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May 11 is the 131st day of the year (132nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. International holidays and other major events April 1 - April Fools' Day April 4 - Qingming Festival (Mainland International holidays May 1 - Labour Day ( Pakistan) May 1 - Labour Day ( Singapore) International holidays and commemorations June 8 - Dragon Boat Festival ( Traditional Chinese) June 9 - Shavuot Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João Events 1256 - The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV Events 553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins 1215 - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen Events 1457 BC - Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the Events 1204 - Baldwin IX Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. Events 1152 - Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and Events 325 - The First Council of Nicaea &ndash the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. Events 334 BC - The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus. Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. Events 451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place Events 927 - Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common International holidays May 1 - Labour Day ( Pakistan) May 1 - Labour Day ( Singapore) May 2007 is the fifth month of that year It began on a Tuesday and 31 days later ended on a Thursday. May 2006 was a month with thirty-one days The following events also occurred during the month May 2005 was the fifth month of that year It began on a Sunday and ended after 31 days on a Tuesday. May 2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September May 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September May 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September May 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 234 days remaining until the end of the year.

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 External links

Events

• 330 - Byzantium is renamed Nova Roma during a dedication ceremony, but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople. Events By Place Roman Empire May 11 — Constantine I refounds Byzantium, renames it New Rome This article is about the city See also Byzantine Empire. Byzantium ( Greek: Βυζάντιον Latin: la BYZANTIVM The term " New Rome " has been used in the following contexts Constantinople (Κωνσταντινούπολις Konstantinoúpolis, or gr ἡ Πόλις hē Polis, Latin: la CONSTANTINOPOLIS
• 1310 - Fifty-four members of the Knights Templar are burned at the stake in France for being heretics. The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon (Pauperes commilitones Christi Templique Solomonici commonly known as the Knights Templar or the Order This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Heresy is an introduced change to some system of belief especially a religion that conflicts with the previously established canon of that belief
• 1502 - Christopher Columbus leaves for his fourth and final voyage to the West Indies. Christopher Columbus (1451 &ndash May 20 1506 was an Italian Navigator, colonizer The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting
• 1647- Peter Stuyvesant arrives in New Amsterdam. Peter Stuyvesant (originally Pieter or Petrus, Peter is never mentioned in historical records (c New Amsterdam (Nieuw Amsterdam was a 17th-century Dutch colonial settlement that later became New York City.
• 1745 - War of Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy – At Fontenoy, French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army. Year 1745 ( MDCCXLV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a The War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748 involved nearly all the powers of Europe This battle should not be confused with the two battles of Fontenay, which occurred at a different location in 841 and 1944 Antoing is a Walloon commune of Belgium located in the province of Hainaut. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Hanover (i ( haˈnoːfɐ on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony ( Niedersachsen
• 1792 - Captain Robert Gray becomes the first documented white person to sail into the Columbia River. Year 1792 ( MDCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Captain is the traditional customary title given to the person in charge in command of a Ship at sea Robert Gray ( May 10, 1755 – c July 1806 was an American merchant sea-captain and explorer White People is the second album by Handsome Boy Modeling School. The Columbia River (known as
• 1812 - Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the House of Commons, London. Year 1812 ( MDCCCXII) a leap year started on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year This article is about the government position For other uses see Prime Minister (disambiguation. Spencer Perceval, KC (1 November 1762 &ndash 11 May 1812 was a British statesman and Prime Minister. John Bellingham (c 1769 &ndash 18 May 1812) was the assassin of British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval. A lobby is a Room in a Building which is used for entry from the outside The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
• 1813 - In Australia, William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth, lead an expedition westwards from Sydney. Year 1813 ( MDCCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. William Lawson (2 June 1774 – 16 June 1850 was an explorer of New South Wales, Australia who co-discovered a passage inland through the Blue Mountains from Gregory Blaxland (17 June 1778 – 1 January 1853 was a pioneer farmer and explorer in Australia William Charles Wentworth (13 August 1790 – 20 March 1872 was an Australian poet explorer journalist and politician and one of the leading figures of early colonial New South Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 Their route opens up inland Australia for continued expansion throughout the 19th century.
• 1820 - Launch of HMS Beagle the ship that took young Charles Darwin on his scientific voyage. Year 1820 ( MDCCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year First Voyage On 27 September 1825 Beagle docked at Woolwich for repairs and fitted out for her new duties at a total cost of £5913 Charles Robert Darwin (February 12 1809 &ndash April 19 1882 was an English naturalist, who realised and demonstrated that all Species of life
• 1841 - Lt. For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link Charles Wilkes lands at Fort Nisqually in Puget Sound. Charles Wilkes ( April 3, 1798 &ndash February 8, 1877) was an American naval officer and explorer. Fort Nisqually was an important fur trading and farming post of the Hudson's Bay Company in the Puget Sound area of what is now Washington but Puget Sound (ˈpjuːʤᵻt is an arm of the Pacific Ocean, connected to the rest of the Pacific by the Strait of Juan de Fuca, in the Pacific Northwest
• 1857 - Indian Mutiny: Indian rebels seize Delhi from the British. Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the The Indian Rebellion of 1857 began as a mutiny of Sepoys of British East India Company 's army on the 10th of May 1857 in the town of Meerut, India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Delhi (दिल्ली ਦਿੱਲੀ دلی d̪ɪlːiː sometimes referred to as Dilli) is the second largest metropolis of India, with a population The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located
• 1858 - Minnesota is admitted as the 32nd U.S. state. Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Minnesota ( Native Americans demonstrated the name to early settlers A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government
• 1862 - American Civil War: The ironclad CSS Virginia is scuttled in the James River northwest of Norfolk, Virginia. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South An ironclad was a steam-propelled Warship of the later 19th century protected by Iron or Steel armor plates USS Merrimack becomes CSS Virginia When the Commonwealth of Virginia seceded from the Union in 1861 one of the important federal military bases threatened The James River in the US state of Virginia is a long River, including its Jackson River source Norfolk is an Independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States
• 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Yellow Tavern – Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart is mortally wounded at Yellow Tavern, Virginia. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South Background The Overland Campaign was Union Lt Gen Ulysses S Grant 's 1864 offensive against General Robert E The Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States, and CSA) formed as the government set up from 1861 James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart ( February 6, 1833 &ndash May 12, 1864) was an American soldier from Virginia and a
• 1867 - Luxembourg gains its independence. Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Luxembourg (Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg Grand-Duché de Luxembourg Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small Landlocked country in Western Europe, bordered by Independence is the Self-government of a Nation, Country, or State by its residents and population or some portion thereof generally exercising
• 1891 - The Otsu Scandal takes place. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The was a failed Assassination attempt on Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich of Russia (later Tsar Nicholas II) on 11 May 1891
• 1894 - Pullman Strike: Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a wildcat strike in Illinois. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Pullman Porter redirects here For the 1919 film starring Fatty Arbuckle, see The Pullman Porter The Pullman Palace Car Company, founded Strike action, often simply called a strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal by Employees to perform work. The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union.
