eso ha pasado un 11 Mayo

1934 : The dust storm reached 2400 km long


On May 5, 1934, in the United States, a dust storm in the Great Plains reached 2400km long until the east coast: it covered a third of the territory. The multiplication of these storms caused a migration of people to the coast because of land desertification. The combination of this phenomenon to the crash of 1929 is known as the period of the Great Depression.

1953 : Waco tornado


On May 11, 1953, a F5 tornado on the Fujita scale struck the city of Waco, Texas killing 114 people and injuring nearly 600 others.

1981 : Bob Marley dies


The King of Reggae, the Jamaican musician Bob Marley died of cancer in Florida.
He was only 36 years. He was at the height of his fame.

1985 : 56 dead in soccer stadium in Bradford


On May 11, 1985, a fire broke out in the football stadium in Bradford, England. Within minutes, the roof completely burned and trapped hundreds of people. 56 people were killed. The wooden roof had to be changed to a metal roof the following week.

1987 : Trial of Klaus Barbie


On May 11, 1987, the trial of Klaus Barbie began in Lyon. The former Gestapo chief in Lyon was charged with 177 crimes against humanity. The Butcher of Lyon had worked for U.S. intelligence after the war, first in Germany then in Bolivia where he had worked for many years in the secret police, doing the same kind of work he did for the Gestapo. France had to wait for a more democratic regime in Bolivia for the extradition.

1997 : Kasparov beaten by Deep Blue


On May 11, 1997, the IBM supercomputer, Deep Blue, which can analyze 200 million chess moves per second, beat the chess champion Gary Kasparov, recognized as the greatest player of all time. This was the first time a computer was able to beat a chess champion. At their first encounter, Kasparov had beaten Deep Blue.

2010 : David Cameron becomes Prime Minister


On May 11, 2010, after the elections of 6 May which saw the defeat of the Labour party, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats went into an agreement to form a government and the Conservative leader, David Cameron, became Prime Minister.

Cita del día : 11 Mayo

Bob Marley
Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight.

Cumpleaños : 11 Mayo

Margaret Rutherford, Actriz inglesa (1892)
Salvador Dalí, Pintor catalán (1904)
Haroun Tazieff, Vulcanólogo francés (1914)
Camilo José Cela, Escritor español, Premio Nobel de Literatura (1916)
Richard Feynman, Físico estadounidense, Premio Nobel (1918)
Antony Hewish, Radioastrónomo Inglés, Premio Nobel de Física (1924)
Marco Ferreri, Director de cine americano (1928)
Valentino Garavani (Valentino), Diseñadora de moda italiana (1932)
Corinne Lepage, Politica francesa (1951)
Renaud Séchan (Renaud), Cantante francés (1952)
Fanny Cottençon, Actriz francesa (1957)
Jean-François Dérec, Comediante francés (1957)
Isabelle Mergault, Actriz y directora de cine francesa (1958)
Brice Hortefeux, Político francés (1958)
Natasha Richardson, Actriz inglesa (1963)
Greg Dulli, Músico americano (1965)
Christoph Schneider, Músico alemán (Rammstein) (1966)
Thomas Hugues, Periodista francés (1966)
Anaïs Jeanneret, Novelista y actriz francesa (1967)
Jeffrey Donovan, Actor americano (1968)
Benoît Magimel, Actor francés (1974)
Janne Ahonen, Puente de esquí finlandés (1977)
Laetitia Casta, Supermodelo y actriz francesa (1978)
Austin O'Brien, Actor americano (1981)
Jonathan Jackson, Actor americano (1982)
Abou Diaby, Futbolista francés (1986)
Giovani dos Santos, Futbolista mexicano (1989)

Nos han dejado un 11 Mayo

William Pitt, the Elder, Primer ministro de Gran Bretaña (1778)
Spencer Perceval, Primer ministro del Reino Unido (1812)
Jean-Baptiste Boussingault, Químico francés (1887)
A. E. Becquerel, Físico francés (1891)
Lex Barker, Actor americano (1973)
Odd Hassel, Químico noruego, Premio Nobel (1981)
Bob Marley, Músico jamaicano (1981)
Chester Gould, Dibujante estadounidense (Dick Tracy) (1985)
Bruno Neves, Ciclista portugués (2008)
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