May 11

May 11 is the 131st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (132nd in leap years). There are 234 days remaining.

Births:

• 1904 -- Salvador Dalí (surrealist painter: The Persistence of Memory)
• 1952 -- Renaud (french composer)

Deaths:

• 2001 -- Douglas Adams (science fiction author)

Events:

• 1858 -- Minnesota became the 32nd state in the United States of America.
• 1927 -- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the "Academy" in "Academy Awards," was founded.

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May 10 - May 12 - April 11 - June 11 - more historical anniversaries

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