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GEBEURTENISSEN OP 11 MEI
Pullman Strike
Jaar:
1894
Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a wildcat strike.
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Wham Paymaster robbery
Jaar:
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.
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Mussel Slough Tragedy
Jaar:
1880
Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California.
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Uruguay
Jaar:
1919
Uruguay becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
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Lubbock tornado
Jaar:
1970
The 1970 Lubbock tornado kills 26 and causes $250 million in damage.
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Pentagon Papers
Jaar:
1973
Citing government misconduct, Daniel Ellsberg's charges for his involvement in releasing the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times are dismissed.
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Aeroflot Flight 6551
Jaar:
1973
Aeroflot Flight 6551 crashes in Semey, Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (now Kazakhstan), killing all 63 aboard.
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Indian Rebellion of 1857
Jaar:
1857
Indian Rebellion of 1857: Indian rebels seize Delhi from the British.
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William Lawson (explorer)
Jaar:
1813
William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth discover a route across the Blue Mountains, opening up inland Australia to settlement.
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Edgar, King of England
Jaar:
973
In the first coronation ceremony ever held for an English monarch, Edgar the Peaceful is crowned King of England, having ruled since 959 AD. His wife, Ælfthryth, is crowned queen, the first recorded coronation for a Queen of England.
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GEBOORTEN OP 11 MEI
Edward J. King
Geboortejaar:
1925
Edward J. King, American politician, 66th Governor of Massachusetts (died 2006)
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Antony Hewish
Geboortejaar:
1924
Antony Hewish, English astronomer and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2021)
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Gene Savoy
Geboortejaar:
1927
Gene Savoy, American explorer, author, and scholar (died 2007)
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Bernard Fox (actor)
Geboortejaar:
1927
Bernard Fox, British actor (died 2016)
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Gerhard Klingenberg
Geboortejaar:
1929
Gerhard Klingenberg, Austrian actor (died 2024)
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Richard Feynman
Geboortejaar:
1918
Richard Feynman, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1988)
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Camilo José Cela
Geboortejaar:
1916
Camilo José Cela, Spanish author and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2002)
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Lise de Baissac
Geboortejaar:
1905
Lise de Baissac, Mauritian SOE agent, war hero (died 2004)
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Catherine Bauer Wurster
Geboortejaar:
1905
Catherine Bauer Wurster, American architect and public housing advocate (died 1964)
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Rip Sewell
Geboortejaar:
1907
Rip Sewell, American baseball player and coach (died 1989)
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OVERLIJDENS OP 11 MEI
George Lyon (golfer)
Sterfjaar:
1938
George Lyon, Canadian golfer and cricketer (born 1858)
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Gilbert Jessop
Sterfjaar:
1955
Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer (born 1874)
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Jozef Murgaš
Sterfjaar:
1929
Jozef Murgaš, Slovak-American priest, architect, botanist, and painter (born 1864)
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Juan Gris
Sterfjaar:
1927
Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor (born 1887)
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Big Jim Colosimo
Sterfjaar:
1920
James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss (born 1878)
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John D. Rockefeller Jr.
Sterfjaar:
1960
John D. Rockefeller Jr., American businessman and philanthropist (born 1874)
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Herbert Spencer Gasser
Sterfjaar:
1963
Herbert Spencer Gasser, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1888): 169
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Bob Marley
Sterfjaar:
1981
Bob Marley, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1945)
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Dyre Vaa
Sterfjaar:
1980
Dyre Vaa, Norwegian sculptor and painter (born 1903)
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Lester Flatt
Sterfjaar:
1979
Lester Flatt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1914)
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FEESTDAGEN OP 11 MEI
Anthimus of Rome
Christian feast day: Anthimus of Rome
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Mamertus
Christian feast day: Mamertus, the first of the Ice Saints
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Gangulphus
Christian feast day: Gangulphus of Burgundy
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Maiolus of Cluny
Christian feast day: Majolus of Cluny
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