Tukuk-OS📅 May 11
22 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on May 11? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2022 — Myanmar civil war: Government troops killed 37 unarmed civilians in Mondaingbin.
Myanmar civil war (2021–present)Mon Taing Pin massacreMondaingbin
- 2022 — Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed while reporting on an Israel Defense Forces raid on the Jenin refugee camp.
Shireen Abu AklehKilling of Shireen Abu AklehIsrael Defense Forces
- 2013 — Two car bombs by unknown perpetrators exploded in Reyhanlı, Turkey, resulting in 52 killed and 140 injured.
- 2011 — An earthquake registering Mw 5.1, the worst to hit the region for more than 50 years, struck near Lorca, Spain.
- 2010 — David Cameron took office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom as the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats formed the country's first coalition government since the Second World War.
David CameronPrime Minister of the United KingdomConservative Party (UK)
- 2010 — Gordon Brown resigned as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party after failing to strike a coalition agreement with the Liberal Democrats.
Gordon BrownPrime Minister of the United KingdomLeader of the Labour Party (UK)
- 1998 — India began the Pokhran-II nuclear-weapons test, its first since the Smiling Buddha test 24 years earlier.
- 1997 — Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov in six games to become the first chess computer to win a match against a world champion.
Deep Blue (chess computer)Garry KasparovDeep Blue versus Garry Kasparov
- 1981 — Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats (performers pictured), opened at the New London Theatre.
- 1970 — Lubbock, Texas, was struck by a tornado that left 26 people dead.
- 1963 — African Americans rioted in Birmingham, Alabama, in response to two bombings, perceiving local police to be complicit with the perpetrators.
- 1928 — After a week-long standoff punctuated by military clashes, Japanese forces captured the city of Jinan, Shandong in China.
- 1910 — Glacier National Park was established in the U.S. state of Montana.
- 1894 — In response to a 28-percent wage cut, 4,000 Pullman Palace Car Company workers went on strike in Illinois, bringing rail traffic west of Chicago to a halt.
- 1889 — Bandits attacked a U.S. Army paymaster's escort in the Arizona Territory, stealing more than $28,000.
- 1880 — A land dispute between the Southern Pacific Railroad and settlers in Hanford, California, turned deadly when a gun battle broke out, leaving seven dead.
Southern Pacific RailroadHanford, CaliforniaMussel Slough Tragedy
- 1858 — Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted as the 32nd U.S. state.
- 1820 — HMS Beagle (pictured), the ship that would take Charles Darwin on his voyage, was launched.
- 1813 — William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth departed westward from Sydney on an expedition to become the first confirmed Europeans to cross the Blue Mountains.
- 1812 — Spencer Perceval was shot in the lobby of the House of Commons, becoming the only British prime minister to be assassinated.
Spencer PercevalAssassination of Spencer PercevalHouse of Commons of the United Kingdom
- 1745 — War of the Austrian Succession: French forces defeated those of the Pragmatic Allies at the Battle of Fontenoy in the Austrian Netherlands in present-day Belgium.
War of the Austrian SuccessionPragmatic Sanction of 1713Battle of Fontenoy
- 868 — A copy of the Diamond Sutra was printed in Tang-dynasty China, making it the world's oldest dated printed book.
Births
- 2006 — Konsta Helenius, Finnish ice hockey player
- 2003 — Fermín López, Spanish footballer
- 2000 — Yūki Tsunoda, Japanese racing driver
- 2000 — Wang Chuqin, Chinese table tennis player
- 1999 — Sabrina Carpenter, American singer and actress
- 1998 — Viktória Kužmová, Slovak tennis player
- 1997 — Coi Leray, American rapper and singer
- 1997 — Lana Condor, American actress
- 1996 — Adin Hill, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1995 — Gelson Martins, Portuguese footballer
- 1995 — Sachia Vickery, American tennis player
- 1995 — Shira Haas, Israeli actress
Deaths
- 2026 — Brandon Clarke, Canadian-American basketball player (born 1996)
- 2024 — Susan Backlinie, American actress and stuntwoman (born 1946)
- 2021 — Norman Lloyd, American actor, producer and director (born 1914)
- 2020 — Jerry Stiller, American comedian, actor (born 1927)
- 2019 — Peggy Lipton, American actress, model, and singer (born 1946)
- 2019 — Thomas Silverstein, American murderer (born 1952)
- 2011 — Robert Traylor, American basketball player (born 1977)
- 2010 — Doris Eaton Travis, American dancer and vaudevillian (born 1904)
- 2009 — Abel Goumba, Central African physician and politician, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (born 1926)
Abel GoumbaList of heads of government of the Central African Republic
- 2009 — Claudio Huepe, Chilean economist and politician, Chilean Minister Secretary-General of Government (born 1939)
- 2009 — Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda, Indian admiral (born 1915)
- 2008 — John Rutsey, Canadian drummer (born 1953)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Anthimus of Rome
- Christian feast day: Gangulphus of Burgundy
- Christian feast day: Blessed John Rochester
- Christian feast day: Ignatius of Laconi
- Christian feast day: Majolus of Cluny
- Christian feast day: Mamertus, the first of the Ice Saints
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