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What Happened on May 11th This Day in History

Year	Name
2016	One hundred and ten people are killed in an ISIL bombing in Baghdad.
2014	Fifteen people are killed and 46 injured in Kinshasa in a stampede caused by tear gas being thrown into soccer stands by police officers.
2013	Fifty-two people are killed in a bombing in Reyhanlı, Turkey.
2011	An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 hits Lorca, Spain.
1998	India conducts three underground atomic tests in Pokhran.
1997	Deep Blue, a chess-playing supercomputer, defeats Garry Kasparov in the last game of the rematch, becoming the first computer to beat a world-champion chess player in a classic match format.
1996	After the aircraft's departure from Miami, a fire started by improperly handled chemical oxygen generators in the cargo hold of Atlanta-bound ValuJet Airlines Flight 592 causes the Douglas DC-9 to crash in the Florida Everglades, killing all 110 on board.
1985	Fifty-six spectators die and more than 200 are injured in the Bradford City stadium fire.
1970	The 1970 Lubbock tornado kills 26 and causes $250 million in damage.
1919	Uruguay becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
1894	Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a wildcat strike.
1889	An attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort results in the theft of over $28,000 and the award of two Medals of Honor.
1880	Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California.
1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857: Indian rebels seize Delhi from the British.
1813	William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth discover a route across the Blue Mountains, opening up inland Australia to settlement.
1812	Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the British House of Commons.

Famous People Born on May 11

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Year	Name
1941	Ian Redpath, Australian cricketer and coach
1982	Cory Monteith, Canadian actor and singer (d. 2013)
1994	Hagos Gebrhiwet, Ethiopian runner
1932	Valentino Garavani, Italian fashion designer
1854	Jack Blackham, Australian cricketer (d. 1932)
1994	Nene Macdonald, Papua New Guinean rugby league player
1921	Robin Barbour, Scottish minister and author (d. 2014)
1912	Saadat Hasan Manto, Indian-Pakistani author and screenwriter (d. 1955)
1911	Phil Silvers, American actor and comedian (d. 1985)
1976	Kardinal Offishall, Canadian rapper and record producer/executive

Famous People Deaths On May 11

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Date	Name
1882	Frederick Innes, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1816)
2009	Abel Goumba, Central African physician and politician, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (b. 1926)
1918	George Elmslie, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)
1994	Timothy Carey, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1928)
2003	Noel Redding, English bass player (b. 1945)
2010	Doris Eaton Travis, American dancer and vaudevillian (b. 1904)
1983	Zenna Henderson, American writer (b. 1917)
1916	Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer and physicist (b. 1873)
2007	Malietoa Tanumafili II, Samoan ruler (b. 1913)
2006	Floyd Patterson, American boxer and actor (b. 1935)