Oprah Winfrey airs her last show, ending her 25-year run of The Oprah Winfrey Show. Date: May 25, 2011 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on May 25 ๐ Events on this day in 2011 ๐ On This Day (Today)
An EF5 tornado strikes Joplin, Missouri, killing 158 people and wreaking $2.8ย billion in damages, the costliest and seventh-deadliest single tornado in U.S. history. Date: May 22, 2011 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on May 22 ๐ Events on this day in 2011 ๐ On This Day (Today)
Radio broadcaster Harold Camping predicted that the world would end on this date. Date: May 21, 2011 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on May 21 ๐ Events on this day in 2011 ๐ On This Day (Today)
Mamata Banerjee is sworn in as the Chief Minister of West Bengal, the first woman to hold this post. Date: May 20, 2011 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on May 20 ๐ Events on this day in 2011 ๐ On This Day (Today)
STS-134 (ISS assembly flight ULF6), launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the 25th and final flight for Space Shuttle Endeavour. Date: May 16, 2011 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on May 16 ๐ Events on this day in 2011 ๐ On This Day (Today)
Two bombs explode in the Charsadda District of Pakistan killing 98 people and wounding 140 others. Date: May 13, 2011 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on May 13 ๐ Events on this day in 2011 ๐ On This Day (Today)
The Istanbul Convention is signed in Istanbul, Turkey. Date: May 11, 2011 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on May 11 ๐ Events on this day in 2011 ๐ On This Day (Today)
An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 hits Lorca, Spain. Date: May 11, 2011 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on May 11 ๐ Events on this day in 2011 ๐ On This Day (Today)
An E. coli outbreak strikes Europe, mostly in Germany, leaving more than 30 people dead and many others are taken ill. Date: May 2, 2011 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on May 2 ๐ Events on this day in 2011 ๐ On This Day (Today)
Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI's most wanted fugitive, is killed by the United States Navy SEALs in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Date: May 2, 2011 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on May 2 ๐ Events on this day in 2011 ๐ On This Day (Today)