May 11th, 1955

Born on May 11th, 1955

Weekday

Wednesday

May 11th, 1955 was a Wednesday.

Age

People born on May 11th, 1955 turned 71 this year (2026).

Zodiac

♉

Taurus (The Bull)

April 21st, 1955 - May 21st, 1955

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 26,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 991 days, exactly on April 12th, 2029, people who were born on May 11th, 1955 will be 27,000 days old!

26,009 Days

3,715 Weeks

854 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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Born on May 11th, 1955: When to retire?

Birth

67 80

Childhood & Education 20 Years

Work 47 Years

Retirement 13 Years

Already retired

According to the assumptions made it looks like you can already enjoy your well-deserved retirement!

What happened on May 11th?

May 11th, 2022

Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed while reporting on an Israel Defense Forces raid on the Jenin refugee camp.

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, 1820

HMS Beagle (pictured), the ship that would take Charles Darwin on his voyage, was launched.

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 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 (performers pictured), 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.

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

Born on May 11th, 1955

John DeStefano, Jr.

American mayor

*May 11th, 1955, New Haven

Nicole Guedj

French politician

*May 11th, 1955, Constantine

Same year
Born in 1955

Milly Quezada

Dominican Republic singer

*May 21st, 1955, Santo Domingo

Pete Shelley

British singer-songwriter (1955–2018)

*April 17th, 1955, Leigh †December 6th, 2018, Tallinn

Adolf Sauerland

German politician

*June 4th, 1955, Duisburg

Bill Gates

American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1955)

*October 28th, 1955, Seattle

Guillermo Lasso

47th president of Ecuador

*November 16th, 1955, Guayaquil

Tim Berners-Lee

English computer scientist, inventor of the World Wide Web (born 1955)

*June 8th, 1955, London

Steve Jobs

American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)

*February 24th, 1955, San Francisco †October 5th, 2011, Palo Alto

Lars Brygmann

Danish actor

*November 30th, 1955, Copenhagen

Lasse Lindtner

Norwegian actor

*March 7th, 1955, Bergen

Nicolas Sarkozy

23rd president of the French Republic from 2007 to 2012

*January 28th, 1955, Paris

Bill Paxton

American actor and filmmaker (1955–2017)

*May 17th, 1955, Fort Worth †February 25th, 2017, Los Angeles

Uwe Reinders

German association football player and manager

*January 19th, 1955, Essen

Jimmy LaFave

American musician

*July 12th, 1955, Wills Point †May 21st, 2017, Austin

Peter Neururer

German association football manager

*April 26th, 1955, Marl

Friedrich Merz

German politician, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany

*November 11th, 1955, Brilon

Jair Bolsonaro

38th President of the Federative Republic of Brazil from 2019 to 2023, Captain of the Brazilian Army, Federal Deputy of Brazil (1991-2019) and Councilman of the City of Rio de Janeiro (1989-1991)

*March 21st, 1955, Glicério