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. Date: May 11, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 11…
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. Date: May 11, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 11 π Events on this day in 1997 π On This…
India conducts three underground atomic tests in Pokhran. Date: May 11, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 11 π Events on this day in 1998 π On This Day (Today)
Second Chechen War: Chechen separatists ambush Russian paramilitary forces in the Republic of Ingushetia. Date: May 11, 2000 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 11 π Events on this day in 2000 π On This Day (Today)
Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on the final mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. Date: May 11, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 11 π Events on this day in 2009 π On This Day (Today)
An American soldier in Iraq opens fire on a counseling center at Camp Liberty in Baghdad, killing five other US soldiers and wounding three. Date: May 11, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 11 π Events on this day in 2009 π On This Day (Today)
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. Date: May 11, 2010 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 11 π Events on this day in 2010 π On This Day (Today)
The Istanbul Convention is signed in Istanbul, Turkey. Date: May 11, 2011 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 11 π Events on this day in 2011 π On This Day (Today)
An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 hits Lorca, Spain. Date: May 11, 2011 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 11 π Events on this day in 2011 π On This Day (Today)
Fifty-two people are killed in a bombing in ReyhanlΔ±, Turkey. Date: May 11, 2013 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 11 π Events on this day in 2013 π On This Day (Today)