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'''Stuart Smith''' (a.k.a. '''Stuart Steen''' a.k.a. '''Stuart Smita''') is a [[United Kingdom|British]]-[[Australia|australian]] actor born in [[Winchester]], who grew up in [[Sidney]].
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'''[[May 11]]''' is the 131st day of the year in the [[Gregorian Calendar]] (132nd in [[leap year]]s). There are 234 days remaining.
==Events==
*[[330]] - [[Byzantium]] is renamed [[New Rome|''Nova Roma'']] during a dedication ceremony, but is more popularly referred to as [[Constantinople]].
*[[1502]] - [[Christopher Columbus]] leaves for his fourth and final voyage to the [[West Indies]].
*[[1745]] - [[War of Austrian Succession]]: [[Battle of Fontenoy (1745)|Battle of Fontenoy]] – At [[Fontenoy]], [[France|French]] forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army.
*[[1792]] - Captain [[Robert Gray]] becomes the first documented Caucasian to visit the [[Columbia River]].
*[[1812]] - Prime Minister [[Spencer Perceval]] is assassinated by [[John Bellingham]] in the lobby of the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]], [[London]].
*[[1818]] - [[Charles XIV of Sweden|Charles XIV]] of [[Sweden-Norway]] is crowned king of [[Sweden]].
*[[1857]] - [[Indian Mutiny]]: [[India]]n rebels seize [[Delhi]] from the [[United Kingdom|British]].
*[[1858]] - [[Minnesota]] is admitted as the 32nd [[U.S. state]].
*[[1862]] - [[American Civil War]]: The ironclad [[CSS Virginia|CSS ''Virginia'']] is scuttled in the [[James River (Virginia)|James River]] northwest of [[Norfolk, Virginia]].
*[[1864]] - [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Yellow Tavern]] – [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] General [[JEB Stuart]] is mortally wounded at [[Yellow Tavern, Virginia]].
*[[1867]] - [[Luxembourg]] gains its independence.
*[[1894]] - [[Pullman Strike]]: Three thousand [[Pullman Palace Car Company]] workers go on a wildcat [[Strike action|strike]] in [[Illinois]].
*[[1910]] - An act of the [[Congress of the United States|U.S. Congress]] establishes [[Glacier National Park (US)|Glacier National Park]] in [[Montana]].
*[[1911]] - The [[United States]] becomes a signatory to the [[Buenos Aires Convention|Buenos Aires]] [[copyright]] [[treaty]].
*[[1927]] - The [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] is founded.
*[[1928]] - The first analog [[Television|TV]] service is inaugurated by [[WGY]], [[Schenectady, New York]].
*[[1934]] - [[Dust Bowl]]: A strong two-day [[dust storm]] removes massive amounts of [[Great Plains]] [[topsoil]] in one of the worst dust storms of the Dust Bowl in [[North America]].
*[[1942]] - [[William Faulkner]]'s collections of short stories, ''[[Go Down, Moses]]'', is published.
*[[1943]] - [[World War II]]: [[United States|American]] troops invade [[Attu Island|Attu]] in the [[Aleutian Islands]] in an attempt to expel occupying [[Japan]]ese forces.
*[[1944]] - World War II: The [[Allies]] start a major offensive against the [[Axis Powers]] on the [[Gustav Line]].
*[[1949]] - [[Siam]] changes its name to [[Thailand]].
*1949 - [[Israel]] joins the [[United Nations]].
*[[1953]] - The [[Waco Tornado]]: An [[Fujita scale|F5]] tornado hits downtown [[Waco, Texas]], killing 114.
*[[1960]] - In [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]], four [[Israel]]i [[Mossad]] agents capture fugitive [[Nazism|Nazi]] [[Adolf Eichmann]], living under the assumed name Ricardo Klement.
*1960 - The first [[contraceptive]] pill is made available on the market.
*[[1964]] - [[Terence Conran]] opened the first [[Habitat (furniture store)|Habitat]] store on [[London]]'s [[Fulham Road]].
*[[1969]] - [[Vietnam War]]: [[Operation Apache Snow]] – Near the [[Laos]] border, [[United States|American]] and [[South Vietnam]]ese forces fight [[North Vietnam]]ese troops for Ap Bia Mountain (aka Hill 937 or "[[Hamburger Hill]]").
*[[1970]] - The [[Lubbock Tornado]]: An [[Fujita scale|F5]] tornado hits downtown [[Lubbock, Texas]], killing 26.
*[[1973]] - Citing government misconduct, [[Daniel Ellsberg]] has his charges for his involvement in releasing the [[Pentagon Papers]] to ''[[The New York Times]]'' dismissed.
*[[1976]] - The last episode of the TV medical drama ''[[Marcus Welby, M.D.]] ''is aired.
*[[1981]] - Death of Reggae legend [[Bob Marley]].
*[[1984]] - A [[transit of Earth from Mars]] takes place; no one is there to observe it.
*[[1985]] - 56 spectators die when a [[Bradford City disaster|flash fire]] strikes a [[Football (soccer)|football]] [[Valley Parade|ground]] during a match in [[Bradford, England]].
*[[1987]] - [[Klaus Barbie]] goes on trial in [[Lyon]] for [[war crime]]s committed during [[World War II]].