• 1907 - A derailment outside Lompoc, California kills 32 Shriners when their chartered train jumps off the tracks at a switch near Surf Depot. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Lompoc (pronounced /Lom'-poke/ is a city in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. The Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, commonly known as Shriners and abbreviated A
• 1910 - An act of the U.S. Congress establishes Glacier National Park in Montana. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses Glacier National Park is located in the US state of Montana, bordering the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia. Montana ( is a state in the Western United States. One-third of the state in the western part contains numerous mountain ranges (approximately 77 named of the northern
• 1911 - The United States becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Buenos Aires Convention is a Copyright Treaty signed at Buenos Aires on 1910-04-11 which provides for the mutual recognition of copyrights Copyright is a legal concept enacted by Governments, giving the creator of an original work of authorship Exclusive rights to control its distribution usually for A Treaty is an agreement under International law entered into by actors in international law namely States and International organizations.
• 1918 - The Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus is officially established. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus ( MRNC; also known as the Mountain Republic or the Republic of the Mountaineers) (1917–1920 was
• 1924 - Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging the two companies. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of luxury Automobiles Buses coaches and Trucks It is currently a division of the Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler ( March 17, 1834 - March 6, 1900) was an Engineer, Industrial designer and Industrialist Karl Friedrich Benz, sometimes spelled Carl, ( November 25, 1844, Karlsruhe, Germany – April 4, 1929, Ladenburg
• 1927 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is founded. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS) is a professional honorary organization ostensibly dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of Motion
• 1934 - Dust Bowl: A strong two-day dust storm removes massive amounts of Great Plains topsoil in one of the worst dust storms of the Dust Bowl in North America. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Dust Bowl, or the dirty thirties, was a period of severe Dust storms causing major ecological and agricultural damage to American and The Great Plains are the broad expanse of Prairie and Steppe which lie east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States and Canada Topsoil is the upper outermost layer of soil usually the top 2 to 8 inches
• 1942 - William Faulkner's collections of short stories, Go Down, Moses, is published. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. William Faulkner (born William Cuthbert Falkner) ( September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American Author Go Down Moses is an episodic novel by American author William Faulkner, consisting of seven short stories
• 1943 - World War II: American troops invade Attu Island in the Aleutian Islands in an attempt to expel occupying Japanese forces. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Attu ( Atan in Aleut) is the westernmost and largest Island in the Near Islands group of the Aleutian Islands of The Aleutian Islands (possibly from Chukchi aliat, " Island " are a chain of more than 300 small volcanic islands forming a Volcanic For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.
• 1944 - World War II: The Allies start a major offensive against the Axis Powers on the Gustav Line. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Allies of World War II were the countries officially opposed to the Axis powers during the Second World War. The Axis powers also known as the Axis alliance Axis nations Axis countries or sometimes just the Axis were those Countries The Winter Line was a series of German Military Fortifications in Italy, constructed during World War II by Organisation Todt
• 1946 - UMNO is created. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United Malays National Organisation, or UMNO, (Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Bersatu is a Right-wing party and Malaysia 's largest Political
• 1949 - Siam officially changes its name to Thailand, a name in use since 1939. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Kingdom of Thailand (ˈtaɪlænd ราชอาณาจักรไทย, râːtɕʰa-ʔaːnaːtɕɑ̀k-tʰɑj Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
• 1949 - Israel joins the United Nations. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security
• 1953 - The 1953 Waco tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado hits downtown Waco, Texas, killing 114. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The 1953 Waco tornado outbreak was a Tornado outbreak that affected portions of the Central United States from May 9 - May 11, 1953 The Fujita scale ( F-Scale) or Fujita-Pearson scale, is a scale for rating Tornado intensity based on the damage tornadoes inflict on human-built structures Waco (ˈweɪkoʊ is a city in and the County seat of McLennan County, Texas.
• 1960 - In Buenos Aires, Argentina, four Israeli Mossad agents capture fugitive Nazi Adolf Eichmann, living under the assumed name Ricardo Klement. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is geographically located on the southern shore of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. The Mossad ( HaMossad leModi'in v'leTafkidim Meyuhadim) (המוסד למודיעין ולתפקידים מיוחדים - Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German
• 1960 - The first contraceptive pill is made available on the market. Birth control, sometimes synonymous with contraception, is a regimen of one or more actions devices or Medications followed in order to deliberately prevent
• 1967 - Andreas Papandreou, Greek economist and socialist politician, is imprisoned in Athens by the Greek military junta. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Andreas Georgiou Papandreou (Ανδρέας Γ Παπανδρέου ( 5 February, 1919 23 June, 1996) was a Greek economist Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Economics is the social science that studies the production distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Athens (ˈæθənz Αθήνα Athina,) the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery as one of the world's
• 1968 - The Toronto Transit Commission opens the largest expansion of its Bloor-Danforth Line, going to Scarborough in the east, and Etobicoke in the west. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Toronto Transit Commission ( TTC) is a Public transport authority that operates Buses streetcars, subways and Rapid transit The Bloor-Danforth Line is the main east-west subway line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission. Scarborough (ˈskɑrˌbəroʊ ( 2001 Census 593297 is the area that forms the eastern part of the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• 1969 - Vietnam War: Operation Apache Snow – Near the Laos border, American and South Vietnamese forces fight North Vietnamese troops for Ap Bia Mountain (aka Hill 937 or "Hamburger Hill"). Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia Laos (ˈlɑːoʊs or /ˈlaʊs/ officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a Landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma "RVN" redirects here RVN is also the former callsign of a TV station in Wagga Wagga New South Wales Australia The Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN or less commonly Vietnamese Democratic Republic (Việt Nam Dân Chủ Cộng Hòa was a Country on the northern half of Vietnam Dong Ap Bia (Ap Bia Mountain is a Mountain on the Laotian border of South Vietnam in Thua Thien-Hue Province. The Battle of Hamburger Hill was a battle of the Vietnam War which was fought between the United States and South Vietnam and North Vietnamese forces
• 1970 - Henry Marrow is murdered in a violent racially-motivated crime in Oxford, North Carolina. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Henry D Marrow Junior, called Dickie by his friends and family was 23 when he was murdered in Oxford North Carolina Oxford is a city in Granville County, North Carolina, United States.
• 1970 - The Lubbock Tornado: An F5 tornado hits downtown Lubbock, Texas, killing 26. The Lubbock Tornado was an F5 Tornado that occurred in Lubbock Texas on May 11, 1970.
• 1973 - Citing government misconduct, Daniel Ellsberg has his charges for his involvement in releasing the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times dismissed. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. A misconduct is a Legal term meaning a wrongful improper or unlawful conduct motivated by premeditated or intentional purpose or by obstinate indifference to the consequences Daniel Ellsberg (born April 7 1931 is a former American military Analyst employed by the RAND Corporation who precipitated a national political controversy The Pentagon Papers is the popular name for a 14000-page top-secret United States government report about the history of the Government's internal planning and policy
• 1984 - A transit of Earth from Mars takes place. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) A transit of Earth across the Sun as seen from Mars takes place when the planet Earth passes directly between the Sun and Mars obscuring
• 1985 - Fifty-six spectators die when a flash fire strikes a football ground during a match in Bradford, England. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Valley Parade, also known as the Coral Windows Stadium through Sponsorship rights is an All-seater football Stadium in Bradford Bradford ( lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a Metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England.
