About May 11
May 11, 2025 is the 131st day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 234 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
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Taurus is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 282 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On May 11
- 1647 –Peter Stuyvesant arrives in New Amsterdam to replace Willem Kieft as Director-General of New Netherland, the Dutch colonial settlement in present-day New York City.
- 1792 –Captain Robert Gray becomes the first documented white person to sail into the Columbia River.
- 1812 –Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the House of Commons, London.
- 1813 –In Australia, William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth lead an expedition westwards from Sydney. Their route opens up inland Australia for continued expansion throughout the 19th century.
- 1846 –President James K. Polk asked for and received a Declaration of War against Mexico, starting the Mexican-American War
- 1857 –Indian Mutiny: Indian rebels seize Delhi from the British.
- 1858 –Minnesota is admitted as the 32nd U.S. State.
- 1862 –American Civil War: The ironclad Ship CSS is scuttled in the James River northwest of Norfolk, Virginia.
- 1894 –Pullman Strike: Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a wildcat strike in Illinois.
- 1907 –32 Shriners are killed when their chartered train derails at a switch near Surf Depot in Lompoc, California.
- 1924 –Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.
- 1942 –William Faulkner’s collections of short stories, Go Down, Moses, is published.
- 1943 –World War II: American troops invade Attu Island in the Aleutian Islands in an attempt to expel occupying Japanese forces.
- 1944 –World War II: The Allies begin a major offensive against the Axis Powers on the Gustav Line.
- 1949 –Israel joins the United Nations.
- 1953 –The 1953 Waco tornado outbreak: an F5 tornado hits downtown Waco, Texas, killing 114.
- 1983 –Aberdeen F.C. defeat Real Madrid 2-1 to win the European Cup Winners’ Cup in Gothenburg, Sweden.
- 1985 –Bradford City stadium fire: Fifty-six spectators die and more than 200 are injured in a flash fire at Valley Parade football ground during a match against Lincoln City in Bradford, England.
- 1996 –The 1996 Mount Everest disaster: on a single day eight people die during summit attempts on Mount Everest.
- 2000 –Second Chechen War: Chechen separatists ambush Russian paramilitary forces in the Republic of Ingushetia.
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