Day of the year
May 11
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May 11 Zodiac Sign
Taurus (April 20 – May 20)
Element: Earth
reliablepatientpracticaldevotedgrounded
Birthstone
Emerald
Birth Flower
Lily of the Valley
Season
Spring
Numerology 7
A number of introspection, wisdom, and the search for truth.
May 11: This Day in History
- 1812— British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval was assassinated in the House of Commons, the only British PM to be killed in office.
- 1858— Minnesota was admitted to the Union as the 32nd US state.
- 1934— A massive dust storm swept across the Great Plains during the Dust Bowl era, reaching all the way to the East Coast.
- 1996— ValuJet Flight 592 crashed into the Florida Everglades shortly after takeoff, killing all 110 people on board.
- 1997— IBM's chess computer Deep Blue defeated world chess champion Garry Kasparov in their historic rematch.
Famous Birthdays on May 11
- Salvador Dalí (1904) — Spanish surrealist painter
- Martha Graham (1894) — modern dance pioneer
- Natasha Richardson (1963) — actress
- Cam Newton (1989) — NFL quarterback
- Cory Monteith (1982) — actor and Glee cast member
- Valentino Rossi (1979) — motorcycle racing world champion
Did You Know? May 11 Fun Facts
- Deep Blue's victory over Kasparov marked the first time a reigning world chess champion lost a match to a computer under tournament conditions.
- The 1934 Black Sunday dust storm moved an estimated 300 million tons of topsoil off the Great Plains.
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