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On May 11, 2009, five United States military personnel were fatally shot at a military counseling clinic at Camp Liberty, Iraq by Army Sergeant John M. Russell. In the days before the killings, witnesses stated Russell had become distant and was having suicidal thoughts.
May 11 is the 131st day of the year (132nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; ... 2009 – Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda, Indian admiral (b. 1915) [191]
The South Africa Bulls defeat the New Zealand Chiefs to win rugby union's 2009 Super 14. A bomb is discovered and defused aboard a Kish Air flight between Ahvaz and Tehran, Iran. Three Jundallah members who bombed a mosque in Zahedan, Iran, on May 28 are hanged. Chelsea F.C. defeat Everton F.C. to win the 2009 FA Cup Final.
May 11–24 – Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched to refurbish the Hubble Space Telescope on May 11, landing at Edwards Air Force Base May 24. [31] May 12–16 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 takes place in Moscow, Russia, and is won by Norwegian entrant Alexander Rybak with the song "Fairytale". May 15
On April 24, 2009, NASA managers issued a request to move the STS-125 launch up one day to May 11 at 2:01 pm EDT. [49] The change was made official at the flight readiness review on April 30. [ 49 ] The reason cited for the change was to add one more day to the launch window, from two to three days.
Eli Lilly (1838–1898) was a soldier, pharmaceutical chemist, industrialist, and founder of the Eli Lilly and Company pharmaceutical corporation. Lilly enlisted in the Union Army during the American Civil War, he recruited a company of men to serve with him, and was later promoted to colonel and given command of a force of cavalry.
This is a list of selected May 11 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit.