What are the important events that happened on May 11? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
May 11: Facts & Myths About This Day
May 11 is the 132nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 234 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 28, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,715,385,600 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectatriacontadigon’ day.
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Taurus is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 263 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,159 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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May 11 Historical Events
- 330 –Byzantium is renamed Nova Roma during a dedication ceremony, but it is more popularly referred to as Constantinople.
- 1502 –Christopher Columbus leaves for his fourth and final voyage to the West Indies.
- 1812 –Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the House of Commons, London.
- 1820 –Launch of HMS Beagle, the ship that took Charles Darwin on his scientific voyage.
- 1880 –Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California
- 1894 –Pullman Strike: Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a wildcat strike in Illinois.
- 1943 –World War II: American troops invade Attu Island in the Aleutian Islands in an attempt to expel occupying Japanese forces.
- 1945 –World War II: Off the coast of Okinawa, the aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill, is hit by two kamikazes, killing 346 of her crew. Although badly damaged, the ship is able to return to the U.S. under her own power.
- 1946 –UMNO is created.
- 1949 –Siam officially changes its name to Thailand for the second time. The name had been in use since 1939 but was reverted in 1945.
Who were born on May 11?
- 1904 –Salvador Dalí, Spanish painter (d. 1989)
- 1913 –Robert Jungk, Austrian publicist (d. 1994)
- 1935 –Francisco Umbral, Spanish novelist (d. 2007)
- 1946 –Plume Latraverse, Quebec singer and musician
- 1957 –Peter North, Canadian pornographic actor
- 1964 –John Parrott, English snooker player
- 1972 –Anita Hegh, Australian actress
- 1974 –Stanley Gene, Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer
- 1983 –Hanna Verboom, Dutch actress
- 1989 –Giovani dos Santos, Mexican footballer
Who died on May 11?
- 912 –Leo VI, Byzantine Emperor (b. 866)
- 1777 –George Pigot, Baron Pigot, British governor of Madras (b. 1719)
- 1887 –Jean Baptiste Boussingault, French chemist (b. 1802)
- 1970 –Johnny Hodges, American musician (b. 1906)
- 1981 –Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1897)
- 1985 –Chester Gould, American cartoonist (b. 1900)
- 1999 –Giorgos Kappis, Greek actor (b. 1929)
- 2008 –Bruno Neves, Portuguese cyclist (b. 1981)
- 2008 –Dottie Rambo, American gospel singer (b. 1934)
- 2008 –John Rutsey, Canadian drummer (Rush) (b. 1953)
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