• 1987 - Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Klaus Barbie ( October 25, 1913 &ndash September 25, 1991) was an SS - Hauptsturmführer, Soldier ||-||} Lyon, also known as Lyons in English is a city in east-central France. War crimes are "violations of the laws or customs of war" including but not limited to "murder the ill-treatment or deportation of civilian residents of an occupied
• 1987 - In Baltimore, Maryland, The first heart-lung transplant takes place. The heart is a muscular organ in all Vertebrates responsible for pumping Blood through the Blood vessels by repeated rhythmic lung is the essential Respiration organ in air-breathing Animals including most Tetrapods a few Fish and a few Snails The most primitive The surgery is performed by Dr. Bruce Reitz, of Stanford University School of Medicine. Bruce Reitz is a Board Certified Cardiothoracic Surgeon Reitz is one of the foremost cardiac surgeons in the world and during his term as chairman of the Department of Cardiothoracic Stanford University School of Medicine is a world renowned medical school affiliated with Stanford University and is located at Stanford
• 1995 - In New York City, more than 170 countries decide to extend the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty indefinitely and without conditions. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, also Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty ( NPT or NNPT) is a Treaty to limit the spread
• 1996 - After taking-off from Miami, Florida, a fire started by improperly handled oxygen canisters in the cargo hold of Atlanta-bound ValuJet Flight 592 causes the Douglas DC-9 to crash in the Florida Everglades killing all 110 on board. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Oxygen (from the Greek roots ὀξύς (oxys (acid literally "sharp" from the taste of acids and -γενής (-genēs (producer literally begetteris the ValuJet Flight 592 was a flight that crashed on May 11 1996 en route from Miami International Airport in Miami Florida, United States to Hartsfield WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Everglades is also the name of a city in Collier County Florida
• 1997 - IBM Deep Blue, a chess-playing supercomputer, defeats Garry Kasparov in the last game of the rematch, becoming the first computer to beat a world-champion chess player in a classic match format. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Deep Blue is a Chess - playing Computer developed by IBM. On 11 May 1997, the machine won a six-game match by two wins to Chess is a recreational and competitive Game played between two players. A supercomputer is a Computer that is at the frontline of processing capacity particularly speed of calculation (at the time of its introduction Garry Kasparov (Га́рри Ки́мович Каспа́ров) (born as Garry Kimovich Weinstein on April 13 1963 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet The infamous Sixth game of the Deep Blue - Kasparov rematch, played in New York City on May 11, 1997 and starting at 300 p A computer is a Machine that manipulates data according to a list of instructions. This list of chess players depicts men and women who are primarily known as Chess players and have an article on the English Wikipedia
• 1998 - India conducts three underground nuclear tests in Pokhran, including a thermonuclear device. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Pokhran (also spelled Pokaran) is a city and a Municipality located in Jaisalmer district In Physics and Nuclear chemistry, nuclear fusion is the process by which multiple- like charged atomic nuclei join together to form a heavier nucleus
• 2000 - Last performance of the musical Cats in London's West End. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Cats is an award-winning musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London 's "Theatreland"
• 2002 - Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet of the Netherlands unveils the Man With Two Hats monument in Ottawa and Apeldoorn (May 2), 2000, symbolically linking both the Netherlands and Canada for their assistance throughout the Second World War. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Children Princess Margriet and Pieter van Vollenhoven have four sons Prince Maurits (born 17 April 1968) m Ottawa (ˈɒtəwə or sometimes /ˈɒtəwɑː/ is the Capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality. Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page
• 2007 - Pope Benedict XVI canonizes the first Brazilian-born saint, Frei Galvão. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Pope Benedict XVI ( Latin: Benedictus PP XVI; Italian: Benedetto XVI; German: Benedikt XVI; born Joseph Alois Ratzinger Canonization is the act by which a particular Christian church declares a deceased person to be a Saint and is included in the canon or list of recognized saints A saint (from the Latin sanctus) is a human being to whom has been attributed (and who has generally demonstrated a high level of Holiness and Sanctity Saint Anthony de Saint Anne Galvão ( Portuguese: Santo Antônio de Sant'Anna Galvão) OFM, popularly known as Frei Galvão (Friar Galvão (1739 &mdash

Births

• 1571 - Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. was a Japanese Daimyo who served the Oda clan. Nagashige was the eldest son of Niwa Nagahide and married an adopted daughter of Oda Nobunaga. 1637)
• 1720 - Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German adventurer (d. Year 1720 ( MDCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen ( 11 May 1720 &ndash 22 February 1797) (sometimes spelled Munchausen 1797)
• 1722 - Petrus Camper, Dutch anatomist (d. Year 1797 ( MDCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1722 ( MDCCXXII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Peter, Pieter, or usually Petrus Camper ( May 11, 1722 in Leiden &ndash April 7, 1789 in The Hague 1789)
• 1733 - Victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. Year 1789 ( MDCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1733 ( MDCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Victoire Louise Marie Thérèse de France ( May 11, 1733 - June 7, 1799) was the seventh child and fifth daughter of King Louis XV of 1799)
• 1752 - Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. Year 1799 ( MDCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1752 ( MDCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar for European countries but not Great Britain) of Johann Friedrich Blumenbach ( May 11, 1752 – January 22, 1840) was a German doctor and Physiologist, 1840)
• 1763 - János Batsányi, Hungarian poet (d. Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1763 ( MDCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Batsányi János ( May 11, 1763 - May 12, 1845) was a Hungarian poet, born in Tapolca. 1845)
• 1799 - John Lowell, American philanthropist (d. Year 1845 ( MDCCCXLV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1799 ( MDCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a John Lowell Jr ( May 11, 1799 &ndash March 4, 1836) was a US businessman early Philanthropist, and through 1836)
• 1801 - Henri Labrouste, French architect (d. Year 1836 ( MDCCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1801 ( MDCCCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Tuesday (Pierre François Henri Labrouste ( 11 May 1801 &ndash 24 June 1875) was a French Architect from the famous École 1875)
• 1811 - Chang and Eng Bunker, famous conjoined twins (d. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1811 ( MDCCCXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Conjoined twins are whose bodies are joined in utero A rare phenomenon the occurrence is estimated to range from 1 in 50000 births to 1 in 200000 births with a somewhat higher incidence 1874)
• 1811 - Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel ( May 11, 1811 - August 6, 1893) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council 1893)
• 1817 - Fanny Cerrito, Italian ballet dancer (d. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1817 ( MDCCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Fanny Cerrito, originally Francesca Cerrito ( 11 May 1817 – 6 May 1909) was an Italian Ballet Dancer 1909)
