Historical events on May 11
MAY 11, 1970
Lubbock, Texas, was struck by a tornado that left 26 people dead.
Lubbock
is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Lubbock County. With a population of 266,878
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MAY 11, 1812
Spencer Perceval was shot in the lobby of the House of Commons, becoming the only British prime minister to be assassinated.
Spencer Perceval was a British statesman and barrister who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 1809 until his assassination
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MAY 11, 1963
African Americans rioted in Birmingham, Alabama, in response to two bombings, perceiving local police to be complicit with the perpetrators.
The Birmingham riot of 1963 was a civil disorder and riot in Birmingham, Alabama, that was provoked by bombings on the night
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MAY 11, 2013
Two car bombs by unknown perpetrators exploded in Reyhanlı, Turkey, resulting in 52 killed and 140 injured.
The 2013 Reyhanlı car bombings took place on 11 May 2013, when two car bombs exploded in the Turkish town of Reyhanlı,
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MAY 11, 868
A copy of the Diamond Sutra was printed in Tang-dynasty China, making it the world's oldest dated printed book.
The Diamond Sutra is a Mahāyāna Buddhist sutra from the genre of Prajñāpāramitā sutras. Translated into a variety of languages over a
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MAY 11, 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.
The War of the Austrian Succession was a European conflict fought between 1740 and 1748, primarily in Central Europe, the Austrian Netherlands,
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MAY 11, 1910
Glacier National Park was established in the U.S. state of Montana.
Glacier National Park is a national park of the United States located in northwestern Montana, on the Canada–United States border. The park
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MAY 11, 1820
HMS Beagle (pictured), the ship that would take Charles Darwin on his voyage, was launched.
HMS Beagle was a Cherokee-class 10-gun brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, one of more than 100 ships of this class. The vessel,
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MAY 11, 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.
The Pullman Company, founded by George Pullman, was a manufacturer of railroad cars in the mid-to-late 19th century through the first half
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MAY 11, 1858
Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted as the 32nd U.S. state.
Minnesota is a state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba
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MAY 11, 2022
Myanmar civil war: Government troops killed 37 unarmed civilians in Mondaingbin.
The Myanmar civil war, also known as the Burmese civil war, is an ongoing civil war since 2021. It began following Myanmar's
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MAY 11, 1997
Deep Blue (pictured) defeated Garry Kasparov in six games to become the first chess computer to win a match against a world champion.
Deep Blue was a supercomputer for chess-playing based on a customized IBM RS/6000 SP. It was the first computer to win a
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MAY 11, 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 (depicted).
William Lawson, MLC was a British soldier, explorer, land owner, grazier and politician who migrated to Sydney, New South Wales in 1800.
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MAY 11, 2022
Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh is shot and killed while reporting on an Israel Defense Forces raid on the Jenin Refugee Camp.
Shireen Abu Akleh was a prominent Palestinian-American journalist who worked as a reporter for 25 years for Al Jazeera, before she was
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MAY 11, 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.
James Gordon Brown is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party
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MAY 11, 2011
An earthquake registering Mw 5.1, the worst to hit the region for more than 50 years, struck near Lorca, Spain.
The 2011 Lorca earthquake was a moderate 5.1 Mw earthquake that occurred 6:47 p.m. CEST on 11 May 2011, near the town of
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MAY 11, 1928
After a week-long standoff punctuated by military clashes, Japanese forces captured the city of Jinan, Shandong in China.
The Jinan incident or 3 May Tragedy began as a 3 May 1928 dispute between Chiang Kai-shek's National Revolutionary Army (NRA) and
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MAY 11, 1889
Bandits attacked a U.S. Army paymaster's escort in the Arizona Territory, stealing more than $28,000.
The Wham Paymaster robbery was an armed robbery of a United States Army paymaster and his escort on May 11, 1889, in
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MAY 11, 1981
Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats, the first megamusical, opened at the New London Theatre.
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber is an English composer and impresario of musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more
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MAY 11, 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 William Donald Cameron, Baron Cameron of Chipping Norton is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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