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Historical events & facts — May 11
What happened on May 11?
On May 11, 1997, IBM's supercomputer Deep Blue defeated world chess champion Garry Kasparov in the decisive game of their historic rematch, winning the series 3.5 to 2.5. It was the first time in history a machine had defeated the world's best chess player under competition conditions. Deep Blue's victory was a milestone in artificial intelligence history and marked the beginning of machine supremacy in chess.
On May 11, 1960, Israeli Mossad agent Peter Malkin captured Adolf Eichmann — one of the principal organisers of the Holocaust — in Buenos Aires, where he was living under the false identity of Ricardo Klement. Eichmann was secretly brought to Israel, where he was tried and condemned to death. His trial, followed worldwide, was a milestone in international recognition of the Holocaust as a crime against humanity.
On May 11, 1904, painter Salvador Dalí was born in Figueres, Catalonia — the most famous representative of Spanish and world surrealism. His works — The Persistence of Memory, The Great Masturbator, Christ of Saint John of the Cross — characterised by dreamlike images and an ultra-realistic academic technique, made him one of the most recognisable and controversial artists of the twentieth century. He died in Figueres in 1989.
Notable birthdays — May 11
Famous people born on May 11
Chang and Eng Bunker
Chang Bunker and Eng Bunker were Siamese-American conjoined twin brothers whose fame propelled the expression "Siamese twins" to become synonymous for conjoined twins in general. They were widely exhibited as curiosities and were "two of the nineteenth century's most studied human beings".
Theodore von Kármán
Theodore von Kármán was a Hungarian-American mathematician, aerospace engineer, and physicist who worked in aeronautics and astronautics. He was responsible for crucial advances in aerodynamics characterizing supersonic and hypersonic airflow. The defined threshold of outer space is named the "Kármán line" in recognition of his work.
Helge Løvland
Helge Andreas Løvland was a Norwegian military officer, track and field athlete, sports official and writer. He won the gold medal in the decathlon at the 1920 Olympics. Løvland was awarded the Egebergs Ærespris in 1919.
Gladys Rockmore Davis
Gladys Rockmore Davis was an American artist who worked in both commercial and fine arts. She gave up a career in advertising art to work in creative painting. Her work in pastels ranks with her oils, and her chief subjects are children, nudes, and still lifes. She also painted ballet dancers, vignettes of liberated Paris, and scenes of Spain.
Gene Savoy
Douglas Eugene "Gene" Savoy was an American explorer, author, religious leader, and theologian. He served as Head Bishop of the International Community of Christ, Church of the Second Advent from 1971 until his death.
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