May 11

Events

Pre-1600

• 330 – Constantine the Great dedicates the much-expanded and rebuilt city of Byzantium, changing its name to New Rome and declaring it the new capital of the Eastern Roman Empire.<ref>Template:Cite book; Template:Cite book</ref>
• 868 – A copy of the Diamond Sūtra is published,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> the earliest dated and printed book known.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 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.<ref name=bauer>Template:Cite book</ref> His wife, Ælfthryth, is crowned queen, the first recorded coronation for a Queen of England.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1068 – Matilda of Flanders, wife of William the Conqueror, is crowned Queen of England.<ref>Template:Cite book; Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1258 – Louis IX of France and James I of Aragon sign the Treaty of Corbeil, renouncing claims of feudal overlordship in one another's territories and separating the House of Barcelona from the politics of France.<ref>Template:Cite journal; Template:Cite book; Template:Cite book; Template:Cite book</ref>

1601–1900

• 1713 – Great Northern War: After losing the Battle of Helsinki to the Russians, the Swedish and Finnish troops burn the entire city, so that it would not remain intact in the hands of the Russians.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1812 – Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the British House of Commons.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1813 – William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth discover a route across the Blue Mountains, opening up inland Australia to settlement.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1857 – Indian Rebellion of 1857: Indian rebels seize Delhi from the British.<ref>Dr. Surendra Nath Sen, pages 71–73 "Eighteen Fifty-Seven", Publications Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India.</ref>
• 1880 – Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 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.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1894 – Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a wildcat strike.<ref>Cleveland, Grover. The Government and the Chicago Strike of 1894 [1904]. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1913. Page 4</ref>

1901–present

• 1919 – Uruguay becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1970 – The 1970 Lubbock tornado kills 26 and causes $250 million in damage.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1973 – Citing government misconduct, Daniel Ellsberg's charges for his involvement in releasing the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times are dismissed.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
• 1973 – Aeroflot Flight 6551 crashes in Semey, Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (now Kazakhstan), killing all 63 aboard.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1985 – Fifty-six spectators die and more than 200 are injured in the Bradford City stadium fire.<ref name="bradford remembers fire disaster">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1987 – Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II.<ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
• 1996 – After the aircraft's departure from Miami, a fire started by improperly handled chemical oxygen generators in the cargo hold of Atlanta-bound ValuJet Airlines Flight 592 causes the Douglas DC-9 to crash in the Florida Everglades, killing all 110 on board.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1997 – Deep Blue, a chess-playing supercomputer, defeats Garry Kasparov in the last game of the rematch, becoming the first computer to beat a world-champion chess player in a classic match format.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1998 – India conducts three underground atomic tests in Pokhran.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2000 – Second Chechen War: Chechen separatists ambush Russian paramilitary forces in the Republic of Ingushetia.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2009 – An American soldier in Iraq opens fire on a counseling center at Camp Liberty in Baghdad, killing five other US soldiers and wounding three.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2009 – Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on the final mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.<ref name="launch2">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2010 – David Cameron takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom as the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats form the country's first coalition government since the Second World War.<ref name="Telegraph11May2009YoungestPM2">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2011 – An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 hits Lorca, Spain.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2011 – The Istanbul Convention is signed in Istanbul, Turkey.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2013 – Fifty-two people are killed in a bombing in Reyhanlı, Turkey.<ref name="HDN20130527">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2014 – Fifteen people are killed and 46 injured in Kinshasa, DRC, in a stampede caused by tear gas being thrown into soccer stands by police officers.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2016 – One hundred and ten people are killed in an ISIL bombing in Baghdad.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2022 – The Burmese military executes at least 37 villagers during the Mon Taing Pin massacre in Sagaing, Myanmar.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2022 – Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh is killed while covering a raid in Jenin. Israel eventually admitted and apologized for the murder, after initial denials.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2024 – Start/Middle of the May 2024 Solar Storms, the most powerful set of Geomagnetic storms since the 2003 Halloween solar storms.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2024 – The 68th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest is held in Malmö, Sweden. Nemo from Switzerland wins with their song "The Code", making them the contest's first non-binary winner.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Births