• 1824 - Jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (d. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1824 ( MDCCCXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Jean-Léon Gérôme ( May 11, 1824 – January 10, 1904) was a French painter and sculptor in the style 1904)
• 1827 - Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (d. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Year 1827 ( MDCCCXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux ( May 11 1827 – October 12 1875) was a French Sculptor and painter. 1875)
• 1835 - Kārlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (d. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Kārlis Baumanis ( 11 May 1835 – 10 January 1905) better known as Baumaņu Kārlis, was a Latvian Composer 1905)
• 1838 - Walter Goodman, British painter, illustrator and author (d. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1838 ( MDCCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Walter Goodman ( 11 May, 1838 - 20 August, 1912) was a British painter illustrator and author 1912)
• 1852 - Charles W. Fairbanks, United States Vice President (d. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1852 ( MDCCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The Vice President of the United States is the first person in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death 1918)
• 1854 - Jack Blackham, Australian cricketer (d. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year John McCarthy Blackham ( 11 May 1854 &mdash 28 December 1932) was a Cricketer who played for Victoria and Australia 1932)
• 1861 - Frederick Russell Burnham, father of the international scouting movement (d. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Frederick Russell Burnham, DSO (May 11 1861 – September 1 1947 was an American scout and world traveling adventurer known for his service to the 1947)
• 1871 - Stjepan Radic, Croatian politician (d. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Stjepan Radić ( 11 June 1871 &ndash 8 August 1928) was a Croatian Politician and the founder of the Croatian Peasant 1928)
• 1871 - Frank Schlesinger, American astronomer (d. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Frank Schlesinger ( May 11 1871 &ndash July 10 1943) was an American Astronomer. 1943)
• 1875 - Harriet Quimby, American aviator (d. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Harriet Quimby ( May 11, 1875 &ndash July 1, 1912) was the first female to gain a pilot license in the United States. 1912)
• 1881 - Al Cabrera, Spanish-born Cuban baseball player (d. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Alfredo A Cabrera (born May 11, 1881 in the Canary Islands, Spain - 1964 was a former major league Shortstop. 1964)
• 1881 - Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian physicist (d. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. 1963)
• 1887 - Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-born pianist (d. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Paul Wittgenstein ( May 11, 1887 &ndash March 3, 1961) was an Austrian born Pianist. 1961)
• 1888 - Irving Berlin, American composer (d. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Irving Berlin (11 May 1888 &ndash 22 September 1989 was a Russian-born American Composer and Lyricist, and one of the most prolific American songwriters 1989)
• 1888 - Willis A. Lee, World War II U.S. naval admiral (d. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Willis Augustus "Ching" Lee Jr ( May 11, 1888 &ndash August 25, 1945) was a Vice Admiral of the United States World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Admiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks of the highest Naval officers 1945)
• 1890 - Woodall Rodgers, mayor of Dallas, Texas (d. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common James Woodall Rodgers ( May 11, 1890 in New Market, Alabama ( USA) – July 6, 1961 in Dallas (USA 1961)
• 1892 - Margaret Rutherford, English actress (d. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Dame Margaret Rutherford DBE ( May 11, 1892 &ndash May 22, 1972) was an Academy Award -winning English 1972)
• 1894 - Martha Graham, American dancer and choreographer (d. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common See also Martha Graham ( May 11, 1894 &ndash April 1, 1991) was an American Dancer and Choreographer 1991)
• 1895 - Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher (d. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Jiddu Krishnamurti ( Telugu: జిడ్డు కృష్ణ మూర్తి or J 1986)
• 1896 - Josip Štolcer-Slavenski Croatian composer (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Josip Štolcer-Slavenski ( May 11 1896 - November 30 1955) was a Croatian Composer. 1955)
• 1897 - Kurt Gerron, German director (d. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Kurt Gerron ( May 11, 1897 &ndash November 15, 1944) was a German Jewish actor and film director 1944)
• 1897 - Robert E. Gross, American businessman (d. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robert Ellsworth Gross ( May 11, 1897 – September 3, 1961) was an American businessman involved in the field of Aviation. 1961)
• 1899 - Paulino Masip, Spanish playwright (d. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Paulino Masip Roca ( May 11, 1899 &ndash September 21, 1963) was a Spanish playwright screenwriter and novelist a member of the 1963)
• 1903 - Charlie Gehringer, American baseball player (d. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Charles Leonard Gehringer ( May 11 1903 – January 21 1993) nicknamed “ The Mechanical Man,” was a Major League Baseball 1993)
• 1904 - Salvador Dalí, Spanish painter (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech 1st Marquis of Púbol (May 11 1904 &ndash January 23 1989 was a Spanish Catalan Surrealist 1989)
• 1907 - Rose Ausländer, German poet (d. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Rose Ausländer ( May 11, 1901 - January 3, 1988) maiden name Rosalie Beatrice Scherzer, was a German Writer 1988)
• 1907 - Rip Sewell, American baseball player (d. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Truett Banks "Rip" Sewell ( May 11, 1907 - September 3, 1989) was a right-handed Starting pitcher in Major League Baseball 1989)
• 1909 - Ellis R Dungan, American born Indian film director (d. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Ellis R Dungan (born 11 May 1909, death 1 December 2001) was an American born film director who was well known for directing Tamil 2001)
• 1909 - Herbert Murrill, English composer (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Herbert Murrill ( May 11 1909 &ndash July 25 1952) was an English musician Composer, and Organist. 1952)
• 1911 - Mitchell Sharp, Canadian politician (d. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Mitchell William Sharp PC, CC ( May 11, 1911 &ndash March 19, 2004) was a Canadian politician and a Companion 2004)
• 1911 - Phil Silvers, American actor and comedian (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Phil Silvers ( May 11, 1911 &ndash November 1, 1985) was an American entertainer and Comedy actor 1985)
• 1912 - Foster Brooks, American actor and comedian (d. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Foster Brooks ( May 11 1912 – December 20, 2001) was an American Actor and Comedian most famous for his 2001)
• 1913 - Robert Jungk, Austrian publicist (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Robert Jungk ( May 11, 1913 - July 14, 1994) also known as Robert Baum and Robert Baum-Jungk, was an Austrian 1994)
• 1914 - Haroun Tazieff, French volcanologist (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Haroun Tazieff (Warszawa 11 May 1914 &mdash Paris 6 February 1998) was a French Volcanologist and Geologist 1998)
• 1916 - Camilo José Cela, Spanish writer, Nobel laureate (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Don Camilo José Cela Trulock Marquis of Iria Flavia (Don Camilo José Cela Trulock marqués de Iria Flavia ( May 11, 1916 — January The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 2002)
