May 11 in History

Historical Events on May 11

1502 Christopher Columbus departs Cádiz on his fourth and final voyage to the Americas.

1857 Indian Rebellion of 1857: Indian rebels seize Delhi from the British.

1858 Minnesota is admitted as the 32nd U.S. State.

1862 American Civil War: The ironclad CSS Virginia is scuttled in the James River northwest of Norfolk, Virginia.

1910 An act of the U.S. Congress establishes Glacier National Park in Montana.

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 Siam officially changes its name to Thailand for the second time. The name had been in use since 1939 but was reverted in 1945.

1960 In Buenos Aires, Argentina, four Israeli Mossad agents capture fugitive Nazi Adolf Eichmann who is living under the alias of Ricardo Klement.

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Famous Birthdays on May 11

1861 Frederick Russell Burnham

1904 Salvador Dalí

1918 Richard Feynman

1989 Cam Newton

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Famous Deaths on May 11

1778 William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham

1981 Bob Marley

1988 Kim Philby

2001 Douglas Adams

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