Pre-1600

• 1571 – Niwa Nagashige, Japanese daimyō (died 1637)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1578 – Sophie Axelsdatter Brahe, Danish noblewoman (died 1646)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1601–1900

• 1715 – Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach, German organist (died 1739)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1752 – Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German physician, physiologist, and anthropologist (died 1840)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>Template:Rp
• 1797 – José Mariano Salas, Mexican general and politician (died 1867)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1811 – Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, Swiss politician (died 1893)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1811 – Chang and Eng Bunker, Siamese-American showmen, the original conjoined twins (died 1874)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1852 – Charles W. Fairbanks, American journalist and politician, 26th United States Vice President (died 1918)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1854 – Jack Blackham, Australian cricketer (died 1932)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1869 – Archibald Warden, English tennis player (died 1943)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1871 – Frank Schlesinger, American astronomer and author (died 1943)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1875 – Harriet Quimby, American pilot and screenwriter (died 1912)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1881 – Al Cabrera, Spanish-Cuban baseball player and manager (died 1964)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1881 – Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor (died 1944)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1881 – Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer (died 1963)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1888 – Irving Berlin, Belarusian-American pianist and composer (died 1989)<ref>"Big Russian Encyclopedia: Irving Berlin" Template:Webarchive Ministry of Culture, Russian Federation</ref>
• 1888 – Willis Augustus Lee, American admiral (died 1945)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1889 – Paul Nash, British painter (died 1946)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1890 – Willie Applegarth, English-American sprinter (died 1958)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1890 – Helge Løvland, Norwegian decathlete (died 1984)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1894 – Martha Graham, American dancer and choreographer (died 1991)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1895 – Jacques Brugnon, French tennis player (died 1978)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1895 – Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher and speaker (died 1986)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1895 – William Grant Still, American composer and conductor (died 1978)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1896 – Josip Štolcer-Slavenski, Croatian composer and academic (died 1955)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1897 – Robert E. Gross, American businessman (died 1961)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1901–present