• 1918 - Richard Feynman, American physicist, Nobel laureate (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Richard Phillips Feynman (ˈfaɪnmən May 11 1918 – February 15 1988 was an American Physicist known for the Path integral formulation of quantum The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1988)
• 1921 - Hildegard Hamm-Brücher, German politician
• 1922 - Nestor Chylak, American baseball umpire (d. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Hildegard Hamm-Brücher (born May 11, 1921, in Essen Germany) is a prominent liberal politician in Germany. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Nestor George Chylak Jr ( May 11 1922 - February 17 1982) was an American umpire in Major League Baseball who 1992)
• 1922 - Ameurfina Melencio Herrera, Filipino Supreme Court jurist
• 1924 - Eugene Dynkin, Russian mathematician
• 1924 - Antony Hewish, English radio astronomer, Nobel laureate
• 1925 - Edward J. King, 66^th Governor of Massachusetts (d. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) The Supreme Court of the Philippines ( Filipino: Kataas-taasang Hukuman ng Pilipinas or Korte Suprema) is the country's highest judicial court as well Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Eugene Borisovich Dynkin (Евгений Борисович Дынкин born May 11, 1924) is a Russian Mathematician. Antony Hewish (born Fowey, Cornwall, May 11, 1924) is a British radio astronomer who won the Nobel Prize for The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Edward Joseph King ( May 11 1925 – September 18 2006) was the Governor of the U The Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the executive magistrate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States. 2006)
• 1927 - Mort Sahl, Canadian comedian and political commentator
• 1927 - Gene Savoy, American author, explorer, scholar and cleric (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Morton Lyon Sahl (born May 11, 1927) is a Canadian-born American Comedian and Actor. "Eugene Savoy" redirects here For the Austrian Habsburg military leader see Prince Eugene of Savoy. 2007)
• 1928 - Yaacov Agam, Israeli sculptor
• 1928 - Brother Andrew, Dutch missionary
• 1928 - Marco Ferreri, Italian film director and screenwriter (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 156jpg|right|thumb|250px|fountains at the La Défense district in Paris]]: For other uses of the term Agam see Agam. Anne van der Bijl (born 11 May 1928) known in English -speaking countries as Brother Andrew, is a Christian Missionary Marco Ferreri ( May 11, 1928 – May 9, 1997) was an Italian Film director, Screenwriter and Actor. 1997)
• 1930 - Edsger Dijkstra, Dutch computer scientist (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Edsger Wybe Dijkstra ( May 11, 1930 &ndash August 6, 2002; ˈɛtsxər ˈwibə ˈdɛɪkstra was a Dutch computer scientist 2002)
• 1930 - Bud Ekins, American stuntman (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Bud Ekins ( May 11, 1930 &ndash October 6, 2007) was one of the foremost stuntmen of his generation 2007)
• 1933 - Louis Farrakhan, American Black Muslim leader
• 1934 - Jim Jeffords, former American politician
• 1935 - Doug McClure, American actor (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Louis Farrakhan (born Louis Eugene Walcott, May 11, 1933) is the Supreme Minister of the Nation of Islam as the National Representative Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Merrill "Jim" Jeffords (born May 11, 1934) is a former U Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Douglas Osborne McClure ( May 11, 1935 – February 5, 1995) was an American Actor whose career in Film 1995)
• 1935 - Francisco Umbral, Spanish novelist (d. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Francisco "Paco" Umbral (born Francisco Pérez Martínez ( May 11 1935 - August 28 2007) was 2007)
• 1936 - Carla Bley, American musician and composer
• 1939 - Carlos Lyra, Brazilian musician
• 1939 - Dante Tinga, Filipino Supreme Court jurist
• 1940 - Juan Downey, Chilean video artist (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Carla Bley, née Borg, (born May 11, 1936) is an American Jazz Composer, pianist, Organist and band Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Carlos Lyra is a Brazilian Singer and Composer of numerous Bossa nova and Música Popular Brasileira classics Dante O Tinga (born May 11, 1939) is an incumbent Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. The Supreme Court of the Philippines ( Filipino: Kataas-taasang Hukuman ng Pilipinas or Korte Suprema) is the country's highest judicial court as well Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Juan Downey ( May 11, 1940 - June 9, 1993) was a pioneer Video artist Born in Santiago, Chile, he received 1993)
• 1941 - Eric Burdon, British singer (The Animals)
• 1941 - Graham Miles, English snooker player
• 1942 - Rachel Billington, British author
• 1943 - Nancy Greene, Canadian alpine skier
• 1943 - Juliet Harmer, English actress
• 1946 - Robert Jarvik, American physician and inventor
• 1946 - Plume Latraverse, Quebec singer and musician
• 1947 - Butch Trucks, American drummer (The Allman Brothers Band)
• 1948 - Nirj Deva, Sri Lankan-British politician
• 1948 - Shigeru Izumiya, Japanese folk musician
• 1950 - Dane Iorg, American baseball player
• 1950 - Jeremy Paxman, British journalist and author
• 1952 - Shohreh Aghdashloo, Iranian actress
• 1952 - Frances Fisher, English-born actress
• 1952 - Mike Lupica, American sports journalist
• 1952 - Renaud Séchan, French composer
• 1953 - David Gest, American television producer
• 1953 - Céline Lomez, Quebec singer and actress
• 1954 - John Gregory, English football manager
• 1954 - Lubomir Stoykov, Bulgarian journalist and broadcaster
• 1955 - John DeStefano, Jr., American politician
• 1956 - Theresa Burke, Canadian journalist
• 1956 - Alex Lester, British broadcaster
• 1957 - Peter North, Canadian porn star
• 1958 - Christian Brando, American actor and eldest child of Marlon Brando (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Eric Victor Burdon (born 11 May 1941, Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne) is the former lead singer of The Animals and War The Animals were an English music group of the 1960s known in the United States as part of the British Invasion. Graham Miles (born 11 May, 1941 in Birmingham, UK) is a retired English Snooker player Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lady Rachel Billington (born May 11, 1942) is a British author the daughter of the Earl and Countess of Longford ( Frank and Elizabeth Pakenham Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nancy Catherine Greene OC OBC OD LLD ( hc) (born May 11, 1943 in Ottawa Juliet Harmer (born 11 May 1943) is an English actress who was best known in the role of Georgina Jones in the BBC TV series Adam Adamant Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robert Koffler Jarvik (born May 11, 1946) is an American Scientist, Researcher and Entrepreneur known for his role in developing the Plume Latraverse (born Michel Latraverse May 11, 1946) is a prolific Singer, Musician, Songwriter and Author Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Claude Hudson "Butch" Trucks (born May 11, 1947 in Jacksonville Florida) is an American Drummer who is one of the The Allman Brothers Band is a Southern rock band based in Macon, Georgia. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Niranjan Joseph "Nirj" Deva-Aditya FRSA DL (born 11 May 1948) is a Sri Lankan - British Politician Shigeru Izumiya (泉谷しげる Izumiya Shigeru, born May 11, 1948 in Aomori, raised in Meguro, Tokyo - is a Japanese Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dane Charles Iorg (ɔɹdʒ born May 11, 1950 in Eureka California) is a retired Major League Baseball Infielder and Outfielder Jeremy Dixon Paxman (born 11 May 1950) is an English Journalist, Author and Television presenter. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Shohreh Aghdashloo ( Persian: شهره آغداشلو, born 11 May 1952) is an Academy Award -nominated Iranian-American Frances Fisher (born 11 May 1952 is an English-American actress. Mike Lupica (born 1952 in Oneida New York) is an American newspaper columnist best known for his provocative commentary on both sports and political issues in the Renaud Séchan, known as Renaud, born in Paris on May 11, 1952, is a popular French Singer. