May 11 in history
Events on May 11
Notable events that happened on May 11 in past years.
- 2024
Start/Middle of the May 2024 Solar Storms, the most powerful set of geomagnetic storms since the 2003 Halloween solar storms.
Wikipedia article: May 2024 solar storms - 2022
Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh is killed while covering a raid in Jenin. Israel eventually admitted and apologized for the murder, after initial denials.
Wikipedia article: Shireen Abu Akleh - 2014
Fifteen people are killed and 46 injured in Kinshasa, DRC, in a stampede caused by tear gas being thrown into soccer stands by police officers.
Wikipedia article: Kinshasa - 2011
The Istanbul Convention is signed in Istanbul, Turkey.
Wikipedia article: Istanbul Convention - 2009
Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on the final mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
Wikipedia article: Space Shuttle Atlantis - 1998
India conducts three underground atomic tests in Pokhran.
Wikipedia article: Pokhran-II - 1987
Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II.
Wikipedia article: Klaus Barbie - 1973
Aeroflot Flight 6551 crashes in Semey, Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (now Kazakhstan), killing all 63 aboard.
Wikipedia article: Aeroflot Flight 6551 - 1953
In the deadliest of a series of tornadoes, an F5 tornado kills 114 in Waco, Texas.
Wikipedia article: Tornado outbreak of May 9–11, 1953 - 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.
Wikipedia article: Wham Paymaster robbery - 1878
Hödel assassination attempt by anarchist Max Hödel targeting the German Kaiser, Wilhelm I.
Wikipedia article: Hödel assassination attempt - 1813
William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth discover a route across the Blue Mountains, opening up inland Australia to settlement.
Wikipedia article: William Lawson (explorer) - 1560
The Ottoman naval forces inflict a defeat on a Spanish fleet in the battle of Djerba. This marks the highpoint of Ottoman naval dominance in the Mediterranean, which starts declining five years later after the failed siege of Malta.
Wikipedia article: Ottoman Navy - 1068
Matilda of Flanders, wife of William the Conqueror, is crowned Queen of England.
- 330
Constantine the Great dedicates the much-expanded and rebuilt city of Byzantium, changing its name to New Rome and declaring it the new capital of the Eastern Roman Empire.
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