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11 May| 11 May 868 | China [technology] | A printed paper roll, dated 11 May and containing part of a Chinese translation of the Buddhist text Dharani Sutra, is the earliest surviving evidence for a printed book. | | 11 May 1812 | England [political events] | Following the assassination of the British prime minister, Spencer Perceval, in the lobby of the House of Commons, the Tory politician Lord Liverpool agrees to form an administration. | | 11 May 1893 | USA [births and deaths] | Martha Graham, US choreographer of modern dance, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (–1991). | | 11 May 1904 | [births and deaths] | Salvador Dalí, Spanish surrealist painter who also designed furniture, jewellery, and stage and film sets, born in Figueras, Spain (–1989). | | 11 May 1918 | [births and deaths] | Richard Feynman, US theoretical physicist in the field of quantum electrodynamics, born in New York City (–1988). | | 11–18 May 1944 | Italy, Germany, Poland [World War II (1939–45)] | Allied forces finally break through the German Gustav Line at Monte Cassino, Italy, with Polish troops storming the monastery on 18 May. The German defeat enables Allied troops at Anzio to break out of the beachhead, and clears the way to Rome. |
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