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. David Alan Gest (born May 11, 1953) is an American Television producer, concert promoter and TV personality Céline Lomez ( 11 May 1953 - born Céline Léger in Montréal, is a Canadian actress and singer Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) John Charles Gregory (born May 11 1954 in Scunthorpe, England) is an English former footballer and manager. Lubomir Stoykov (Любомир Стойков is a famous Bulgarian Fashion journalist Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) John DeStefano Jr (born May 11, 1955) is the current Mayor of New Haven, Connecticut Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Theresa Frances Veronica Burke (born Amy Lauren Gardner on May 11, 1956) is a Canadian Writer, Journalist and producer Alex Lester (born Alexander Norman Charles Phillips Lester, 11 May, 1956 in Walsall, United Kingdom) is a British Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Peter North (born Alden Brown on May 11, 1957) is a Canadian Pornographic actor, director and producer of the Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Christian Brando ( May 11 1958 – January 26 2008) was the eldest child of actor Marlon Brando. 2008)
• 1958 - Phil Smyth, Australian basketball player
• 1958 - Walt Terrell, American baseball player
• 1959 - Martha Quinn, American television personality
• 1963 - Gunilla Carlsson, Swedish politician
• 1963 - Masatoshi Hamada, Japanese comedian
• 1963 - Natasha Richardson, English-born actress
• 1964 - John Parrott, English snooker player
• 1964 - Katie Wagner, American television reporter
• 1964 - Floyd Youmans, American baseball player
• 1965 - Greg Dulli, American musician
• 1965 - Monsour del Rosario, Filipino martial artist and actor
• 1966 - Christoph Schneider, German drummer (Rammstein)
• 1968 - Jeffrey Donovan, American actor
• 1970 - Nicky Katt, American actor
• 1970 - Glenn Hugill, British television presenter and producer
• 1972 - Anita Hegh, Australian actress
• 1973 - James Haven, American actor
• 1974 - Kevin Brown, English-born Canadian ice hockey player
• 1974 - Stanley Gene, Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer
• 1974 - Billy Kidman, American professional wrestler
• 1974 - Benoît Magimel, French actor
• 1974 - Darren Ward, Welsh footballer
• 1975 - Francisco Cordero, Dominican baseball player
• 1977 - Janne Ahonen, Finnish ski jumper
• 1977 - Gonzalo Colsa, Spanish footballer
• 1977 - Pablo García, Uruguayan footballer
• 1977 - Victor Matfield, South African rugby union footballer
• 1977 - Matthew Newton, Australian actor
• 1978 - Laetitia Casta, French supermodel and actress
• 1978 - Perttu Kivilaakso, Finnish Cellist from the band Apocalyptica
• 1979 - Erin Lang, Canadian musician
• 1981 - Lauren Jackson, Australian basketball player
• 1981 - Daniel Ortmeier, American baseball player
• 1981 - Austin O'Brien, American actor
• 1982 - Jonathan Jackson, American actor
• 1982 - Andrew Walter, American football player
• 1983 - Matt Leinart, American football player
• 1983 - Holly Valance, Australian-born actress and singer
• 1984 - Andres Iniesta, Spanish football player
• 1985 - sifow, Japanese pop star and business woman
• 1986 - Abou Diaby, French footballer
• 1986 - Ronny, Brazilian footballer
• 1986 - Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen, Dutch Professional Gamer
• 1987 - Justin King, American football player
• 1987 - Louis Murphy, American college football player
• 1987 - Monica Roşu, Romanian gymnast
• 1989 - Giovani dos Santos, Mexican footballer

Deaths

• 912 - Leo VI, Byzantine Emperor (b. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Philip John Smyth AM (born May 11, 1958 in Adelaide South Australia) is an Australian former Basketball Charles Walter Terrell (born May 11 1958 in Jeffersonville Indiana) is a former Starting pitcher with an eleven year career from 1982 The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Martha Quinn (born May 11, 1959 in Albany New York) is best known as one of the original Video jockeys on MTV (along with Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Anna Gunilla Carlsson (born 11 May 1963) is a Swedish Moderate Party politician currently Minister for Development Cooperation and a is a Japanese comedian best known as the tsukkomi half of the extremely popular Owarai duo Downtown alongside Hitoshi Matsumoto. Natasha Jane Richardson (born May 11, 1963) is an English actress known for her performances on stage and in Feature films She Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. This article is about the snooker player For the US Senator and Representative see John Fabyan Parrott. Katie Wagner (born May 11 1964 in Los Angeles California) is a television personality and Hollywood reporter Floyd Everett Youmans (born May 11 1964, in Tampa, Florida) was a Baseball Pitcher who pitched in the major leagues Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Greg Dulli (born May 11 1965) is an American rock Singer and Instrumentalist. Monsour del Rosario (b May 11, 1965) is a Filipino Taekwondo champion who has also starred in several Filipino and international Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Christoph "Doom" Schneider (born May 11, 1966) is a German Musician. Rammstein (ˈʀamʃtaɪ̯n is a German Industrial metal band founded in Berlin, and consisting of Till Lindemann ( lead vocals Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jeffrey T Donovan (born May 11, 1968) is an American Television and Film Actor. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nicholas Lee Katt (born May 11, 1970) is an American actor known for his role as unorthodox teacher Harry Senate on David E Glenn Hugill is a British Television presenter and producer born in Durham in 1970 Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Anita Hegh (born 11 May 1972 is an Australian Actor, known for starring as Ellen 'Mac' Mackenzie on Stingers. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. James Haven (born James Haven Voight on May 11, 1973 in Los Angeles California) is an American Actor and producer Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Kevin J Brown (b Birmingham, England in May 11, 1974) is a former professional Ice hockey player Stanley Gene (born 11 May, 1974) is a Papua New Guinean Rugby league player Benoît Magimel (born May 11, 1974) is a French Actor. A prolific actor who was 12 when he appeared in his first film Magimel has starred in Darren Ward (born 11 May 1974 in Worksop) is a Welsh professional football Goalkeeper currently playing for Sunderland Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Francisco Javier Cordero (born May 11, 1975 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a Major League Baseball player for the Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Janne Petteri Ahonen ( (born May 11, 1977 in Lahti, Finland) is a Finnish ski jumper who competed from 1992 to 2008 Gonzalo Colsa Albendea, Colsa (born 11 May 1979 in Santander) is a Spanish footballer, who currently plays Racing Pablo Gabriel García Pérez (born 11 May 1977 in Pando, Canelones) is an Uruguayan football Midfielder who currently Victor Matfield (born 11 May 1977 in Pietersburg (now Polokwane) South Africa is a South African Rugby union player for the Springbok rugby team as well Matthew Joseph Newton (born 11 May 1977) is an Australian stage and screen actor Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Laetitia Marie Laure Casta (born May 11, 1978 in Pont-Audemer, Normandy) is a French model and Actress. Perttu Paivo Kullervo Kivilaakso is a cello player for Finnish band Apocalyptica. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Erin Lang is a Canadian musician She was born in Montreal, Canada on May 11, 1979 into a creative musical family Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Lauren Elizabeth Jackson (born 11 May 1981 in Albury New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian professional Basketball Daniel David Ortmeier (born May 11, 1981 in) is a Corner outfielder and First baseman for the San Francisco Giants of Major Austin O'Brien (born May 11, 1981) is an American Actor. He may be best known for playing the co-lead Danny Madigan in the Arnold Schwarzenegger Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Jonathan Stevens Jackson (born May 11, 1982) is a triple Daytime Emmy -winning American Actor, known as the child actor who played Andrew Scott Walter (born May 11, 1982) is a professional quarterback with the Oakland Raiders of the NFL. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Matthew Stephen Leinart (born May 11, 1983) is an American football Quarterback (QB for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Holly Rachel Vukadinović ( Serbian Cyrillic: Вукадиновић born 11 May 1983 who is better known by her Stage name of Holly Valance, is Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Andrés Iniesta Luján (born May 11, 1984 in Fuentealbilla, Albacete) is a Spanish Midfielder currently playing for Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) (born on May 11, 1985 in Chiba, Japan) is a Japanese pop Singer signed under the Avex Trax music label Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Vassiriki Abou Diaby (born May 11, 1986 in Paris) is a French football Midfielder of Ivorian descent currently Ronny Heberson Furtado de Araújo, Ronny (born May 11, 1986 in Fortaleza) is a Brazilian football left defender Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen ( May 11 1986 &ndash is a Dutch Professional player of the Real-time strategy game Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Justin Thomas King (born May 11, 1987 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania) is a Cornerback for the St Louis Murphy (born May 11, 1987 in St Petersburg Florida) is Wide receiver on the University of Florida Gators football Monica Roşu (born May 11, 1987 in Bacău) is an artistic gymnast from Romania, who started gymnastics in 1991 at age four and trained Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Giovani Alex Dos Santos Ramírez Hugo Sánchez, former manager of the Mexican national team, called on him for the first time for exhibition games against Panama For the automobile see Porsche 912. Events By Place Europe Orso II Participazio becomes the Doge of This article is about the Byzantine Emperor There is also an article on Pope Leo VI Leo VI "the Wise" or "the Philosopher" This is a list of the Emperors of the Eastern Roman Empire, commonly known as the Byzantine Empire by modern historians 866)
• 1304 - Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. Events By Place Asia Fujiwara no Yoshifusa becomes regent of Japan, starting the Fujiwara regentship Mahmud Ghazan or Qazaan the Khan of the Tartars (original Mongol name Ghazan Khan, Ch合贊 b 1271)
• 1610 - Matteo Ricci, Italian Jesuit missionary (b. Matteo Ricci SJ ( October 6 1552 &ndash May 11 1610;; Courtesy name: 西泰 Xītài was an Italian Jesuit priest 1552)
• 1672 - Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, English royalist (b. Charles Seton 2nd Earl of Dunfermline (November 1615- May 11, 1672) was the son of Alexander Seton 1st Earl of Dunfermline (1555-1622 1615)
• 1708 - Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. Year 1708 ( MDCCVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Jules Hardouin-Mansart (Paris April 16, 1646 &ndash Marly-le-Roi, France May 11, 1708) was a French Architect whose 1646)
• 1723 - Jean Galbert de Campistron, French dramatist (b. Year 1723 ( MDCCXXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Jean Galbert de Campistron ( 1656 - May 11, 1723) was a French Dramatist Biography Campistron was born in Toulouse 1656)
• 1777 - George Pigot, Baron Pigot, British governor of Madras (b. Year 1777 ( MDCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common George Pigot Baron Pigot Bt ( 4 March 1719 &ndash 11 May 1777) was the British governor of Madras ( India) 1719)
• 1778 - William Pitt, the Elder, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. Year 1719 ( MDCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1778 ( MDCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or William Pitt 1st Earl of Chatham PC (15 November 1708 &ndash 11 May 1778 was a British Whig Statesman who achieved his greatest fame as The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom 1708)
• 1812 - Spencer Perceval, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (assassinated) (b. Year 1708 ( MDCCVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1812 ( MDCCCXII) a leap year started on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Spencer Perceval, KC (1 November 1762 &ndash 11 May 1812 was a British statesman and Prime Minister. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom 1762)
• 1848 - Tom Cribb, English boxer (b. Year 1762 ( MDCCLXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Tom Cribb ( 1781 - 11 May 1848) was an English Bare-knuckle boxer of the 19th century so successful that he became world 1781)
• 1849 - Jeanne Françoise Julie Adélaïde Récamier, French socialite (b. Year 1781 ( MDCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Jeanne-Françoise Julie Adélaïde Bernard Récamier ( December 4, 1777 - May 11, 1849) was a Frenchwoman who was a leader of 1777)
• 1871 - John Herschel, British mathematician and astronomer (b. Year 1777 ( MDCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Sir John Frederick William Herschel 1st Baronet KH, FRS ( March 7, 1792 &ndash May 11, 1871)was an 1792)
• 1887 - Jean Baptiste Boussingault, French chemist (b. Year 1792 ( MDCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common 1802)
• 1891 - A. E. Becquerel, French physicist (b. Year 1802 ( MDCCCII) was a Common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel ( March 24, 1820 - May 11, 1891) was a French Physicist who studied the Solar spectrum 1820)
• 1916 - Max Reger, German composer (b. Year 1820 ( MDCCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Reger ( March 19 1873 &ndash May 11 1916) was a German Composer, conductor 1873)
• 1916 - Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer and physicist (b. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Karl Schwarzschild ( October 9, 1873 - May 11, 1916) was a German Jewish Physicist and Astronomer. 1873)
• 1920 - William Dean Howells, American writer (b. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar William Dean Howells ( March 1 1837 – May 11 1920) was an American realist author and literary critic 1837)
• 1929 - Jozef Murgaš, Slovak inventor (b. Year 1837 ( MDCCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jozef Murgaš ( English Joseph Murgas) ( 17 February 1864 &ndash 11 May 1929) was a Slovak Inventor 1864)
• 1934 - Orest Khvolson, Russian physicist (b. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Orest Danilovich Khvolson (Also spelled Orest Danilovich Chwolson, Орест Данилович Хвольсон ( November 22 ( N 1852)
• 1939 - Evgenii Miller, Russian counter-revolutionary (b. Year 1852 ( MDCCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Evgenii Karlovich Miller (Евгений Карлович Миллер ( September 25, 1867, Daugavpils, Latvia &ndash May 11 1867)
• 1955 - Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer (b. Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Gilbert Laird Jessop ( May 19, 1874, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire – May 11, 1955, Fordington, Dorset 1874)
• 1960 - John D. Rockefeller, Jr., American philanthropist (b. Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Davison Rockefeller Jr (January 29 1874 &ndash May 11 1960 was a major Philanthropist and a pivotal member of the prominent Rockefeller family. 1874)
• 1963 - Herbert Spencer Gasser, American physiologist, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Herbert Spencer Gasser ( July 5, 1888 &ndash May 11, 1963) was an American Physiologist, and recipient of the The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1888)
• 1970 - Johnny Hodges, American musician (b. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Cornelius "Johnny" Hodges ( 25 July, 1906 in Cambridge, Massachusetts – 11 May, 1970) was an American 1906)
• 1973 - Lex Barker, American actor (b. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Lex Barker ( May 8, 1919 - May 11, 1973) was an American Actor best known for playing Tarzan of the Apes 1919)
