, Munich

97

Antony Hewish

English physicist and radio astronomer (1924–2021)

*May 11th, 1924, Fowey †September 13th, 2021

92

Heribert Maria Nobis

German naturalist

*May 11th, 1924, Cologne †February 6th, 2017, Ebersberg

78

Jean Dewasne

French painter (1921-1999)

*May 11th, 1921, Hellemmes †July 23rd, 1999, 20th arrondissement of Paris

34

Katrin Neudolt

Austrian badminton player

*May 11th, 1989, Mödling

83

Haroun Tazieff

French volcanologist, geologist (1914-1998)

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

31

Thibaut Courtois

Belgian association football player

*May 11th, 1992, Bree

101

Irving Berlin

American composer and lyricist (1888–1989)

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

72

Edsger W. Dijkstra

Dutch computer scientist

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

78

Mikhail Sholokhov

Soviet writer (1905-1984)

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

94

Rubem Fonseca

Brazilian writer and screenwriter

*May 11th, 1925, Juiz de Fora †April 15th, 2020, Rio de Janeiro

45

Natasha Richardson

British actress (1963–2009)

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

19

Meilysa Trias Puspita Sari

Badminton player

*May 11th, 2004, Purwokerto

91

Josef Zíma

Czech voice actor, actor, presenter and singer

*May 11th, 1932, Prague

95

Yvonne Furneaux

French actress

*May 11th, 1928, Roubaix

39

Andrés Iniesta

Spanish association football player

*May 11th, 1984, Fuentealbilla

37

Abou Diaby

French association football player

*May 11th, 1986, Aubervilliers

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Born in 1922

93

Trude Dothan

Austrian-Israeli archaeologist

*November 30th, 1922, Vienna †January 28th, 2016, Jerusalem

75

Poul Bundgaard

Danish actor and opera singer

*October 27th, 1922, Hellerup †June 3rd, 1998, Gentofte

93

Christopher Lee

English actor and singer (1922–2015)

*May 27th, 1922, Belgravia †June 7th, 2015, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

47

Judy Garland

American actress and singer (1922–1969)

*June 10th, 1922, Grand Rapids †June 22nd, 1969, Chelsea

58

Hattie Jacques

English comedy actress of stage, radio and screen (1922-1980)

*February 7th, 1922, Sandgate †October 6th, 1980, Eardley Crescent

93

Bernhard Hassenstein

German biologist

*May 31st, 1922, Potsdam †April 16th, 2016, Freiburg im Breisgau

84

Eva Ebner

German actor, screenwriter ans assistant director

*January 14th, 1922, Gdańsk †January 31st, 2006, Berlin

88

Ilse Jahn

German biologist, historian of science and curator (1922–2010)

*February 2nd, 1922, Chemnitz †May 8th, 2010, Berlin

97

Doris Day

American actress and singer (1922–2019)

*April 3rd, 1922, Cincinnati †May 13th, 2019, Carmel Valley

98

Carl Reiner

American actor (1922–2020)

*March 20th, 1922, The Bronx †June 29th, 2020, Beverly Hills

95

Stan Lee

American comic book writer, editor, publisher, and producer (1922–2018)

*December 28th, 1922, Manhattan †November 12th, 2018, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

98

Arthur Ashkin

American physicist (1922-2020)

*September 2nd, 1922, Brooklyn †September 21st, 2020, Rumson

86

Paul Scofield

English actor (1922–2008)

*January 21st, 1922, West Sussex †March 19th, 2008, Sussex

82

Barbara Bel Geddes

American actress (1922–2005)

*October 31st, 1922, New York City †August 8th, 2005, Northeast Harbor

93

Patrick Macnee

English actor (1922–2015)

*February 6th, 1922, Paddington †June 25th, 2015, Rancho Mirage

91

Sid Caesar

American comic actor and writer

*September 8th, 1922, Yonkers †February 12th, 2014, Beverly Hills

78

Jose Gonzales-Gonzales

American actor

*December 7th, 1922, Aguilares †December 15th, 2000, Centinela Freeman Regional Medical Center, Marina Campus

93

Madeleine Sherwood

Canadian actress

*November 13th, 1922, Montreal †April 23rd, 2016, Saint-Hippolyte

85

Maila Nurmi

Finnish American actress (1922-2008)

*December 11th, 1922, Pechenga †January 10th, 2008, Los Angeles

53

Margaret Leighton

British actress (1922–1976)

*February 26th, 1922, Barnt Green †January 13th, 1976, Chichester

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1922 is a normal year and no leap year.

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