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Historical Events In May - 11

Monday, 20 March 2023

1940  On this day in history new York World's Fair reopens  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1940  66th Preakness: Fred A Smith aboard Bimelech wins in 1:58.6 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1941  On May - 11 the first Messerschmidt 109F shot down above England  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1941  1st Messerschmidt 109F shot down above England on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1942  German submarine U-S53 torpedoes British steamer Nicoya and Dutch ship Leno near Anticosti Island, Quebec on May - 11.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1942  On this day in history japanese troops conquer Kalewa  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1943  Hermann Goering-division in Tunisia surrenders on May - 11.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1943  On this day in history naval task force lands Army troops on Attu, Aleutians.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1943  US 7th division lands on Attu, Aleutian, (1st US territory recaptured) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1944  On May - 11 allied forces launch a major offensive in central Italy  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1944  Slomp Resistance fighter (Frits de Zwerver) freed from Arnhem prison on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1944  On May - 11 henk Hos, resistance fighter, executed at 37  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1944  Opposition group surprise attack post office washer on May - 11.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1945  On this day in history uS marines conquer Awatsha Draw Okinawa  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1945  Wewak in New Guinea captured by Australia's 6th Division on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1946  On May - 11 the first packages from the Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe, or CARE, arrive in Europe at Le Havre, France  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1946  1st night game at Boston Braves Field (Giants 5, Braves 1) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1947  On this day in history bF Goodrich manufactures first tubeless tire, Akron OH  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1947  Laos accepts constitution for parliamentary democracy on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1947  On May - 11 bF Goodrich announced the development of tubeless tire (Akron Ohio)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1947  On this day in history ture Rangstrom, composer, dies at 62  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1948  Haganah takes control of Safed & port of Haifa on May - 11.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1948  On May - 11 luigi Einaudi elected President of Italy  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1949  On May - 11 by a vote of 37-12, Israel becomes 59th member of UN  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1949  On this day in history first Polaroid camera sold $89.95 (NYC)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1949  Israel becomes a member of the United Nations on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1949  On this day in history siam changes its name to Thailand  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1949  The recently introduced Polaroid camera sells for $89.95 in new York City on May - 11.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1949  On this day in history 1st Polaroid camera sold $89.95 (NYC)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1949  Adrianus PHA de Kleyn, throat/nose/otologist (ear doctor), dies at 65 on May - 11.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1950  On May - 11 belgium mine disaster at Borinage, 39 die  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1951  Jay Forrester patents computer core memory on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1952  Giovanni Tebaldini, composer, dies at 87 on May - 11.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1953  On May - 11 tornado kills 114 in Waco TX ($39 million damage)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In May - 11

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1568  Christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (Battle of White Mountain) was born on May - 11.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1571  Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637) was born on May - 11.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1654  On May - 11 birth of cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1720  Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German adventurer (d. 1797) was born on May - 11.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1722  Peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam) was born on May - 11.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1731  On May - 11 birth of johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1733  On this day in history birth of victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1752  On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In May - 11

Famous People Died On This Day In History

1304  Death of Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271) on May - 11.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1610  Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies on May - 11.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1631  Christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57 on May - 11.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1672  Death of Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, English royalist (b. 1615) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1708  Death of Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1723  Death of Jean Galbert de Campistron, French dramatist (b. 1656) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1742  On May - 11 francesco Stradivari, Ital violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1772  Death of Joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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