May 11 historical events
409 — Conquest of Southern Yan by Jin
The Conquest of Southern Yan by Jin, also known as Liu Yu's Conquest of Southern Yan, was a military campaign launched by the Jin dynasty (266–420) against the Southern Yan dynasty during the Sixteen Kingdoms period of Chinese history. It was the first of two northern expeditions launched by the Jin general, Liu Yu, and resulted in the fall of Southern Yan.
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868 — A dated printed copy of the Diamond Sutra is produced
Wang Jie commissioned a Chinese woodblock-printed copy of the Diamond Sutra for free distribution. The scroll’s dated inscription makes it the oldest surviving complete printed book with a known date. It was later found at Dunhuang, and its exact place of printing is uncertain.
The printed colophon dates this copy to the fifteenth day of the fourth month of Xiantong 9, equivalent to 11 May 868 in the Julian calendar (15 May in the proleptic Gregorian calendar).
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973 — Edgar and Ælfthryth are crowned at Bath
On May 11, 973, Edgar and Ælfthryth were crowned king and queen at Bath. Edgar had already ruled England since 959. The Bath ceremony is the earliest English coronation described in detail in surviving records.
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1068 — Matilda of Flanders, wife of William the Conqueror, is crowned Queen of England
Matilda of Flanders (French: Mathilde; Dutch: Mathilde; German: Mechtild) (died 2 November 1083) was the daughter of Baldwin V, the Count of Flanders. She became Duchess of Normandy by marriage to William the Conqueror, and regent of Normandy during his absences from the duchy, when William was on campaign in England. Two years after William conquered England she was crowned Queen of England.
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1189 — Third Crusade
The Third Crusade (1189–1192) was an attempt led by King Philip II of France, King Richard I of England, and Emperor Frederick Barbarossa to reconquer the Holy Land following the capture of Jerusalem by the Ayyubid sultan Saladin in 1187. For this reason, the Third Crusade is also known as the Kings' Crusade. The Crusade was partially successful.
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1258 — Treaty of Corbeil (1258)
The Treaty of Corbeil was an agreement signed on 11 May 1258, in Corbeil (today Corbeil-Essonnes, in the region of Île-de-France) between Louis IX of France and James I of Aragon. The French king, as the heir of Charlemagne, renounced the claims of feudal overlordship over the counties historiographically known as the Hispanic March, that is the part of the March of Gothia which remained within the geographical area known from the 12th century onwards as Catalonia.
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1333 — Battle of Kotesashi
The Battle of Kotesashi (小手指ヶ原の戦い, Kotesashi-gahara no tatakai) was part of the decisive Kōzuke-Musashi Campaign during the Genkō War in Japan that ultimately ended the Kamakura Shogunate. Fought in present-day Tokorozawa, Saitama on May 11, 1333, it pitted the anti-shogunate imperial forces led by Nitta Yoshisada against the pro-Shogunate forces of the Hōjō Regency led by Sakurada Sadakuni.
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1406 — Ming conquest of Đại Ngu
The Ming invasion of Viet (Chinese: 明入越/平定交南), known in Vietnam as the Ming–Đại Ngu War (traditional Chinese: 大虞與明戰爭; simplified Chinese: 大虞与明战争; Vietnamese: Chiến tranh Đại Ngu–Đại Minh / cuộc xâm lược của nhà Minh 1406–1407; Hán Nôm: 戰爭大虞 – 大明) was a military campaign against the kingdom of Đại Ngu (present-day northern Vietnam) under the Hồ dynasty by the Ming dynasty of China.
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1583 — Battle of Torches
The Battle of Torches (Turkish: Meşaleler Savaşı) was fought in 1583 during the Ottoman–Safavid War (1578–1590). The name of the battle refers to the torches used during night clashes. The battle resulted in an Ottoman victory, thereby securing Dagestan and Shirvan until the end of the war.
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1689 — Battle of Bantry Bay
The Battle of Bantry Bay was on 11 May 1689, a week before the declaration of the Nine Years' War between the English and French navies. The English were commanded by Admiral Arthur Herbert, while the French were under the command of François Louis Rousselet de Châteaurenault. Apart from the inshore operations during the siege of La Rochelle, the battle was the first time English and French navies had fought a fleet action since 1545.
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1713 — Battle of Helsinki (1713)
The Battle of Helsinki (Russian: Битва на реке Хельсинки) was fought between the Russian army under Tsar Peter the Great and Admiral Fyodor Apraksin and the defending Finnish army of Sweden under General Carl Gustaf Armfeldt between 8 and 11 May 1713, as part of the Great Northern War. It resulted in a Russian victory, leading to the Swedes commanded by Armfelt burning the entire city of Helsinki when retreating.
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1745 — Battle of Fontenoy
The Battle of Fontenoy, 11 May 1745, was a major engagement of the War of the Austrian Succession, fought between the forces of the Pragmatic Allies – comprising mainly Dutch, British, and Hanoverian troops under the command of the Duke of Cumberland – and a French army under Maurice de Saxe, commander of King Louis XV's forces in the Low Countries. The battle was one of the most important in the war and considered the masterpiece of Saxe, serving France; Louis XV, and his son, the Dauphin, were present at the battle.
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1794 — Battle of Courtrai (1794)
The Battle of Courtrai (11 May 1794) saw a Republican French army under Jean-Charles Pichegru oppose Coalition forces commanded by François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt. The battle was fought as part of French efforts to defeat an Allied attempt to recapture Courtrai, which the French captured in the opening days of their 1794 offensive in the Low Countries.
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1800 — Battle of Puerto Plata Harbor
The Battle of Puerto Plata Harbor took place in 1800 with France and Spain on one side, and the United States on the other, during the undeclared Quasi-War officially between the French First Republic and the United States. American forces landed about a hundred troops and sailors from USS Sally in Puerto Plata and boarded the French corvette Sandwich anchored there, which surrendered after a brief firefight.
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1809 — Battle of Grijó
The Battle of Grijó (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɡɾiˈʒɔ]) (10–11 May 1809) ended in victory for the Anglo-Portuguese Army commanded by Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Wellesley (the future 1st Duke of Wellington) over the French army commanded by Marshal Nicolas Soult during the Second French invasion of Portugal in the Peninsular War. The next day, Wellesley drove Soult from Porto in the Second Battle of Porto.
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1812 — Assassination of Spencer Perceval
Spencer Perceval, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, was shot and killed in the lobby of the House of Commons in London, at about 5:15 pm on Monday 11 May 1812. His assailant was John Bellingham, a Liverpool merchant with a grievance against the government. Bellingham was detained and, four days after the murder, was tried, convicted and sentenced to death.
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1812 — Death of Spencer Perceval
Spencer Perceval (1 November 1762 – 11 May 1812) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 1809 until his assassination in May 1812. He is the only British prime minister to have been assassinated, and the only solicitor-general or attorney-general to have become prime minister. The younger son of The Earl of Egmont, an Anglo-Irish earl, Perceval was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge.
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1813 — Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth set out to cross the Blue Mountains
Gregory Blaxland, William Lawson and William Charles Wentworth left Blaxland’s farm at South Creek on an expedition across the Blue Mountains. The party reached the far side later that month.
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1835 — Battle of Zacatecas (1835)
The Battle of Zacatecas in 1835 took place on 11 May 1835 in the immediate vicinity of the capital city in the state of Zacatecas, Mexico, between elements of the federal army under the command of Gen. Antonio López de Santa Anna and elements of the rebel army, which was commanded by General Francisco García Salinas during the Rebellion in Zacatecas of 1835.
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1835 — Standoff at the Khyber Pass (1834–1835)
The Standoff at the Khyber Pass (1834–1835) was a short conflict from May 1834 to May 1835 between the Sikh forces led by Maharaja Ranjit Singh and the Afghan forces led by Dost Mohammad Khan. The conflict began as the Sikh Empire expanded into Peshawar, deposing the Peshawar Sardars, while also supporting the deposed Durrani dynasty in their attempts to return to the throne of Afghanistan under Shah Shuja Durrani.
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1857 — Meerut mutiny
The Meerut mutiny was a military mutiny on 10 and 11 May 1857 in the city of Meerut in British-controlled India, the first significant armed action against British military authority which accelerated an outbreak of the Indian rebellion of 1857 and 1858. Most of the Indian native soldiers of whole city garrison, outraged by a severe punishment of their 85 other comrades, raised their weapons against the local British forces and eventually civilians in the city.
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1857 — Defence of the Magazine at Delhi
The Defence of the Magazine at Delhi was an action of 11 May 1857 during the Indian Mutiny in which nine British soldiers of the East India Company defended the magazine at Delhi from rebelling sepoys. After more than four hours fighting against hundreds of attackers, and in order to deny the munitions to the enemy, the British defenders detonated the magazine, themselves with it.
