About the day » Thursday May 11, 1911Calender converter

• Albertje Goossen-, Roderveld, Nederland († 1914)
• Anna Gerarda Jagers, Grave, Nederland († 1952)
• Alberta May Wiggill, Aetna, Cardston, Alberta, Canada († 1951)
• Adriana Jacoba van Eck, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Beugelaar, Huizen († 1987)
• Anna Elizabeth Tijdens, Drieborg, Beerta, Groningen, Netherlands
• ANNA ELIZABETH TIJDENS, Nieuw Beerta
• Adrianus van Hoff, Ameide (Vijfheerenlanden), Utrecht, Nederland († 1983)
• Alwine Hannuschke, Dinslaken, NW, DE († 1994)
• Alwine Hannuschke, Dinslaken († 1994)

• Anna Christina Petronella de Gijselaar (71), Gorinchem
• Alice Lake Thatcher (61), Plainfield, Union, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten
• Abraham Aarnoutse (64), Vrouwenpolder
• Abraham de Feijter (80), Axel, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Annigjen Otten (1), Paasloo, Oldemarkt, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alberta Gerritdina Jans (50), Riele
• Anna Ooteman (27), Grootebroek
• Anna Pepels (45), Stein, Limburg, Nederland
• Albert Alexander Brouwer (46), Bogor, Jawa Barat, Indonesia
• Amelia Anna Kettler (25), Piqua, Miami, Ohio, Verenigde Staten

• 1903 » Charlie Gehringer, American baseball player and manager († 1993)
• 1904 » Salvador Dalí, Spanish artist († 1989)
• 1905 » Catherine Bauer Wurster, American architect and public housing advocate († 1964)
• 1905 » Lise de Baissac, Mauritian-born SOE agent, war hero († 2004)
• 1907 » Rip Sewell, American baseball player and coach († 1989)
• 1911 » Mitchell Sharp, Canadian economist and politician, 23rd Canadian Minister of Finance († 2004)
• 1911 » Phil Silvers, American actor and comedian († 1985)
• 1912 » Saadat Hasan Manto, Indian-Pakistani author and screenwriter († 1955)
• 1916 » Camilo José Cela, Spanish author and politician, Nobel Prize laureate († 2002)
• 1918 » Richard Feynman, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1988)

• 1882 » Frederick Innes, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1816)
• 1889 » John Cadbury, English businessman and philanthropist, founded the Cadbury Company (b. 1801)
• 1908 » Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
• 1916 » Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer and physicist (b. 1873)
• 1918 » George Elmslie, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)
• 1920 » James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1878)
• 1920 » William Dean Howells, American novelist, literary critic, and playwright (b. 1837)
• 1927 » Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
• 1929 » Jozef Murgaš, Slovak-American priest, architect, botanist, and painter (b. 1864)
• 1938 » George Lyon, Canadian golfer and cricketer (b. 1858)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacob
11. Jacobus
12. Wilhelmus
13. Gerardus
14. Arie
15. Dirk
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Grietje
14. Aaltje
15. Helena
16. Neeltje

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
• February 18 » The first official flight with airmail takes place from Allahabad, United Provinces, British India (now India), when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 kilometres (6.2mi) away.
• April 27 » Following the resignation and death of William P. Frye, a compromise is reached to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
• May 15 » More than 300 Chinese immigrants are killed in the Torreón massacre when the forces of the Mexican Revolution led by Emilio Madero take the city of Torreón from the Federales.
• May 31 » The RMS Titanic is launched in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
• September 18 » Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot at the Kiev Opera House.
• December 24 » Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

The temperature on May 11, 1911 was between 10.3 °C and 22.5 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.