• 1901 – Rose Ausländer, poet and author (died 1988)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1901 – Gladys Rockmore Davis, American painter (died 1967)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1903 – Charlie Gehringer, American baseball player and manager (died 1993)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1904 – Salvador Dalí, Spanish artist (died 1989)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1905 – Lise de Baissac, Mauritian SOE agent, war hero (died 2004)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1905 – Catherine Bauer Wurster, American architect and public housing advocate (died 1964)<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
• 1907 – Rip Sewell, American baseball player and coach (died 1989)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1911 – Phil Silvers, American actor and comedian (died 1985)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1912 – Saadat Hasan Manto, Pakistani author and screenwriter (died 1955)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1916 – Camilo José Cela, Spanish author and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2002)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1918 – Richard Feynman, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1988)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1924 – Antony Hewish, English astronomer and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2021)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1925 – Edward J. King, American politician, 66th Governor of Massachusetts (died 2006)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1927 – Bernard Fox, British actor (died 2016)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1927 – Gene Savoy, American explorer, author, and scholar (died 2007)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1929 – Gerhard Klingenberg, Austrian actor (died 2024)<ref name="Leyrer">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Schenk">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Zeit">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="oe24">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1930 – Edsger W. Dijkstra, Dutch computer scientist and academic (died 2002)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1930 – Basil H. Losten, American Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch (died 2024)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1932 – Valentino Garavani, Italian fashion designer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1933 – Louis Farrakhan, American religious leader<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1934 – Jim Jeffords, American lawyer and politician (died 2014)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1934 – Jack Twyman, American basketball player (died 2012)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1937 – Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő, Hungarian Olympic and world champion foil fencer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1941 – Eric Burdon, English musician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1941 – Ian Redpath, Australian cricketer and coach (died 2024)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1943 – Nancy Greene, Canadian skier and politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1945 – Hilda Pérez Carvajal, Venezuelan biologist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1947 – Butch Trucks, American drummer (died 2017)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1948 – Nirj Deva, British politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1948 – Pam Ferris, Welsh actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1950 – Jeremy Paxman, English journalist and author<ref>Template:Cite book Template:Subscription or membership required</ref>
• 1950 – Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Indian actor (died 2014)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1951 – Ed Stelmach, Canadian farmer and politician, 13th Premier of Alberta<ref name="Profile">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1954 – John Gregory, English footballer and manager<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1955 – James L. Dolan, American businessman<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1957 – Mike Nesbitt, Northern Irish journalist and politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1958 – Sayuri Kume, Japanese singer-songwriter<ref>"5月11日は「異邦人」久保田早紀の誕生日". News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 5 May 2018.</ref>
• 1963 – Natasha Richardson, English actress (died 2009)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1964 – Tim Blake Nelson, American actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1964 – Bobby Witt, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1967 – Alberto García Aspe, Mexican footballer and manager<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1969 – Mitch Healey, Australian rugby league player and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1969 – Simon Vroemen, Dutch runner<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1970 – Harold Ford Jr., American lawyer and politician<ref>/http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000262</ref>
• 1974 – Stanley Gene, Papua New Guinean rugby league player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1975 – Francisco Cordero, Dominican baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1975 – Ziad Jarrah, Lebanese terrorist, September 11 attacks (died 2001)Template:Citation needed
• 1976 – Kardinal Offishall, Canadian rapper and record producer/executive<ref>[[[:Template:AllMusic]] Kardinal Offishall > Overview] Allmusic. Accessed on November 16, 2009.</ref>
• 1977 – Pablo Gabriel García, Uruguayan footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1977 – Victor Matfield, South African rugby player, coach, and sportscaster<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1977 – Bobby Roode, Canadian professional wrestler<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1978 – Laetitia Casta, French model and actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1978 – Judy Ann Santos, Filipino actress<ref name="Bio">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1981 – Lauren Jackson, Australian basketball player<ref name=wnbaprofile>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1981 – JP Karliak, American actor, voice actor and comedian<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1982 – Cory Monteith, Canadian actor and singer (died 2013)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1983 – Matt Leinart, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1983 – Steven Sotloff, American-Israeli journalist (died 2014)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1983 – Holly Valance, Australian actress, singer and model<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1984 – Andrés Iniesta, Spanish footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1985 – Beau Ryan, Australian rugby league player and television host<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1986 – Abou Diaby, French footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1986 – Miguel Veloso, Portuguese footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1987 – Lim Seul-ong, South Korean singer and actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1988 – Jeremy Maclin, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1988 – Brad Marchand, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1989 – Giovani dos Santos, Mexican footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1989 – Cam Newton, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1992 – Thibaut Courtois, Belgian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1992 – Pablo Sarabia, Spanish footballer<ref>Pablo Sarabia Template:FIFA player</ref>
• 1992 – Bobi, Portuguese Rafeiro do Alentejo, oldest recorded dog (died 2023)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1993 – Maurice Harkless, American-Puerto Rican basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1993 – Miguel Sanó, Dominican baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1994 – Hagos Gebrhiwet, Ethiopian runner<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1994 – Nene Macdonald, Papua New Guinean rugby league player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1995 – Gelson Martins, Portuguese footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1995 – Sachia Vickery, American tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1995 – Shira Haas, Israeli actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1996 – Adin Hill, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1997 – Coi Leray, American rapper and singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1997 – Lana Condor, American actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1998 – Viktória Kužmová, Slovak tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1999 – Sabrina Carpenter, American singer and actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2000 – Yūki Tsunoda, Japanese racing driver<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2000 – Wang Chuqin, Chinese table tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2003 – Fermín López, Spanish footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2006 – Konsta Helenius, Finnish ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 912 – Leo VI the Wise, Byzantine Emperor, the second ruler of the Macedonian dynasty (born 866)<ref name="Kazhdan, p. 1211">Kazhdan, p. 1211</ref>

1601–1900

• 1610 – Matteo Ricci, Italian priest and mathematician (born 1552)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
• 1778 – William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, English politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (born 1708)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1779 – John Hart, American lawyer and politician (born 1711)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1812 – Spencer Perceval, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1762)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1848 – Tom Cribb, English boxer (born 1781)<ref name=pug>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1849 – Juliette Récamier, French businesswoman (born 1777)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
• 1882 – Frederick Innes, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Tasmania (born 1816)<ref>Template:Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography</ref>
• 1889 – John Cadbury, English businessman and philanthropist, founded the Cadbury Company (born 1801)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1901–present