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1858 — Minnesota becomes the 32nd U.S. state
Minnesota was admitted to the United States as its 32nd state.
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1860 — 1860 Queensland colonial election
Elections were held in the colony of Queensland between 27 April 1860 to 11 May 1860 to elect all 26 members of the colony's Legislative Assembly. It was conducted in nine single-member constituencies, four two-member constituencies, and three three-member constituencies, all with a first past the post system. Suffrage was limited to men who owned property. The electorates were also malapportioned to favour pastoral districts.
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1864 — Battle of Yellow Tavern
The Battle of Yellow Tavern was fought on May 11, 1864, as part of the Overland Campaign of the American Civil War. Union cavalry under Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan was detached from the Army of the Potomac to conduct a raid on Richmond, Virginia, and challenge legendary Confederate cavalry commander Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart.
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1877 — 1877 Victorian colonial election
The 1877 Victorian colonial election was held on 11 May 1877 to elect the 9th Parliament of Victoria. It was the first election in Victoria in which all electorates voted on the same day. All 86 seats in 55 electorates in the Legislative Assembly were up for election, though four seats were uncontested. There were 31 single-member, 20 two-member and 5 three-member electorates.
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1878 — Hödel assassination attempt
The Hödel assassination attempt, or the assassination attempt on Wilhelm I of 11 May 1878, was an armed attack carried out by Max Hödel, a young German anarchist, against the Kaiser, Wilhelm I. Along with the Nobiling assassination attempt, less than a month later and aimed at the same target, it was one of the first acts of propaganda by the deed in history.
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1880 — Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California
The Mussel Slough Tragedy was a shootout over disputed land titles between settlers and the Southern Pacific Railroad (SP). It took place on May 11, 1880, on a farm located 5.6 miles (9 km) northwest of Hanford, California, in the central San Joaquin Valley. Seven people were killed. The episode became a major theme in many protests and publications denouncing the railroads as villains in California history.
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1889 — Wham Paymaster robbery
The Wham Paymaster robbery ( WHAHM) was an armed robbery of a United States Army paymaster and his escort on May 11, 1889, in the Arizona Territory. Major Joseph W. Wham was transporting a payroll consisting of more than US$28,000 (equivalent to $1,003,330 in 2025) in gold and silver coins from Fort Grant to Fort Thomas when he and his escort of eleven Buffalo Soldiers were ambushed.
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1891 — A police officer attacks the Russian crown prince in Ōtsu
Japanese police officer Tsuda Sanzō attacked Russian crown prince Nicholas during his visit to Ōtsu. Nicholas survived and later became Tsar Nicholas II.
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1894 — Pullman Strike
The Pullman Strike was a nationwide railroad strike in the United States on May 11, 1894 and a turning point for US labor law. It pitted the American Railway Union (ARU) against the Pullman Company, the main railroads, and the federal government of the United States under President Grover Cleveland. The strike and boycott shut down much of the nation's freight and passenger traffic west of Detroit, Michigan. The conflict began in Pullman, Chicago, on May 11 when nearly 4,000 factory employees of the Pullman Company began a wildcat strike in response to recent reductions in wages.
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1894 — Hong Kong publishes rules to contain an outbreak of plague
Hong Kong’s Sanitary Board issued rules making it compulsory to report plague cases. The measures provided for the isolation of patients, including use of the hospital ship Hygeia in Victoria Harbour.
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1897 — 1897 Quebec general election
The 1897 Quebec general election was held on May 11, 1897, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The Quebec Liberal Party, led by Félix-Gabriel Marchand, defeated the incumbent Quebec Conservative Party, led by Edmund James Flynn. This marked the start of over 39 consecutive years in power for the Liberals.
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1898 — Battle of Cárdenas
The Second Battle of Cárdenas was a secondary naval engagement of the Spanish–American War fought on 11 May 1898 in the port of Cárdenas, Cuba, between an American squadron of 5 ships under Captain Chapman C. Todd and 3 small Spanish vessels under Mariano Mateu. The battle resulted in an unusually costly American reverse that dissuaded the U.S. Navy from undertaking further attacks on the port.
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1898 — Battle of Cienfuegos
The Battle of Cienfuegos, also known as the Raid on Cienfuegos, was an engagement of the Spanish–American War, intended by the United States Navy to tighten its blockade of Cuba.
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1902 — French legislative election, 1902
Legislative elections were held in France on 27 April and 11 May 1902. These elections were a victory for the Bloc des gauches alliance between Socialists, Radicals, and the left wing of the Republicans, over the anti-Dreyfusard right wing of the Republicans, the progressistes. The Bloc des gauches had been brought together to support the "Republican Defense Cabinet" (gouvernement de défense républicaine) formed by Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau following the assault on the newly elected President, Émile Loubet, on the Longchamp Racecourse on 4 June 1899, during the Dreyfus affair. However, Waldeck-Rousseau's own supporters (the ARD) took few seats in the election compared to the Radicals and Socialists.
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1910 — Battle of Carraleva Pass
The Battle of Carraleva Pass (Albanian: Beteja e Carralevës) was a battle between Albanian rebels and Ottoman forces during the Albanian revolt of 1910. Shevket Turgut Pasha launched an attack against Albanian rebels who were blocking the Carraleva Pass. After three days of fighting, the Albanian rebels repelled the Ottoman army. After the initial battle, the Ottoman army, aided by local Serbs who knew a shortcut over the mountains, nearly encircled the Albanian rebels in Carraleva.
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1918 — 1918 Flinders by-election
A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Flinders on 11 May 1918. This was triggered by the resignation of Nationalist MP Sir William Irvine to become Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria. The Victorian Farmers' Union withdrew their candidate after extracting a promise from the Nationalist government to introduce preferential voting, although his name remained on the ballot paper.
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1918 — Battle of Kaniów
Battle of Kaniv, or Battle of Kaniów took place during World War I on the night of 10–11 May 1918, near Kaniv, Ukraine (Ukrainian: Канів, Polish: Kaniów) between Polish and German army troops. The fighting pitted the Polish II Corps in Russia (including Brigade II of the Polish Legions), under General Józef Haller von Hallenburg, against the German Imperial Army (including the 28th Landwehr Brigade), under General Franz Hermann Zierold.
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1918 — Mat Davidson is elected unopposed in Cobar
Mat Davidson was returned unopposed to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Cobar. He was the only candidate at the close of nominations.
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1919 — Portuguese legislative election, 1919
Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 11 May 1919. The three main parties that boycotted the 1918 elections returned to contest the elections. The result was a victory for the Democratic Party, which won 86 of the 163 seats in the House of Representatives and 36 of the 71 seats in the Senate.
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1919 — Battle of Bagh
The Battle of Bagh was fought between British and Afghan forces in British India's Northwest Frontier during the Third Anglo-Afghan War. On 3 May 1919, British troops suffered a setback in the northern theatre when Afghan forces captured the town of Bagh in Landi Kotal. Despite efforts to reinforce and launch a counterattack, the British failed to recapture Bagh on 9 May 1919.
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1919 — Uruguay becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty
Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in southeastern South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast. It is part of the Southern Cone region of South America.
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1924 — 1924 French legislative election
Legislative elections were held in France on 11 May and 25 May 1924. They resulted in a victory for the left-wing Cartel des Gauches, an alliance of Radicals and Socialists, which governed until July 1926 under the premierships of Édouard Herriot, Paul Painlevé and Aristide Briand.
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1927 — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences holds its organizing banquet
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences held its organizing banquet at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. The group discussed its goals, including ways to honor filmmaking. It presented the first Academy Awards in 1929.
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1928 — Jinan incident
The Jinan incident (traditional Chinese: 濟南慘案; simplified Chinese: 济南惨案; Japanese: 済南事件; formerly romanised Tsinan) or 3 May Tragedy (traditional Chinese: 五三慘案; simplified Chinese: 五三惨案; pinyin: Wǔsān Cǎn'àn) began as a 3 May 1928 dispute between Chiang Kai-shek's National Revolutionary Army (NRA) and Japanese soldiers and civilians in Jinan, the capital of Shandong province in China, which then escalated into an armed conflict between the NRA and the Imperial Japanese Army.
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1929 — 1929 Queensland state election
Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 11 May 1929 to elect the 72 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. In this election, Irene Longman became the first woman to both stand and be elected into the Queensland Parliament. The Labor government was seeking its sixth continuous term in office since the 1915 election; it would be Premier William McCormack's second election.
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1935 — 1935 Queensland state election
Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 11 May 1935 to elect the 62 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The Labor government of Premier William Forgan Smith was seeking a second term after having defeated the Country and Progressive National Party in the 1932 election. Labor received a significant swing and gained 13 seats.
