May 11 is the 131st day of the year (132nd in leap years). There are 234 days remaining.
- 1829 — Patty Cannon died.
- 1881 — Juan Díaz de Garayo died.
- 1947 — Stanislas Walezewsky died.
- 1954 — Daniel Conahan is born.
- 1961 — Kimberly McCarthy is born.
- 1961 — Donald Piper is born.
- 1977 — Sergey Chyorny is born.
- 1979 — Tialda Visser is murdered by Koos Hertogs.
- 1981 — William Barrett is allegedly murdered by Wayne Williams (suspected victim).
- 1990 — Winford Stokes died.
- 2011 — Randy Gay is apprehended.
- 2013 — Dellen Millard is apprehended.
- 2024 — Terry Blair died.