Saturday May 11, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

May 11: Day of the Week

May 11, 2024 is the 132nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 234 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Doyōbi.

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Here’s the May calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

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.

May 11 Historical Event(s)

1647
Peter Stuyvesant arrives in New Amsterdam to replace Willem Kieft as Director-General of New Netherland, the Dutch colonial settlement in present-day New York City.
1813
In Australia, William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth lead an expedition westwards from Sydney. Their route opens up inland Australia for continued expansion throughout the 19th century.
1846
President James K. Polk asked for and received a Declaration of War against Mexico, starting the Mexican-American War
1894
Pullman Strike: Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a wildcat strike in Illinois.
1907
32 Shriners are killed when their chartered train derails at a switch near Surf Depot in Lompoc, California.
1946
UMNO is created.
1960
In Buenos Aires, Argentina, four Israeli Mossad agents capture fugitive Nazi Adolf Eichmann who is living under the alias of Ricardo Klement.
1987
Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II.
1997
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.
1998
India conducts three underground atomic tests in Pokhran to include a thermonuclear device.

Who were born on May 11?

1827
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (d. 1875)
1909
Ellis R. Dungan, American born Indian film director (d. 2001)
1948
Nirj Deva, Sri Lankan-British politician
1950
Jeremy Paxman, British journalist and author
1963
Gunilla Carlsson, Swedish politician
1970
Nicky Katt, American actor
1979
Erin Lang, Canadian musician
1981
Daniel Ortmeier, American baseball player
1988
Brad Marchand, Canadian-born hockey player
1990
Daniel Jason Torres, American politician

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