• 1976 - Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect (b. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto ( February 3, 1898 — May 11, 1976) was a Finnish Architect and Designer, sometimes 1898)
• 1979 - Lester Flatt, American bluegrass musician (b. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Lester Raymond Flatt ( June 19, 1914 - May 11, 1979) was one of the pioneers of Bluegrass music. 1914)
• 1981 - Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Odd Hassel ( May 17 1897 &mdash May 11 1981 was a Norwegian physical chemist and Nobel Laureate The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1897)
• 1981 - Bob Marley, Jamaican singer and musician (b. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Robert "Bob" Nesta Marley OM (February 6 1945 – May 11 1981 was a Jamaican Musician, Singer-songwriter and Rastafarian 1945)
• 1985 - Chester Gould, American cartoonist (b. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Chester Gould ( November 20, 1900 &ndash May 11, 1985) was a U 1900)
• 1986 - Henry P. McIlhenny, American philanthropist (b. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Henry Plumer McIlhenny ( October 7, 1910 &ndash May 11, 1986) was an American connoisseur of art and antiques world traveler socialite philanthropist 1910)
• 1986 - Fritz Pollard, American football player (b. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Frederick Douglass "Fritz" Pollard ( January 27, 1894 – May 11, 1986) was the first African American head coach in the 1894)
• 1988 - Kim Philby, British spy (b. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Harold Adrian Russell "Kim" Philby or HAR Philby ( OBE: 1946-1965 ( 1 January, 1912 – 11 May, 1988) 1912)
• 1994 - Timothy Carey, American actor (b. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Timothy Agoglia Carey (b March 11, 1929 in Brooklyn New York d 1928)
• 1996 - Ademir Marques de Menezes, Brazilian footballer (b. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) For another Brazilian footballers named Ademir, see Ademir da Guia and Ademir Roque Kaefer. 1922)
• 1996 - Nnamdi Azikiwe, President of Nigeria (b. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe ( November 16, 1904 – May 11, 1996) usually referred to as Nnamdi Azikiwe, or informally History When Nigeria became a Federal republic within the Commonwealth in 1963 it retained the Parliamentary system of government inherited from 1904)
• 2000 - Paula Wessely, Austrian actress (b. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Paula Wessely ( January 20, 1907 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, now Austria - 1907)
• 2001 - Douglas Adams, English author (b. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Douglas Noël Adams (11 March 1952 &ndash 11 May 2001 was an English author comic Radio dramatist 1952)
• 2002 - Joseph Bonanno, Italian-born gangster (b. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Giuseppe "Joe Bananas" Bonanno ( January 18, 1905 &ndash May 12, 2002) was a Sicilian-born American Mafioso who became 1905)
• 2002 - Renaude Lapointe, French Canadian journalist and senator (b. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Louise Marguerite Renaude Lapointe PC, CC ( January 3, 1912 &ndash May 11, 2002) was a Canadian journalist 1912)
• 2003 - Noel Redding, English bassist (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) (b. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. David "Noel" Redding ( December 25, 1945 &ndash May 11, 2003) was an English Rock and roll guitarist best "The Experience" redirects here For other uses of this term see Experience (disambiguation. 1945)
• 2004 - Mick Doyle, Irish rugby union footballer and coach
• 2004 - John Whitehead, American singer (McFadden & Whitehead) (b. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Mick Doyle ( October 13, 1941 - May 11, 2004) was an Irish rugby union international player and coach For other people named John Whitehead see John Whitehead. John Whitehead ( July 10, 1949 - May 11, 2004 McFadden and Whitehead were an American songwriting, production, and recording duo best known for their signature tune "Ain't No Stoppin' Us 1949)
• 2005 - Michalis Genitsaris, Greek rebetiko singer and composer (b. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Michalis Genitsaris ( 15 June, 1917 – 11 May, 2005) was a Greek singer and composer of the Rebetiko genre Rebetiko, plural rebetika, ( Greek ρεμπέτικο and ρεμπέτικα respectively occasionally transliterated as Rembetiko 1917)
• 2006 - Floyd Patterson, American boxer (b. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Floyd Patterson ( January 4, 1935 – May 11, 2006) was an American heavyweight boxing champion. 1935)
• 2006 - Frankie Thomas, American actor (b. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Frank M Thomas Jr ( April 9, 1921 - May 11, 2006) was an American Actor who played both lead and supporting roles on Broadway in 1921)
• 2006 - Yossi Banai, Israeli singer (b. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Yossi Banai ( Circa 1932 &ndash May 11 2006) was an Israeli Performer, Singer and Dramatist. 1932)
• 2007 - Malietoa Tanumafili II, Sovereign Ruler of Samoa (b. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. King Malietoa Tanumafili II, GCMG, CBE, ( January 4, 1913 &ndash May 11, 2007) (also called Susuga) was Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa, is a country governing the western part of the Samoan Islands Archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean 1913)
• 2007 - Bernard Gordon, blacklisted American author (b. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Bernard Gordon ( October 29, 1918 – May 11, 2007) was an American Writer and producer An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created 1918)
• 2008 - Dottie Rambo, American gospel singer (b. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Dottie Rambo ( March 2, 1934 &mdash May 11, 2008)was an American Southern Gospel Singer, Songwriter 1934)
• 2008 - John Rutsey, Canadian drummer, formerly for Canadian progressive rock band Rush (b. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common John Howard Rutsey (1953 &ndash May 11, 2008) from Ontario, Canada was a former drummer most recognized for being a co-founding member of A drummer is a Musician who plays a Drum or drums particularly a Drum kit ("drum set" or "trap set" Marching percussion Progressive rock (often shortened to " progressive " " prog " or " prog rock " is a form of Rock music that evolved Rush is a Canadian rock band originally formed in August 1968 in the Willowdale neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, currently comprised of 1953)

Holidays and observances

• Holiday of the City of Miskolc (since 1992). Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 11th of May is the official holiday of the city of Miskolc, Hungary. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar)
• Abgar V of Edessa
• Saint Anthimus of Rome
• Saint Anthony de Sant'Ana Galvão
• Saint Mamertus, first of the Ice Saints
• Saint Francis of Girolamo
• Saint Gangulphus
• Saint Majolus of Cluny
• Saint Odilo of Cluny

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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For the other historical kings Abgar of Osroene see Osroene. Abgar V or Abgarus V of Edessa (4 BC - AD 7 and AD 13 - 50 Saint Anthimus of Rome ( Sant'Antimo) (died 303 is a Christian saint Saint Anthony de Saint Anne Galvão ( Portuguese: Santo Antônio de Sant'Anna Galvão) OFM, popularly known as Frei Galvão (Friar Galvão (1739 &mdash Saint Mamertus (died c 475 was the Archbishop of Vienne in Gaul and is a Saint in the Roman Catholic Church. The Ice Saints is the name given to St Mamertus, St Pancras, and St Francis of Girolama ( Francis di Girolama Francis Jerome) ( 1642 — 1716) was an Italian Jesuit Saint. Saint Gangulphus of Burgundy (d May 11, 760 AD is venerated as a Martyr by the Catholic Church. Saint Majolus of Cluny ( Maieul Mayeul Mayeule) (ca 906— May 11, 994) was an abbot of Cluny. Saint Odilo of Cluny was the fifth Benedictine Abbot of Cluny.

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