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1935 — 1935 New South Wales state election
The 1935 New South Wales state election was held on 11 May 1935. This election was for all of the 90 seats in the 31st New South Wales Legislative Assembly and was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting. The result of the election was: United Australia Party 38 seats Country Party 23 seats Australian Labor Party (NSW) 29 seats.
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1938 — Integralist Uprising
The Integralist Uprising (Portuguese: Levante Integralista) was a failed coup by the Brazilian Integralist Action (AIB) against the government of president Getúlio Vargas on 11 May 1938 during the Estado Novo in Brazil. The AIB was created due to the radicalization of politics following the successful Revolution of 1930, which had brought Vargas to power, and the 1932 Constitutionalist Revolution, which had undermined revolutionary politics in favor of political extremes.
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1938 — 1938 Lower Hutt mayoral election
The 1938 Lower Hutt mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. The elections were held for the role of Mayor of Lower Hutt plus other local government positions including the nine borough councillors, also elected triennially. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.
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1938 — 1938 Auckland City mayoral election
The 1938 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1938, elections were held for the Mayor of Auckland plus other local government positions including twenty-one city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method. The election saw incumbent mayor Sir Ernest Davis re-elected, increasing his majority in the process.
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1938 — 1938 Christchurch mayoral election
The 1938 Christchurch City mayoral election was held on 11 May. The incumbent, John Beanland of the Citizens' Association, failed to get the nomination by his party and the surgeon Dr. John Guthrie was nominated instead. The Labour Party nominated Robert Macfarlane. Both the Labour and conservative candidate had been members of Christchurch City Council for some years. Macfarlane narrowly won the mayoralty.
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1938 — 1938 Invercargill mayoral election
The 1938 Invercargill mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method. Incumbent mayor John Miller sought a fourth consecutive term, the fifth in total, against deputy mayor Gordon Reed. Miller died on 20 September, resulting in a by-election in October.
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1938 — 1938 Wellington mayoral election
The 1938 Wellington mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that year. In 1938, elections were held for the Mayor of Wellington plus other local government positions including fifteen city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method. The contest resulted in the re-election of incumbent Thomas Hislop who defeated his only competitor Charles Chapman of the Labour Party.
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1938 — 1938 Dunedin mayoral election
The 1938 Dunedin mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1938, elections were held for the Mayor of Dunedin plus other local government positions including twelve city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method. Edwin Cox, the incumbent Mayor, sought re-election for a third term, a feat never before achieved in Dunedin.
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1939 — Xian Xinghai conducts the Yellow River Cantata in Yan’an
Composer Xian Xinghai conducted the Yellow River Cantata at a concert marking the first anniversary of the Lu Xun Academy of Arts in Yan’an. The performance featured a chorus of more than 100 singers.
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1940 — Battle of Fort Ében-Émael
The Battle of Fort Ében-Émael was a battle between Belgian and German forces that took place between 10 May and 11 May 1940, and was part of the Battle of Belgium and Fall Gelb, the German invasion of the Low Countries and France. An assault force of German paratroopers, Fallschirmjäger, was tasked with assaulting and capturing Fort Ében-Émael, a Belgian fortress whose strategic position and strong artillery emplacements dominated several important bridges over the Albert Canal.
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1940 — Battle of Mill
The Battle of Mill was a day long struggle in and around the Dutch village of Mill along the Peel-Raam line on the first day of the invasion of the Netherlands in 1940. Although the Germans broke through, they suffered heavy casualties and were delayed in their advance by one day.
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1941 — Assault on Rutbah Fort (1941)
The Assault on Rutbah Fort was fought during the Anglo-Iraqi War between British and Transjordanian forces and Iraqi forces loyal to Rashid Ali.
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1945 — Prague offensive
The Prague offensive (Russian: Пражская стратегическая наступательная операция, romanized: Prazhskaya strategicheskaya nastupatel'naya operatsiya, lit. 'Prague Strategic Offensive Operation') was the last major military operation of World War II in Europe. The offensive was fought on the Eastern Front from 6 May to 11 May 1945. Fought concurrently with the Prague uprising, the offensive significantly helped the liberation of Czechoslovakia in 1945.
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1947 — 1947 Coupe de France final
The 1947 Coupe de France final was a football match held at Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes on May 11, 1947, that saw Lille OSC defeat RC Strasbourg 2–0 thanks to a goal by Roger Vandooren and an own goal of Joseph Lang.
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1948 — 1948 Italian presidential election
The 1948 Italian presidential election was held in Italy on 10–11 May 1948. Luigi Einaudi, governor of the Bank of Italy and member of the Liberal Party, was elected as the new President of Italy. Only members of newly elected Parliament were entitled to vote. The 1948 presidential election was the first one voted by a regular Parliament.
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1949 — 1949 South American Championship play-off
The 1949 South American Championship play-off was a match held to determine the winner of the 1949 South American Championship, the 21st edition of this continental championship, as Brazil and Paraguay were tied for the first place after the regular competition. The match took place on May 11, 1949, at Estádio São Januário in Rio de Janeiro.
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1949 — Thailand restores its official name after a return to Siam
An official proclamation restored the name Thailand. The country had adopted the name in 1939 and used Siam again for a period after the Second World War.
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1950 — Battle of Dongshan Island
The Battle of Dongshan Island (Chinese: 东山岛战斗) was a battle fought between the Nationalists and the Communists during the last days of the Chinese Civil War over the control of the Eastern Mountain (Dongshan, 东山) Island at the southern tip of Fujian, China. It resulted in the Communists taking the island from the nationalists. Order of battle: * Defenders: nationalist order of battle: * The 17th Army * Attackers: communist order of battle: * The 91st Division of the 31st Army * The 94th Division of the 32nd Army After Zhangzhou-Xiamen Campaign, more than 5000 soldiers of the Nationalist 17th Army retreated to Eastern Mountain (Dongshan, 东山) Island off Fujian.
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1950 — 1950 Manchester City Council election
Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Thursday, 11 May 1950. One third of the councillors seats were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. Extensive ward boundary changes came into effect at this election, however, the number of councillors was retained and displaced members were allocated to newly created wards for the remainder of their terms.
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1950 — 1950 Altrincham Municipal Borough Council election
Elections to Altrincham Council were held on Thursday, 11 May 1950. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.
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1950 — 1950 Sale Municipal Borough Council election
Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 11 May 1950. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.
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1950 — 1950 Liverpool City Council election
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 11 May 1950.
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1951 — 1951 Liverpool City Council election
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 11 May 1951.
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1952 — 1952 Egypt Cup final
1952 Egypt Cup final, was the final match of 1951–52 Egypt Cup, when Zamalek (Farouk) beats Al-Ahly by 2–0.
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1953 — In the deadliest of a series of tornadoes, an F5 tornado kills 114 in Waco, Texas
A deadly series of at least 33 tornadoes hit at least 10 different U.S. states on May 9–11, 1953. Tornadoes appeared daily from Minnesota in the north to Texas in the south. The strongest and deadliest tornado was a powerful F5 tornado that struck Waco, Texas on May 11, causing 114 of the 144 deaths in the outbreak.
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1957 — 1957 Indian vice presidential election
The 1957 Indian vice presidential election was held in 1957 to elect the vice president of India. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was reelected unopposed. Had the election been contested by more than one candidate, the poll would have occurred on 11 May 1957.
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1957 — Oued Zeggar ambush
The Oued Zeggar ambush, or the battle of Aïn Kechra, was a military operation by the National Liberation Army (ALN) to ambush a French military convoy near Aïn Kechra, Skikda Province, Algeria in 1957.
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1958 — Greek legislative election, 1958
Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 11 May 1958. The result was a second consecutive victory for Constantine Karamanlis and his National Radical Union party, which won 171 of the 300 seats in Parliament.
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1961 — Sheffield City Council election, 1961
The elections were held on the 11 May 1961, with a third up for election plus a double vacancy in Owlerton. The results were largely a reversal of the previous election; a higher turnout - 35%, up significantly from the previous year's low of 25% - brought a much stronger Labour result with the seats they'd lost the preceding year held comfortably. All seats were contested and successfully defended this year, seeing no change in the make-up of the council.
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1961 — 1961 Altrincham Municipal Borough Council election
Elections to Altrincham Council of Cheshire, England were held on Thursday, 11 May 1961. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Conservative Party lost overall control of the council.
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1961 — 1961 Manchester City Council election
Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Thursday, 11 May 1961. One third of the councillors seats were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council.
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1961 — 1961 Sale Municipal Borough Council election
Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 11 May 1961. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.
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1961 — 1961 Liverpool City Council election
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 11 May 1961. After the election, the composition of the council was: One Conservative Aldermanic vacancy following the death of C. G. S. Gordon.
