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What Happened On 11th May 1996 In History

May 11th (1996) was a Saturday. It's the 131st day of the year (132nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 234 days left to the end of the year.

Historical Events for 11th May, 1996

  • » The 1996 Mount Everest disaster: on a single day eight people die during summit attempts on Mount Everest.

Famous Birthdays on May 11 in 1996

  • » Valeria Patiuk, Israeli tennis player

May 11th Famous Deaths for 1996

  • » Nnamdi Azikiwe, Nigerian journalist and politician, 1st President of Nigeria (b. 1904)
  • » Rodney Culver, American football player (b. 1969)
  • » Rob Hall, New Zealand mountaineer (b. 1961)
  • » Candi Kubeck, American captain and pilot (b. 1961)
  • » Ademir Marques de Menezes, Brazilian footballer, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1922)
  • » Yasuko Namba, Japanese mountaineer (b. 1949)
  • » Sam Ragan, American journalist and author (b. 1915)

May 11th Holidays in History

  • » Christian Calendar of saints named Feast Day:
  • » Abgar V of Edessa (Eastern Orthodox Church)
  • » Anthimus of Rome
  • » Saints Cyril and Methodius named Cyril and Methodius (Eastern Orthodox Church; commemoration, Anglican Communion)
  • » Francis of Girolama
  • » Gangulphus called Gangulphus of Burgundy
  • » Majolus of Cluny
  • » Mamertus, the first of the Ice Saints
  • » Odilo of Cluny
  • » May 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • » Earliest day on which Whit Monday can fall, while June 14 is the latest; celebrated on the day after Pentecost. (Christianity)
  • » One of the three days of the Feast of the Lemures. (Roman Empire)
  • » Pokhran-II Legacy named National Technology Day (India)
  • » List of U.S. states by date of statehood e.g Statehood Day (Minnesota)

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