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May 11: Day of the Week
May 11, 2024 was the 132nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 234 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Saturday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is sábado.
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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)
1310
In France, fifty-four members of the Knights Templar are burned at the stake as heretics.
1792
Captain Robert Gray becomes the first documented white person to sail into the Columbia River.
1812
Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the House of Commons, London.
1857
Indian Mutiny: Indian rebels seize Delhi from the British.
1880
Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California
1891
The Ōtsu incident: Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich of Imperial Russia (later Nicholas II) suffers a critical head injury during a sword attack by Japanese policeman Tsuda Sanzō. He is rescued by Prince George of Greece and Denmark.
1967
Andreas Papandreou, Greek economist and socialist politician, is imprisoned in Athens by the Greek military junta.
1970
The Lubbock Tornado, a F5 tornado, hits Lubbock, Texas, killing 26 and causing $250 million in damage.
1983
Aberdeen F.C. defeat Real Madrid 2-1 to win the European Cup Winners’ Cup in Gothenburg, Sweden.
1987
In Baltimore, Maryland, the first heart-lung transplant takes place. The surgery is performed by Dr. Bruce Reitz of the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Who were born on May 11?
1722
Petrus Camper, Dutch anatomist (d. 1789)
1890
Woodall Rodgers, mayor of Dallas, Texas (d. 1961)
1895
William Grant Still, American composer (d. 1978)
1897
Robert E. Gross, American businessman (d. 1961)
1911
Mitchell Sharp, Canadian politician (d. 2004)
1930
Edsger Dijkstra, Dutch computer scientist (d. 2002)
1932
Valentino Garavani (Valentino), Italian designer
1951
Ed Stelmach, Premier of Alberta, Canada
1964
Tim Blake Nelson, American actor
1983
Matt Leinart, American football player
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