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1964 — 1964 Famagusta incident
The 1964 Famagusta incident was an ethnic clash which occurred in Famagusta, Cyprus in May of 1964 between the Greek Cypriot Militia and Turkish Cypriots.
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1966 — 1966 European Cup final
The 1966 European Cup final was a football match held at the Heysel Stadium, Brussels, on 11 May 1966 that saw Real Madrid of Spain defeat FK Partizan of Yugoslavia 2–1 to win the 1965–66 European Cup title.
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1967 — Sheffield City Council election, 1967
Elections to Sheffield Council were held on 11 May 1967. The entire council was up for election, following changes to the city borders, which extended into parts of Derbyshire, and extensive boundary changes and reorganisation of the wards. The wards Cathedral, Crookesmoor, Moor, Norton, Tinsley and Woodseats were abolished, with the new wards of Beauchief, Castle, Dore, Gleadless, Intake and Netherthorpe created. These, along with the inclusion of the Birley and Mosborough wards from neighbouring areas, brought the councillor total to 81 - up six from previous.
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1967 — 1967 Altrincham Municipal Borough Council election
Elections to Altrincham Council were held on Thursday, 11 May 1967. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.
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1967 — 1967 Sale Municipal Borough Council election
Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 11 May 1967. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.
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1967 — 1967 Manchester City Council election
Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Thursday, 11 May 1967. One third of the councillors seats were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from the Labour Party.
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1967 — 1967 Liverpool City Council election
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 11 May 1967.
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1967 — The Hill Fights
The Hill Fights (also known as the First Battle of Khe Sanh) took place during the Vietnam War between the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) 325C Division and United States Marines on several hill masses north of the Khe Sanh Combat Base in northwest Quảng Trị Province.
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1968 — 1968 Hale Urban District Council election
Elections to Hale Council were held on Saturday, 11 May 1968. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.
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1970 — Lubbock tornado
During the evening hours of May 11, 1970, an extremely violent multiple-vortex tornado struck a large portion of the city of Lubbock, located in the state of Texas, United States. The incident resulted in 26 fatalities and an estimated $250 million in damage (equivalent to $2.07 billion in 2025). Known as the Lubbock tornado, it was in its time the costliest tornado in U.S. history, damaging nearly 9,000 homes and inflicting widespread damage to businesses, high-rise buildings, and public infrastructure.
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1970 — 1970 Prince Edward Island general election
The 1970 Prince Edward Island general election was held on May 11, 1970. The incumbent Liberal government of Alex Campbell was easily re-elected, gaining a total of 7.9% in the popular vote on the Tories, who dropped by the identical amount, as only the two parties ran any candidates in both the 1970 and 1966 elections.
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1970 — Teruo Matsuura and Naomi Uemura reach the summit of Everest
Members of a Japanese Alpine Club expedition reached the summit of Mount Everest. Teruo Matsuura and Naomi Uemura became the first Japanese climbers to do so.
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1971 — 1971 Easthampstead Rural District Council election
The 1971 Easthampstead Rural District Council election, held on 11 May 1971, was the last election to Easthampstead Rural District Council. The Conservative Party lost overall control, emerging narrowly as the largest party. Concurrent with the changes wrought by the Local Government Act 1972, the council would transition to a new Bracknell District Council, the first election being held in 1973.
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1972 — A fire kills 12 people on Hill Road in Hong Kong
A fire broke out in older residential premises on Hill Road in Shek Tong Tsui. Twelve people died and 16 were injured.
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1973 — Aeroflot Flight 6551
Aeroflot Flight 6551 (Russian: Рейс 6551 Аэрофлота Reys 6551 Aeroflota) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight on an Ilyushin Il-18B from Baku to Novosibirsk with a stopover in Tashkent that crashed on 11 May 1973 over Semipalatinsk in the Kazakh SSR, killing all 63 people aboard.
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1977 — 1977 European Cup Winners' Cup final
The 1977 European Cup Winners' Cup Final was a football match contested between the defending champions, Anderlecht of Belgium and Hamburger SV of West Germany. It was the final match of the 1976–77 European Cup Winners' Cup tournament and the 17th European Cup Winners' Cup final in history. The final was held at Olympisch Stadion in Amsterdam, Netherlands (the venue was decided in Bern by the UEFA Executive Committee on 17 September 1976).
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1977 — 1977 Australian plebiscite (National Song)
As an additional question in the 1977 referendum, voters were polled on which tune they would prefer to be used as the "national song", to be used alongside the then national anthem, "God Save the Queen". Technically, the vote concerned only the tune to be used, with new lyrics potentially chosen at a later date. Voting on this question was not compulsory.
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1980 — 1980 North Rhine-Westphalia state election
The 1980 North Rhine-Westphalia state election was held on 11 May 1980 to elect the 9th Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia. The outgoing government was a coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by Minister-President Johannes Rau. The result was a clear victory for the SPD, who won an absolute majority of 106 seats in the Landtag with 48.4% of the vote.
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1982 — Construction begins on the Luan River diversion to Tianjin
Full construction began on a project to divert water from the Luan River in Hebei to Tianjin. The opening ceremony was held in Zunhua, Hebei.
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1983 — 1983 European Cup Winners' Cup final
The 1983 European Cup Winners' Cup Final was a football match contested between Aberdeen of Scotland and Real Madrid of Spain. It was the final match of the 1982–83 European Cup Winners' Cup tournament and the 23rd European Cup Winners' Cup final, a football tournament contested by the winners of each qualifying nation's national cup.
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1984 — 1984 Cannes Film Festival
The 37th Cannes Film Festival was held on 11–23 May 1984. The Palme d'Or went to the Paris, Texas by Wim Wenders. The festival opened with Fort Saganne, directed by Alain Corneau and closed with The Bounty, directed by Roger Donaldson.
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1984 — 1984 Coupe de France final
The 1984 Coupe de France final was a football match held at Parc des Princes, Paris, on 11 May 1984 that saw FC Metz defeat AS Monaco FC 2–0 thanks to goals by Philippe Hinschberger and Tony Kurbos.
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1985 — Bradford City stadium fire
The Bradford City stadium fire occurred during a Football League Third Division match on Saturday 11 May 1985 at the Valley Parade stadium in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, killing 56 spectators and injuring at least 265. The stadium was known for its antiquated design and facilities, which included the wooden roof of the main stand. Previous warnings had also been given about a major build-up of litter in the cavity below the stand.
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1987 — Philippine Senate election, 1987
The election for the Members of the Senate was held in the Philippines on May 11, 1987. The Philippine Senate was re-instituted following the approval of a new constitution in 1987 restoring the bicameral Congress of the Philippines; earlier, a constitution was approved in 1973 that created a unicameral Batasang Pambansa (parliament) that replaced the bicameral Congress. The last Senate election prior to this was the 1971 election. The Lakas ng Bayan Coalition (LABAN) got 64.9% of the vote but won 22 out of 24 seats in the Senate; only two candidates from the Grand Alliance for Democracy won: former Secretary of Defense Juan Ponce Enrile and San Juan mayor Joseph Estrada, despite getting 26.6% of the vote.
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1987 — Philippine legislative election, 1987
Elections to the Congress of the Philippines was held on May 11, 1987. Voters elected the members of Congress in the following elections: * Philippine Senate election, 1987 for all 24 members of the Philippine Senate and * Philippine House of Representatives elections, 1987 for majority of the members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines.
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1987 — Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon
On May 11, 1987, the trial of former Gestapo official Klaus Barbie opened at the Rhône criminal court in Lyon. He faced charges of crimes against humanity.
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1988 — 1988 European Cup Winners' Cup final
The 1988 European Cup Winners' Cup Final was a football match contested between KV Mechelen of Belgium and the defending champions, Ajax of the Netherlands. It was the final match of the 1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup and the 28th European Cup Winners' Cup final. The final was played at Stade de la Meinau in Strasbourg, France, on 11 May 1988.
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1988 — 1988 Bulgarian Cup final
The 1988 Bulgarian Cup final was the 48th final of the Bulgarian Cup, and was contested between Levski Sofia and CSKA Sofia on 11 May 1988 at Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia. CSKA won the final 4–1.
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1988 — 1988 Cannes Film Festival
The 41st Cannes Film Festival took place from 11 to 23 May 1988. Italian filmmaker Ettore Scola served as jury president for the main competition. Danish filmmaker Bille August won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for his drama film Pelle the Conqueror. The festival opened with The Big Blue by Luc Besson, and closed with Willow by Ron Howard.
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1989 — 1989 Cannes Film Festival
The 42nd Cannes Film Festival was held on May 11-23, 1989. The Palme d'Or went to the Sex, Lies, and Videotape by Steven Soderbergh. The festival opened with New York Stories, anthology film directed by Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese and closed with Old Gringo, directed by Luis Puenzo.
