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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 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.
1820
Launch of HMS Beagle, the ship that took Charles Darwin on his scientific voyage.
1846
President James K. Polk asked for and received a Declaration of War against Mexico, starting the Mexican-American War
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.
1907
32 Shriners are killed when their chartered train derails at a switch near Surf Depot in Lompoc, California.
1918
The Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus is officially established.
1946
UMNO is created.
1953
The 1953 Waco tornado outbreak: an F5 tornado hits downtown Waco, Texas, killing 114.
1960
In Buenos Aires, Argentina, four Israeli Mossad agents capture fugitive Nazi Adolf Eichmann who is living under the alias of Ricardo Klement.
1970
The Lubbock Tornado, a F5 tornado, hits Lubbock, Texas, killing 26 and causing $250 million in damage.
Who were born on May 11?
1722
Petrus Camper, Dutch anatomist (d. 1789)
1892
Margaret Rutherford, English actress (d. 1972)
1904
Salvador Dalí, Spanish painter (d. 1989)
1928
Marco Ferreri, Italian film director and screenwriter (d. 1997)
1941
Graham Miles, English snooker player
1952
Mike Lupica, American sports journalist
1961
Luis Felipe, Cuban gangster
1964
Tim Blake Nelson, American actor
1988
Ace Hood, American rapper
1989
Gianluigi Bianco, Italian footballer
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