May 11
May 11 is the 131st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (132nd in leap years). There are 234 days remaining.
Events
Births
- 1720 - Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, officer and adventurer († 1797)
- 1752 - Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist
- 1801 - Henri Labrouste, architect († 1875)
- 1887 - Paul Wittgenstein, pianist († 1961)
- 1888 - Irving Berlin, composer († 1989)
- 1892 - Margaret Rutherford, actress († 1972)
- 1894 - Martha Graham, dancer, choreographer († 1991)
- 1895 - Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher († 1986),
- 1896 - Mari Sandoz, writer († 1966)
- 1896 - Josip Stolcer-Slavenski Croatian composer († 1955)
- 1904 - Salvador Dalí, surrealist painter: The Persistence of Memory († 1989)
- 1907 - Rose Ausänder, poet († 1988)
- 1911 - Phil Silvers, actor, comedian († 1985)
- 1913 - Robert Jungk, publicist and futurologist († 1994)
- 1916 - Camilo José Cela, writer. Nobel Prize in Literature († 2002)
- 1918 - Richard Feynman, physicist († 1988)
- 1921 - Hildegard Hamm-Brücher, politician
- 1928 - Mort Sahl, comedian, political commentator
- 1933 - Louis Farrakhan, Black Muslim leader
- 1940 - Juan Downey, video artist († 1993)
- 1946 - Robert Jarvik, physicist, inventor
- 1950 - Jeremy Paxman, British journalist and author
- 1952 - Renaud Séchan, French composer
- 1952 - Frances Farmer, actress
- 1952 - Mike Lupica, sports journalist
- 1963 - Natasha Richardson, actress
Deaths
Holidays and observances
See Also:
May 10 - May 12 - April 11 - June 11 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July,
August, September, October, November, December
Referenced By
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