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1989 — 1989 Greek Football Cup final
The 1989 Greek Cup final was the 45th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 11 May 1989 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were Panionios and Panathinaikos. It was Panionios' fifth Greek Cup final in their 99 years of existence and Panathinaikos' eighteenth Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 81-year history.
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1991 — 1991 Menzies by-election
The 1991 Menzies by-election was held in the Australian electorate of Menzies in Victoria on 11 May 1991. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the sitting member, the former deputy Liberal Party leader Neil Brown. The Australian Labor Party did not field a candidate. The by-election was won by the Liberal Party's Kevin Andrews.
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1991 — Archaeologists find Neolithic remains at Zaoyuan
During a survey in Zaoyuan village in Yicheng County, Tian Jianwen and colleagues found pottery fragments associated with a Neolithic settlement. Later research identified the finds as part of the archaeological culture named after Zaoyuan.
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1992 — Philippine presidential election, 1992
Presidential elections, legislative elections and local elections were held in the Philippines on May 11, 1992. This was the first general elections under the 1987 Constitution. An estimated 80,000 candidates ran for 17,000 posts from the presidency down to municipal councilors. Even if the constitution allowed her to do so, President Corazon Aquino did not run again. In the presidential election, retired general Fidel Ramos of Lakas-NUCD won a six-year term as President, by a small margin, narrowly defeated populist candidate Miriam Defensor Santiago of People's Reform Party.
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1992 — Philippine general election, 1992
Presidential and vice presidential elections, legislative elections and local elections were held in the Philippines on May 11, 1992. An estimated 80,000 candidates ran for 17,000 posts from the Presidency down to municipal councillors in the first general election under the 1987 Constitution. Even though she was permitted by the Constitution to run for a second term, President Corazon Aquino did not stand for re-election. Retired general Fidel Ramos of Lakas-NUCD won a six-year term as President of the Philippines by a small margin, narrowly defeating populist candidate Miriam Defensor Santiago of the People's Reform Party.
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1992 — Philippine Senate election, 1992
The senatorial election was held in the Philippines on May 11, 1992. This was the first general election (where all positions are contested) under the 1987 Philippine Constitution. An estimated 80,000 candidates ran for 17,000 posts from the presidency down to municipal councilors. Under the transitory provisions of the Philippine constitution, 24 senators were elected in this election. The first 12 senators who garnered the highest votes would have a 6 six-year term while the next 12 senators would have a 3-year term. Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP) got a large share in the Senate race.
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1992 — 1992 Pasay local elections
Local elections were held in Pasay on May 11, 1992 within the Philippine general election. The voters elected for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the representative for the lone district, and the councilors, twelve of them in the lone district of the city.
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1992 — 1992 Naga, Camarines Sur, local elections
The 1992 Naga City local elections were held on May 11, 1992, as part of the 1992 Philippine general election. Voters elected the mayor, vice mayor, and ten councilors. Then-incumbent mayor Jesse Robredo of the newly-formed Lakas–NUCD of administration-endorsed Fidel V. Ramos won re-election in a landslide, sweeping all positions including vice mayor and all ten seats in the city council.
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1992 — 1992 Manila local elections
Local elections was held in the City of Manila on May 11, 1992, within the Philippine general elections after the passing of 1987 constitution and its transition period from 1988 to 1992. The voters elected for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the six congressmen, and the councilors, six in each of the city's six legislative districts.
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1993 — 1993 Jersey City mayoral election
The 1993 Jersey City mayoral election was held on May 11, 1993. Incumbent mayor Bret Schundler, who won a special election in November 1992 to complete the unexpired term of Gerald McCann, was elected to a full term in office over Louis Manzo.
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1996 — Triplemanía IV-A
Triplemanía IV-A was a major lucha libre, or professional wrestling, show promoted by the Mexican-based Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) and was the first of three Triplemanía IV shows held in 1996. The event took place on May 11, 1996 at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois, United States and marked the first time AAA held a Triplemanía outside of Mexico and one of the few times Triplemanía was an international event. The annual Triplemanía show(s) are AAA's biggest show of the year, serving as the culmination of major storylines and feature wrestlers from all over the world competing in what has been described as AAA's version of WrestleMania or their Super Bowl event.
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1996 — ValuJet Flight 592
ValuJet Flight 592 was a regularly scheduled flight from Miami to Atlanta in the United States. On May 11, 1996, the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 operating the route crashed into the Florida Everglades about 10 minutes after departing Miami due to a fire in the cargo compartment. The fire was caused by mislabeled and improperly stored chemical oxygen generators. All 110 people on board were killed.
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1996 — A Matter of Respect (1996)
A Matter of Respect was the first A Matter of Respect professional wrestling event produced by Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). It took place on May 11, 1996, in the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States. Excerpts from A Matter of Respect aired on episodes #160, #161, and #162 of the syndicated television show ECW Hardcore TV on May 14, 21, and 28, 1996.
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1996 — 1996 FA Cup final
The 1996 FA Cup final was the 51st to be held at Wembley Stadium after the Second World War and was held between two of the biggest rivals in English football, Manchester United and Liverpool.
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1997 — Malian presidential election, 1997
Presidential elections were held in Mali on 11 May 1997. They were boycotted by the main opposition parties and saw incumbent president Alpha Oumar Konaré of the Alliance for Democracy in Mali re-elected with 84.4% of the vote, although turnout was just 29.0%.
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1997 — 1997 L.League Cup final
1997 L.League Cup final was the second final of the L.League Cup competition. The final was played at Nihondaira Sports Stadium in Shizuoka on May 11, 1997. Prima Ham FC Kunoichi won the championship.
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1997 — 1997 Milan municipal election
Municipal elections were held in Milan on 27 April and 11 May 1997 to elect the Mayor of Milan and the 60 members of the City Council. As no candidate won a majority in the first round, a runoff was held between the top two candidates – Gabriele Albertini, a businessman close to Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia (FI) and Aldo Fumagalli, a young businessman and former president of Milan Young Entrepreneurs' Confederation, supported by The Olive Tree coalition – which Albertini won by a decisive margin.
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1997 — Deep Blue defeats Kasparov to win their rematch
On 11 May 1997, IBM’s Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov in the sixth and final game of their rematch in New York City. The result gave the computer a 3½–2½ match victory over the reigning world chess champion under standard tournament time controls.
This is the deciding game of the 1997 rematch, rather than Deep Blue’s single-game victory in the 1996 match.
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1998 — Philippine House of Representatives elections, 1998
The Elections for the House of Representatives of the Philippines were held on May 11, 1998. Held on the same day as the presidential election, the party of the incumbent president, Fidel V. Ramos' Lakas-NUCD-UMDP, won majority of the seats in the House of Representatives. For the first time since the People Power Revolution, a party won majority of the seats in the House; Lakas had a seat over the majority. This is also the first Philippine elections that included the party-list system.
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1998 — Philippine general election, 1998
Presidential elections, legislative elections and local elections were held in the Philippines on May 11, 1998. In the presidential election, Vice President Joseph Estrada won a six-year term as President by a landslide victory. In the vice-presidential race, Senator Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo won a six-year term as Vice President also by a landslide victory. This was the third election where both president and vice president came from different parties.
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1998 — Philippine presidential election, 1998
Presidential elections were held in the Philippines on May 11, 1998. In the presidential election, Vice President Joseph Estrada won a six-year term as President by a landslide victory. In the vice-presidential race, Senator Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo won a six-year term as Vice President also by a landslide victory. This was the third election where both president and vice president came from different parties.
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1998 — Philippine Senate election, 1998
The senatorial election was held in the Philippines on May 11, 1998. The two main competing coalitions in the senatorial election were the Lakas-NUCD-UMDP and the Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino (LAMMP; Struggle of the Nationalist Filipino Masses)-led coalition composed of the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP), Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP), the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) and PDP-Laban.
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1998 — 1998 Pasay local elections
Local elections were held in Pasay on May 11, 1998 within the Philippine general election. The voters elected for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the representative for the lone district, and the councilors, six of them in the two districts of the city.
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1998 — 1998 Naga, Camarines Sur, local elections
Local elections were held in Naga, Camarines Sur, on May 11, 1998, as part of the 1998 Philippine general election. Voters elected a mayor, vice mayor, ten members of the city council, and a representative for the second congressional district. Incumbent mayor Jesse Robredo was term-limited after serving three consecutive terms and endorsed Sulpicio S. Roco Jr., who won the mayoral race with a landslide 62.9% of the vote under the banner of Aksyon Demokratiko.
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1998 — 1998 Manila local elections
Local elections was held in the City of Manila on May 11, 1998, within the Philippine general election. The voters elected for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the six congressmen, and the councilors, six in each of the city's six legislative districts. With the resignation of Alfredo Lim to run for president, Vice Mayor Lito Atienza was seated as mayor, with former boxer-comedian and first councilor Larry Silva as the vice mayor.
