800s / 9th century history on the 11th of May
868 : DiAMOND SūTRA was printed in China, making it the oldest known dated printed book in the world. It is a Buddhist sutra from the perfection of wisdom sutras. A copy of the Tang-dynasty Chinese version was found by Daoist monk Wang Yuanlu, among the Dunhuang manuscripts.
1800s / 19th century history on the 11th of May
1813 : William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth discovered a route across the Blue Mountains, which opened up inland Australia for settlement.
1833 : The Lady of the Lake hit an iceberg and sank near Newfoundland, resulting in a loss of up to 265 passengers and crew members.
1858 : Minnesota was admitted as the 32nd state of the United States.
1900s / 20th century history on the 11th of May
1904 : SALVADOR DALí the Spanish surrealist artist was born Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, 1st Marquess of Dalí de Púbol in Figueres, Catalonia, Spain (died in 1989 aged 84). Website : TheDali.org
1910 : Glacier National Park in Montana was established as an act of the U.S. Congress.
1934 : Dust storm swept from Great Plains across Eastern states : A massive storm sent millions of tons of topsoil flying from across the parched Great Plains region of the United States on the 11th May 1934, as far east as New York, Boston and Atlanta.
1941 : Eric Burdon the English musician was born in Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne, England. He was first known as the lead singer of The Animals. Eric Burdon’s official website : EricBurdon.com
1970 : Lubbock tornado in Spain caused the death of 26 people, and caused $250 million in damage.
1981 : Bob Marley the Jamaican musician died aged 36, due to cancer (born in 1945). 4 years earlier in 1977, he was found to have a malignant melanoma under the nail of one of his toes. Official website : BobMarley.com
1983 : Holly Valance aka Holly Candy, the Australian actress and singer was born Holly Vukadinović in Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia. Official website of Holly & Nick Candy : TheCandyFoundation.org
1985 : Bradford City stadium fire in England resulted in the death of 56 spectators die, and 200 others injured.
1985 : Chester Gould the American cartoonist died aged 84. (born in 1900). He was best known as the creator of the Dick Tracy comic strip, which he wrote and illustrated from 1931 to 1977.
1996 : ValuJet Airlines Flight 592 McDonnell Douglas DC-9 crashed in the Florida Everglades in USA, only 10 minutes after take off from Miami, due to a fire that started in the cargo hold, resulting in the death of all 110 on board.
1997 : Deep Blue, the chess-playing supercomputer became the first computer to beat a world-champion chess player, after it defeated Garry Kasparov.
1998 : India conducted 3 underground atomic tests in Pokhran.
2000s / 21st century history on the 11th of May
2011 : Lorca earthquake in Spain killed 9 people, and injured 403 others.
2014 : Stade Tata Raphaël disaster, a football match stampede in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa, resulted in the death of 15 people, and another 24 with injuries, when tear gas was thrown into soccer stands by police officers.
2020 : Jerry Stiller the American actor died aged 92 (born in 1927).
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