• 1908 – Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (born 1850)<ref>Template:Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography</ref>
• 1916 – Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer and physicist (born 1873)<ref>Biography of Karl Schwarzschild Template:Webarchive by Indranu Suhendro, The Abraham Zelmanov Journal, 2008, Volume 1.</ref>Template:Rp
• 1918 – George Elmslie, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Victoria (born 1861)<ref>Template:Cite AuDB</ref>
• 1920 – James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss (born 1878)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1920 – William Dean Howells, American novelist, literary critic, and playwright (born 1837)<ref>Template:LCAuth</ref>
• 1927 – Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor (born 1887)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1929 – Jozef Murgaš, Slovak-American priest, architect, botanist, and painter (born 1864)<ref name="rcga.org">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1938 – George Lyon, Canadian golfer and cricketer (born 1858)<ref name="rcga.org"/>
• 1946 – Seán McCaughey, Irish Republican, died on hunger strike (born 1915)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1955 – Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer (born 1874)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1960 – John D. Rockefeller Jr., American businessman and philanthropist (born 1874)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1963 – Herbert Spencer Gasser, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1888)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>Template:Rp
• 1964 – Janne Mustonen, Finnish politician (born 1901)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1967 – James E. Brewton, American painter (born 1930)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1979 – Lester Flatt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1914)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1980 – Dyre Vaa, Norwegian sculptor and painter (born 1903)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
• 1981 – Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1981 – Bob Marley, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1945)<ref>Template:Britannica</ref>
• 1983 – Zenna Henderson, American writer (born 1917)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1985 – Chester Gould, American cartoonist, created Dick Tracy (born 1900)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1986 – Fritz Pollard, American football player and coach (born 1894)<ref>Template:Cfbhof</ref>
• 1988 – Kim Philby, British-Soviet double agent (born 1912)<ref>Kim Philby in the Encyclopædia Britannica Online, retrieved 16 November 2009.</ref>
• 1990 – Stratos Dionysiou, Greek Singer, composer and lyricist (born 1935)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1994 – Timothy Carey, American actor, director, and producer (born 1928)<ref name=NYT>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2001 – Douglas Adams, English novelist and screenwriter (born 1952)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2002 – Renaude Lapointe, Canadian journalist and politician (born 1912)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2002 – Bill Peet, American animator and screenwriter (born 1915)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2003 – Noel Redding, English bass player (born 1945)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2005 – Léo Cadieux, Canadian politician, 17th Canadian Minister of National Defence (born 1908)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2005 – Horton Davies, Welsh minister and historian (born 1916)<ref name=":7">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2006 – Floyd Patterson, American boxer and actor (born 1935)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2007 – Malietoa Tanumafili II, Samoan ruler (born 1913)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2008 – John Rutsey, Canadian drummer (born 1953)<ref>"Original Rush Drummer John Rutsey Dies". Billboard. May 11, 2008</ref>
• 2009 – Abel Goumba, Central African physician and politician, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (born 1926)<ref>"Décès d'Abel Goumba", African Press Agency, 11 May 2009 Template:In lang.</ref>
• 2009 – Claudio Huepe, Chilean economist and politician, Chilean Minister Secretary-General of Government (born 1939)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2009 – Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda, Indian admiral (born 1915)<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref>
• 2010 – Doris Eaton Travis, American dancer and vaudevillian (born 1904)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2011 – Robert Traylor, American basketball player (born 1977)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2019 – Peggy Lipton, American actress, model, and singer (born 1946)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2019 – Thomas Silverstein, American murderer (born 1952)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2020 – Jerry Stiller, American comedian, actor (born 1927)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2021 – Colt Brennan, American quarterback<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (born 1983)
• 2021 – Norman Lloyd, American actor, producer and director (born 1914)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2024 – Susan Backlinie, American actress and stuntwoman (born 1946)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Anthimus of Rome<ref name=saints>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Gangulphus of Burgundy<ref name=saints/>
  • Majolus of Cluny<ref name=saints/>
  • Mamertus, the first of the Ice Saints<ref name=saints/>

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• Template:NYT On this day
• Historical Events on May 11