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1998 — 1998 Makati local elections
Local elections was held in the City of Makati on May 11, 1998, within the Philippine general election. The voters elected for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the two congressmen, and the councilors, eight in each of the city's two legislative districts.
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1998 — India begins a new round of underground nuclear tests at Pokhran
India carried out the opening tests of its May 1998 nuclear test series at the Pokhran test site in Rajasthan. These were India's first nuclear tests since 1974. A second round took place at the site two days later.
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2000 — United Malays National Organisation leadership election, 2000
A leadership election was held by the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) party on 11 May 2000. It was won by incumbent Prime Minister and President of UMNO, Mahathir Mohamad.
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2000 — 2000 Copa Apertura final
The 2000 Copa Apertura final was played between Universidad de Chile and Santiago Morning at the Estadio Nacional in Santiago, Chile on 11 May 2000. Universidad de Chile won the match 2–1 after extra time.
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2000 — Galashki ambush
Galashki ambush took place of May 11, 2000, when the separatist militants from the group of Shamil Basayev, led by a Galashki native Ruslan Khuchbarov, attacked and destroyed a convoy of the Russian Interior Ministry paramilitary forces in the Republic of Ingushetia. The incident was the first major act of violence linked to the Second Chechen War in Ingushetia and the first major rebel raid outside the neighbouring Chechnya since war began in 1999.
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2002 — K-1 World MAX 2002 World Tournament final
K-1 World MAX 2002 World Tournament Final was a kickboxing event promoted by the K-1 Organisation. It was the inaugural K-1 World MAX final for middleweight kickboxers (70 kg/154 lb weight class), consisting of eight finalists and two reserve fighters, with all bouts fought under K-1 rules. The tournament fighters had qualified via preliminary tournaments or had been invited due to their achievements in the world of kickboxing and Muay Thai (more information on the fighters is displayed by the bulleted list below). In total there were ten fighters at the event, representing seven countries. The tournament winner was Albert Kraus who defeated Kaolan Kaovichit by first round knockout to become the first ever K-1 MAX champion. Of the two fighters, Kraus had the tougher path to the final having had to beat Shane Chapman and home favourite Masato en route to the final. The event was held at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan on Saturday, 11 May 2002.
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2002 — 2002 Football League Second Division play-off final
The 2002 Football League Second Division play-off final was an association football match which was played on 11 May 2002 at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, between Brentford and Stoke City. It was to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from the Football League Second Division, the third tier of the English football league system, to the First Division.
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2002 — 2002 DFB-Pokal final
The 2002 DFB-Pokal final decided the winner of the 2001–02 DFB-Pokal, the 59th season of Germany's premier knockout football cup competition. It was played on 11 May 2002 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. Schalke 04 won the match 4–2 against Bayer Leverkusen to claim their 4th cup title.
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2002 — 2002 Coupe de France final
The 2002 Coupe de France final was a football match held at Stade de France, Saint-Denis on 11 May 2002. FC Lorient defeated SC Bastia 1–0 thanks to a goal by captain Jean-Claude Darcheville. This match was also famous for the appearance of Rémi Gaillard, who disguised himself as a Lorient player.
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2003 — May 2003 Montenegrin presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Montenegro on 11 May 2003. They were the third such elections in six months, as those held in December 2002 and February 2003 had been declared invalid due to voter turnouts of less than 50%. For the May election, the turnout rule was abolished. The result was a victory for Filip Vujanović, who was nominated by the Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro and Social Democratic Party of Montenegro, who received 64.2% of the vote.
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2004 — 2004 Nebraska Democratic presidential primary
The 2004 Nebraska Democratic presidential primary took place on May 11, 2004, along with West Virginia's primary. Nebraska's 24 pledged delegates were allocated based on the results of the primary. Having already been the presumptive nominee for over two months, John Kerry won the primary by a considerable margin and earned all of the state's 24 delegates.
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2004 — 2004 West Virginia Democratic presidential primary
The 2004 West Virginia Democratic presidential primary was held on May 11 in the U.S. state of West Virginia as one of the Democratic Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 2004 presidential election.
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2005 — 2005 Turkish Cup final
The 2005 Turkish Cup final was a football match played on 11 May 2005 at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul between Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe. It was the final and deciding match of the 2004–05 Türkiye Kupası (Turkish Cup). Galatasaray won the match 5-1 for their 14th title.
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2005 — 2005 Cupa României final
The 2005 Cupa României final was the 67th final of Romania's most prestigious cup competition. The final was played at the Cotroceni Stadium in Bucharest on 11 May 2005 and was contested between Divizia A sides Dinamo București and Farul Constanța. Ștefan Grigorie scored the only goal of the match as Dinamo București won the match 1–0.
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2005 — 2005 Cannes Film Festival
The 58th Cannes Film Festival took place from 11 May and ran until 22 May 2005. Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica served as jury president for the main competition. Cécile de France hosted the opening and closing ceremonies. Belgian filmmakers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, the Dardenne brothers, won the Palme d'Or for the second time with the drama film L'Enfant.
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2006 — 2006 Danish Cup final
The 2006 Danish Cup final was the final and deciding match of the 2005–06 Danish Cup. It took place on Thursday 11 May 2006 at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen and saw the 1st Division leaders Randers FC beat Superliga club Esbjerg fB after extra time. Randers have won the Cup on three previous occasions (1967, 1968 and 1973). As well as 1976, Esbjerg also won the Cup in 1964.
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2006 — Death of Zhang Hongyi
On 11 May 2006, Zhang Hongyi, a composer and arranger, died.
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2007 — CMLL International Gran Prix (2007)
The CMLL International Gran Prix (2007) was a lucha libre, or professional wrestling, tournament produced and scripted by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL; "World Wrestling Council" in Spanish) which took place on May 11, 2007 in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico, CMLL's main venue. The 2007 International Gran Prix was the tenth time CMLL has held an International Gran Prix tournament since 1994.
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2007 — Art of War 2
Art of War Undisputed Arena Fighting Championship: Art of War 2 was the second mixed martial arts event by the mixed martial arts organization Art of War Undisputed Arena Fighting Championship. The event took place on Saturday, May 11, 2007 at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas. The card aired on HDTV.
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2008 — Dream 3
Dream 3: Lightweight Grand Prix 2008 2nd Round was a mixed martial arts event promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group's mixed martial arts promotion DREAM. The event took place on Sunday May 11, 2008 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan and hosted the second round of the promotion's 70 kilograms (154 lb) Lightweight tournament.
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2008 — 2008 FA Vase final
The 2008 FA Vase final was played at Wembley Stadium on 11 May 2008. Kirkham & Wesham defeated Lowestoft Town 2–1 in front of 19,537 spectators. Substitute Matt Walwyn scored both goals for Kirkham & Wesham.
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2009 — Battle for Central Somalia (2009)
The Central Somalia Spring Fighting of 2009 (May 11, 2009 – present) was a series of battles in Hiraan, Shabeellaha Dhexe and Galgudug between rebels of al-Shabaab and Hizbul Islam and government forces and ICU militants loyal to the government, during spring 2009 as well as pro-government militia of Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaah. The fighting led to al-Shabaab capturing major government strongholds and Ethiopian forces re-entering Somalia and setting up bases in Hiraan. There was a halt in fighting during a government offensive in Mogadishu, which started on May 22.
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2009 — Camp Liberty shooting
On May 11, 2009, five United States military personnel were fatally shot at a military counseling clinic at Camp Liberty, Iraq by Army Sergeant John M. Russell. In the days before the killings, witnesses stated Russell had become distant and was having suicidal thoughts. Russell was charged with five counts of murder and one count of aggravated assault.
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2009 — STS-125
STS-125, or HST-SM4 (Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 4), was the fifth and final Space Shuttle mission to the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis occurred on May 11, 2009, at 2:01 pm EDT. Landing occurred on May 24 at 11:39 am EDT, with the mission lasting a total of just under 13 days.
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2010 — 2010 Newark mayoral election
The 2010 election for Mayor of Newark took place in Newark, the most populous city in the state of New Jersey, on May 11, 2010. Elections for all seats on the nine member Municipal Council of Newark were held the same day. A runoff election, if necessary, would have taken place. Elections in the city are non-partisan and candidates are not listed by political party.
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2010 — 2010 Slovak Cup final
The 2010 Slovak Cup final was the final match of the 2009–10 Slovak Cup, the 41st season of the top cup competition in Slovak football. The match was played at the Zemplin Stadium in Michalovce on 11 May 2010 between Spartak Trnava and Slovan Bratislava. Slovan Bratislava won after the match ended 6–0.
