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| May 11th, 2008 (May 11 2008) | Death | Dottie Rambo, American gospel singer (born in 1934) | |
| May 11th, 2008 (May 11 2008) | Death | John Rutsey, Canadian drummer, formerly for Canadian progressive rock band Rush (b.1953) | |
| May 11th, 1998 (May 11 1998) | Event | India conducts three underground nuclear tests in Pokhran, including a thermonuclear device. | |
| May 11th, 1988 (May 11 1988) | Death | Kim Philby, British spy (born in 1912) | |
| May 11th, 1978 (May 11 1978) | Birth | Laetitia Casta, French supermodel and actress | |
| May 11th, 1978 (May 11 1978) | Birth | Perttu Kivilaakso, Finnish Cellist from the band Apocalyptica | |
| May 11th, 1968 (May 11 1968) | Event | The Toronto Transit Commission opens the largest expansion of its Bloor-Danforth Line, going to Scarborough in the east, and Etobicoke in the west. | |
| May 11th, 1968 (May 11 1968) | Birth | Jeffrey Donovan, American actor | |
| May 11th, 1958 (May 11 1958) | Birth | Christian Brando, American actor and eldest child of Marlon Brando (died in 2008) | Marlon Brando Quotes |
| May 11th, 1958 (May 11 1958) | Birth | Phil Smyth, Australian basketball player | |
| May 11th, 1958 (May 11 1958) | Birth | Walt Terrell, American baseball player | |
| May 11th, 1948 (May 11 1948) | Birth | Nirj Deva, Sri Lankan-British politician | |
| May 11th, 1948 (May 11 1948) | Birth | Shigeru Izumiya, Japanese folk musician | |
| May 11th, 1928 (May 11 1928) | Birth | Yaacov Agam, Israeli sculptor | |
| May 11th, 1928 (May 11 1928) | Birth | Brother Andrew, Dutch missionary | |
| May 11th, 1928 (May 11 1928) | Birth | Marco Ferreri, Italian film director and screenwriter (died in 1997) | |
| May 11th, 1918 (May 11 1918) | Event | The Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus is officially established. | |
| May 11th, 1918 (May 11 1918) | Birth | Richard Feynman, American physicist, Nobel laureate (died in 1988) | Richard Feynman Quotes |
| May 11th, 1888 (May 11 1888) | Birth | Irving Berlin, American composer (died in 1989) | Irving Berlin Quotes |
| May 11th, 1888 (May 11 1888) | Birth | Willis A. Lee, World War II U.S. naval admiral (died in 1945) | |
| May 11th, 1858 (May 11 1858) | Event | Minnesota is admitted as the 32nd U.S. state. | |
| May 11th, 1848 (May 11 1848) | Death | Tom Cribb, English boxer (born in 1781) | |
| May 11th, 1838 (May 11 1838) | Birth | Walter Goodman, British painter, illustrator and author (died in 1912) | |
| May 11th, 1778 (May 11 1778) | Death | William Pitt, the Elder, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born in 1708) | William King Quotes |
| May 11th, 1708 (May 11 1708) | Death | Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (born in 1646) | |