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2010 — 2010 Raduša shootout
The Macedonian police forces had a shootout with an armed group near the village of Raduša, Macedonia (now North Macedonia), close to the Kosovo border, which was smuggling weapons. The Macedonian police recovered a large quantity of weapons and NLA uniforms in their vehicle.
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2010 — David Cameron becomes prime minister of the United Kingdom
On May 11, 2010, Queen Elizabeth II asked David Cameron to form a government after Gordon Brown resigned. Cameron took office and announced plans for a coalition between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats.
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2011 — 2011 Lorca earthquake
The 2011 Lorca earthquake (Spanish: Terremoto de Lorca de 2011) was a moderate magnitude 5.1 Mw earthquake that caused significant localized damage in the Region of Murcia, Spain. Centred at a very shallow depth of 1 km (0.6 mi) near the town of Lorca, it occurred at 18:47 CEST (16:47 UTC) on 11 May 2011, causing panic among locals and displacing many from their homes. The quake was preceded by a magnitude 4.4 (Mw) foreshock at 17:05 (15:05 UTC), that inflicted substantial damage to many older structures in the area, including the historical Espolón Tower of Lorca Castle, the Hermitage of San Clemente and the Convent of Virgen de Las Huertas.
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2011 — Istanbul Convention
The Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence, better known as the Istanbul Convention, is a human rights treaty of the Council of Europe opposing violence against women and domestic violence which was opened for signature on 11 May 2011, in Istanbul, Turkey. The convention aims at prevention of violence, victim protection and to end the impunity of perpetrators.
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2011 — 2011 Turkish Cup final
The 2011 Turkish Cup final was the 49th final match of the Turkish Cup. The match took place on 11 May 2011, at Kadir Has Stadium in Kayseri. The match was played between 8 time winners Beşiktaş and first time finalists İstanbul B.B. The referee of the match was Yunus Yıldırım.
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2013 — 2013 FA Cup final
The 2013 FA Cup final was an association football match between Manchester City and Wigan Athletic on 11 May 2013 at Wembley Stadium in London, England, organised by the Football Association (FA). It marked the 132nd final of the Football Association Challenge Cup (FA Cup), the world's oldest football cup competition. It was Wigan's first FA Cup final and Manchester City's tenth.
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2013 — 2013 Reyhanlı car bombings
On 11 May 2013, two car bombs exploded in the Turkish town of Reyhanlı, a town of 64,000 people, 5 km from the Syrian border and the busiest land border post with Syria, in Hatay Province, Turkey. At least 52 people were killed and 140 injured in the attack. Turkish authorities accused the government of Syria of being behind the bombings, and within two weeks had charged 12 Turkish nationals who it said were backed by the Syrian government.
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2013 — 2013 El Paso mayoral election
The 2013 El Paso mayoral election was held on May 11, 2013, to elect the Mayor of El Paso, Texas. Incumbent Mayor John Cook could not seek another term due to term limits. Businessman Oscar Leeser and El Paso city councilor Steve Ortega advanced to a runoff election on June 15. Leeser won the runoff election.
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2013 — 2013 Balochistan provincial election
Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Balochistan on 11 May 2013, alongside nationwide general elections and three other provincial elections in Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab. The remaining two territories of Pakistan, Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan, were ineligible to vote due to their disputed status.
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2013 — 2013 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election
Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to elect the members of the 10th Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on 11 May 2013, alongside nationwide general elections and three other provincial elections in Sindh, Balochistan and Punjab. The remaining two territories of Pakistan, AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan, were ineligible to vote due to their disputed status.
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2013 — 2013 Greek Football Cup final
The 2013 Greek Cup final was the 69th final of the Greek Cup. It took place on 11 May 2013 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and Asteras Tripolis. It was Asteras Tripolis' first ever Greek Cup final in their 72 years of existence and Olympiacos' thirty seventh and second consecutive Greek Cup final of their 88-year history.
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2013 — 2013 Pakistani general election in Islamabad
General elections were held in Islamabad Capital Territory on Saturday 11 May 2013 to elect 2 member of National Assembly of Pakistan from Islamabad. Pakistan Muslim League (N) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf won one seat each from Islamabad.
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2013 — 2013 San Antonio mayoral election
On May 11, 2013, the city of San Antonio, Texas, held a mayoral election for the role of Mayor of San Antonio to serve a two-year term to expire in 2015. Julian Castro, the incumbent Mayor, was re-elected as mayor of San Antonio with a substantial majority, avoiding a runoff and earning a third term. Under Texas law, all municipal elections are officially nonpartisan.
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2013 — 2013 Setanta Sports Cup final
The 2013 Setanta Sports Cup final was the final match of the 2013 Setanta Sports Cup, an all-Ireland association football competition. The match took place on 11 May 2013 in Tallaght Stadium, home of one of the participating teams, Shamrock Rovers. Drogheda United were the other side to contest the final. Shamrock Rovers won the match 7–1 to win their first trophy under manager Trevor Croly.
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2013 — 2013 Sindh provincial election
Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Sindh to elect the members of the 12 Provincial Assembly of Sindh on 11 May 2013, alongside nationwide general elections and three other provincial elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Punjab. The remaining two territories of Pakistan, AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan, were ineligible to vote due to their disputed status.
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2013 — 2013 Punjab provincial election
Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Punjab to elect the 16th Provincial Assembly of the Punjab on 11 May 2013, alongside nationwide general elections and three other provincial elections in Sindh, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The remaining two territories of Pakistan, AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan, were ineligible to vote due to their disputed status.
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2013 — Mayoral elections in Plano, Texas
Elections are currently held every four years to elect the Mayor of Plano, Texas. Since 1884, the Mayor of Plano had been serving two year terms. The term length was changed to 3 years in 2006, and again to 4 years in 2011. Since elections for city council members are held in both Collin County and Denton County, the voting results from the two counties are combined for the purpose of this article.
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2013 — Turkey–Islamic State conflict
The Turkey–Islamic State conflict are a series of attacks and clashes between the state of Turkey and the Islamic State. Turkey joined the War against the Islamic State in 2016, after the Islamic State attacks in Turkey. The Turkish Armed Forces' Operation Euphrates Shield was aimed against both the Islamic State and the SDF. Part of Turkish-occupied northern Syria, around Jarabulus and al-Bab, was taken after Turkey drove the Islamic State out of it.
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2014 — Lithuanian presidential election, 2014
Presidential elections were held in Lithuania on 11 May 2014, with a second round held on 25 May between the top two candidates from the first round. In the second round, incumbent President Dalia Grybauskaitė was re-elected with 58% of the vote.
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2014 — 2014 Stade Tata Raphaël disaster
The 2014 Stade Tata Raphaël disaster refers to a fatal stampede that occurred in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, at the Stade Tata Raphaël on 11 May 2014. During the match between Congolese football clubs TP Mazembe and Vita Club, missiles were thrown onto the pitch and the referee chose to delay play. Fifteen people died after police launched tear gas into the stands causing a stampede.
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2015 — Guyanese general election, 2015
Early general elections were held in Guyana on 11 May 2015, alongside regional elections. The result was a victory for the APNU–Alliance for Change alliance, which won 33 of the 65 seats in the National Assembly. Following the elections, APNU leader David A. Granger was sworn in as President on 16 May 2015.
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2015 — Destination X (2015)
The 2015 Destination X (also known as Impact Wrestling: Destination X) was a professional wrestling event produced by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion, which took place on May 11, 2015 at the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida. It was the eleventh event under the Destination X chronology.
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2015 — Tin Telout ambush
On May 11, 2015, a Malian convoy was ambushed by Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA) fighters in Tin Telout, Tombouctou Region, Mali. The ambush was the last conflict between the Malian government and CMA before the signing of the Algiers Accords.
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2016 — 11 May 2016 Baghdad bombings
In May 2016, the Islamic State conducted a series of bombing attacks in and around Shia neighbourhoods in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, killing and wounding hundreds. According to IS, attacks were aimed at Shia fighters.
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2016 — Wuhan Hongxing–Jiangsu Suning brawl
On 11 May 2016, a 2016 Chinese FA Cup third round match involving the amateur club Wuhan Hongxing Bairun F.C. and the Chinese Super League club Jiangsu Suning F.C. took place at Hankou Cultural Sports Centre, in Wuhan, China. Jiangsu Suning won by a single goal while striker Ge Wei scored in the 7th minute of the stoppage time, but the game was best remembered for a brawl following the final whistle.
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2017 — 2017 Hazfi Cup final
The 2017 Hazfi Cup final was the 30th final of the Hazfi Cup since its inauguration in 1975. It was contested by Tractor S.C. and Naft Tehran F.C. The winner would proceed to the AFC Champions League group stage, and the runner-up would move into the play-offs.
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2018 — 2018 Melbourne lord mayoral by-election
The 2018 Melbourne lord mayoral by-election was held from 23 April until 11 May 2018 to elect the Lord Mayor of Melbourne, following the resignation of Robert Doyle. The election used a preferential voting system and was held by postal ballot.
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2018 — Torneo Gran Alternativa (2018)
The Torneo Gran Alternativa 2018 was a professional wrestling tournament event produced by the Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLLl; Spanish "World Wrestling Council") that began on May 4, 2018 and ran over the course of three of CMLL's Friday night shows in Arena México through May 18. The Torneo Gran Alternativa (Great alternative tournament) concept sees a Novato or rookie team up with an experienced wrestler for a tag team tournament.
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2019 — 2019 Sandakan by-election
The 2019 Sandakan by-election was a by-election held on 11 May 2019 for the Dewan Rakyat seat of Sandakan. It was called following the death of incumbent, Wong Tien Fatt on 28 March 2019. Wong was a 2-term Member of Parliament for Sandakan since 2013. He was a member and Sabah state party chairman (2015-2019) of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition.
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2019 — UFC 237
UFC 237: Namajunas vs. Andrade was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that was held on May 11, 2019, at Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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2019 — 2019 National League play-off final
The 2019 National League play-off final, known as the Vanarama National League Promotion Final for sponsorship reasons, was a football match played at Wembley Stadium in London on 11 May 2019 to decide the second team to be promoted from the National League to EFL League Two for the 2019–20 season. The culmination of the 2019 National League play-offs saw Salford City beat AFC Fylde 3–0 to earn promotion alongside the National League champions Leyton Orient.
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2019 — 2019 OFC Champions League final
The 2019 OFC Champions League final was the final match of the 2019 OFC Champions League, the 18th edition of the Oceanian Club Championship, Oceania's premier club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the 13th season under the current OFC Champions League name. The final was contested as a single match between New Caledonian teams Magenta and Hienghène Sport. The match took place at the Stade Numa-Daly Magenta in Nouméa on 11 May 2019.
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2019 — 2019 Greek Football Cup final
The 2019 Greek Cup final was the 75th final of the Greek Cup. It took place on 11 May 2019 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were PAOK and AEK Athens for a third time in row. It was PAOK's twentieth Greek Cup final and third consecutive, in their 93 years of existence and AEK Athens' twenty fourth Greek Cup final and fourth consecutive, of their 95-year history.
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2019 — 2019 European Rugby Champions Cup final
The 2019 European Rugby Champions Cup Final was the final match in the 2018–19 European Rugby Champions Cup, and the twenty-fourth European club rugby final in general. The final was between defending champions and four-time winners Leinster, and two-time winners Saracens. Saracens defeated Leinster to claim their third title, overcoming a ten-point deficit to tie the score at half-time, before taking the lead in the second half to secure victory with a final result of 20–10.
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2021 — 2021 North Miami mayoral election
The 2021 North Miami mayoral election took place on May 11, 2021. Incumbent Mayor Philippe Bien-Aime ran for re-election to a second term. He was challenged by Michael Etienne, the former city clerk. During the campaign, Etienne attacked Bien-Aime for fiscal irresponsibility and argued that it was "absolutely imperative" to rein in the city's budget deficit, while Bien-Aime attacked Etienne for mismanagement of the city clerk's office.
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2021 — 2021 Omaha mayoral election
The 2021 Omaha mayoral election was held in 2021. Incumbent Republican mayor Jean Stothert was re-elected to a third term in office. Stothert is the first person elected to a third consecutive term as mayor of Omaha in the modern era. The position of mayor in Omaha is officially a non-partisan position. A blanket primary was held on April 6, 2021.
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2021 — 2021 Anchorage mayoral election
The 2021 Anchorage mayoral election was held on April 6, 2021, to elect the mayor of Anchorage, Alaska. As no candidate received at least 45% of the vote in the first round, the two candidates with the highest vote share, Forrest Dunbar and Dave Bronson, advanced to a runoff on May 11. The election was officially nonpartisan.
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2022 — Mon Taing Pin massacre
The Mon Taing Pin massacre was a mass killing of civilians by Burmese military forces on 11 May 2022, in the village of Mondaingbin, Sagaing Region, Myanmar. During the massacre, Myanmar Army troops executed at least 37 villagers. Sagaing Region later became the site of several additional mass killings perpetrated by the Burmese military, including the Letyetkon and Tadaing massacres.
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2022 — 2022 Coppa Italia final
The 2022 Coppa Italia final decided the winners of the 2021–22 Coppa Italia, Italy's premier football cup, the Coppa Italia. It was played on 11 May 2022 between Juventus and Internazionale. Internazionale won the match 4–2 after extra time for their eighth Coppa Italia title.
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2022 — 2022 Magyar Kupa final
The 2022 Magyar Kupa final decided the winners of the 2021–22 Magyar Kupa, the 82nd season of Hungarian premier football cup, the Magyar Kupa. It was played on 11 May 2022 between Ferencváros and Paks. Ferencváros won the match 3–0 for their twenty-fourth Magyar Kupa title.
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2024 — Eurovision Song Contest 2024
The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 was the 68th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It consisted of two semi-finals on 7 and 9 May and a final on 11 May 2024, held at the Malmö Arena in Malmö, Sweden, and presented by Petra Mede and Malin Åkerman. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT), which staged the event after winning the 2023 contest for Sweden with the song "Tattoo" by Loreen.
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2024 — 2024 FA Trophy final
The 2024 FA Trophy final was an association football match played at Wembley Stadium, London, on 11 May 2024. It was the 55th FA Trophy final and was contested between Gateshead and Solihull Moors. It was Gateshead's second consecutive final following their defeat the previous year, and Solihull Moors' first final. Due to sponsorship by Isuzu, the final was officially named the Isuzu FA Trophy Final.
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2024 — UFC on ESPN: Lewis vs. Nascimento
UFC on ESPN: Lewis vs. Nascimento (also known as UFC on ESPN 56) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on May 11, 2024, at the Enterprise Center, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
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2024 — Azteca Lucha (2024)
Azteca Lucha (2024) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Major League Wrestling (MLW), which took place on May 11, 2024, at the Cicero Stadium in Cicero, Illinois. It was the third event under the MLW Azteca chronology and streamed live on Triller TV. The event featured various wrestlers from partner promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL).
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2024 — NJPW Resurgence (2024)
Resurgence (2024) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It took place on May 11, 2024, at the Toyota Arena in Ontario, California. It was the third Resurgence event.
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2024 — 2024 Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election
The 2024 Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election was a by-election for the Selangor State Legislative Assembly seat of Kuala Kubu Baharu that was held on 11 May 2024. It was called following the death of incumbent, Lee Kee Hiong on 21 March 2024 of cancer. Lee had served as Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly for Kuala Kubu Baharu, serving since 2013 for three terms.
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2024 — 2024 FA Vase final
The 2024 FA Vase final was the 50th final of the Football Association's cup competition for teams at levels 9–11 of the English football league system. The match was contested between Great Wakering Rovers and Romford, both of the Essex Senior League. Both clubs appeared in their first final. As part of Non-League Finals Day, the final of the FA Trophy was played on the same day at the same venue.
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2024 — 2024 Tajik Super Cup
The 2024 Tajik Supercup was the 15th Tajik Supercup, an annual Tajik football match played between the winners of the previous season's Tajikistan Higher League and Tajikistan Cup. The match was contested by 2023 League and Cup champions Istiklol, and the League and Cup runners-up Ravshan Kulob.
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2025 — 2025 FA Trophy final
The 2025 FA Trophy final was an association football match played at Wembley Stadium, London, on 11 May 2025. It was the 56th FA Trophy final and was contested between Aldershot Town and Spennymoor Town. It was both teams's first final in the competition. Due to sponsorship by Isuzu, the final was officially named the Isuzu FA Trophy Final.
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2025 — 2025 FA Vase final
The 2025 FA Vase final was the 51st final of the Football Association's cup competition for teams at levels 9–11 of the English football league system. The match was contested between AFC Whyteleafe of the Combined Counties Football League and Whitstable Town of the Southern Counties East Football League. Both clubs were appearing in their first final.
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2025 — Operation Black Forest
Operation Black Forest (also Operation Kagaar) was a counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism operation conducted by Indian security forces against Naxalite-Maoist insurgents in areas located between the states of Chhattisgarh and Telangana. The operation began on 21 April 2025. The Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah announced on 14 May that the offensive had concluded in a major success for the Indian forces, killing 31 Maoists, including top commanders.
This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.
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2025 — Uruguay holds departmental and municipal elections
Voters across Uruguay elected departmental and municipal authorities. The Electoral Court published separate official counts for the two levels of government.
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