*1987 - The first [[heart]]-[[lung]] [[transplant]] takes place ([[Baltimore, Maryland]]).
*[[1992]] - An [[Philippine general election, 1992|election]] is held in the [[Philippines]] where General [[Fidel Ramos]] emerged as winner for [[President of the Philippines|President]].
*[[1995]] - In [[New York City]], more than 170 countries decide to extend the [[Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty]] indefinitely and without conditions.
*[[1996]] - After taking-off from [[Miami, Florida|Miami]], a fire started by improperly handled [[oxygen]] canisters in the cargo hold of [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]]-bound [[ValuJet Flight 592]] causes the [[Douglas DC-9]] to crash in the [[Florida Everglades]] killing all 110 on board.
*[[1997]] - [[International Business Machines|IBM]]'s [[Deep Blue]] [[chess]]-playing [[supercomputer]] defeats [[Garry Kasparov]] in the [[Deep Blue - Kasparov, 1997, Game 6|last game]] of the rematch, becoming the first [[computer]] to beat a world-champion chess player.
*[[1998]] - An [[Philippine general election, 1998|election]] is held in the [[Philippines]] where actor [[Joseph Estrada]] emerged as winner for [[President of the Philippines|President]].
*1998 - [[Nuclear testing]]: In the [[Rajasthan Desert]], [[India]] conducts its first underground nuclear tests violating the [[Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty]] and inflaming its rival neighbor [[Pakistan]] (who already has [[nuclear weapon]]s).
*1998 - [[ZDTV]], "the official technology television network", begins broadcasting. It lasts six years before merging with [[G4 (television)|G4]] to become [[G4techTV]], a gaming channel.
*[[2000]] - Last performance of the musical [[Cats (musical)]] in London's West End.
*[[2001]] - [[British Airways]] finally removes the "world art" designs from the tails of their aircraft.
*[[2003]] - [[Rafael Palmeiro]] becomes the 19th member of the [[500 home run club]] with a [[Home run|home run]] at [[Ameriquest Field in Arlington|The Ballpark]] in [[Arlington, Texas]].
*2003 - [[Benvenuto Cellini]]'s [[Saliera]] is stolen from the [[Kunsthistorisches Museum]] in [[Vienna]].
*[[2004]] - The [[Stockline Plastics factory explosion]] in [[Glasgow]] kills nine people.
After studying acting and playing a few parts in [[Australia]], he moved to [[Hong Kong]] and starred in several movies in the 80's, including "[[ninja]]" flicks by [[Godfrey Ho]]. He also worked extensively as a [[voice actor]], dubbing chinese movies into english.
==Births==
*[[1571]] - [[Niwa Nagashige]], Japanese warlord (d. [[1637]])
*[[1720]] - [[Baron Munchhausen|Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen]], German officer and adventurer (d. [[1797]])
*[[1722]] - [[Petrus Camper]], Dutch anatomist (d. [[1789]])
*[[1752]] - [[Johann Friedrich Blumenbach]], German anthropologist (d. [[1840]])
*[[1763]] - [[János Bacsanyi]], Hungarian poet (d. [[1845]])
*[[1801]] - [[Henri Labrouste]], French architect (d. [[1875]])
*[[1827]] - [[Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux]], French sculptor and painter (d. [[1875]])
*[[1871]] - [[Stjepan Radic]], Croatian politician (d. [[1928]])
*[[1881]] - [[Theodore von Kármán]], Hungarian physicist (d. [[1963]])
*[[1887]] - [[Paul Wittgenstein]], Austrian-born pianist (d. [[1961]])
*[[1888]] - [[Irving Berlin]], American composer (d. [[1989]])
*[[1890]] - [[Woodall Rodgers]], mayor of [[Dallas, Texas]] (d. [[1961]])
*[[1892]] - [[Margaret Rutherford]], English actress (d. [[1972]])
*[[1894]] - [[Martha Graham]], American dancer and choreographer (d. [[1991]])
*[[1895]] - [[J. Krishnamurti|Jiddu Krishnamurti]], Indian philosopher (d. [[1986]])
*[[1896]] - [[Josip Stolcer-Slavenski|Josip Štolcer-Slavenski]] Croatian composer (d. [[1955]])
*[[1897]] - [[Kurt Gerron]] German director (d. [[1944]])
*[[1903]] - [[Charlie Gehringer]], baseball player (d. [[1993]])
*[[1904]] - [[Salvador Dalí]], Catalan painter (d. [[1989]])
*[[1907]] - [[Rose Auslander|Rose Ausänder]], German poet (d. [[1988]])
*[[1911]] - [[Phil Silvers]], American actor and comedian (d. [[1985]])
*[[1912]] - [[Foster Brooks]], American actor and comedian (d. [[2001]])
*[[1913]] - [[Robert Jungk]], Austrian publicist (d. [[1994]])
*[[1916]] - [[Camilo José Cela]], Spanish writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[2002]])
*[[1918]] - [[Richard Feynman]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1988]])
*[[1921]] - [[Hildegard Hamm-Brucher|Hildegard Hamm-Brücher]], German politician
*[[1924]] - [[Antony Hewish]], English radio astronomer, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physics]]
*[[1927]] - [[Mort Sahl]], Canadian comedian and political commentator
*[[1928]] - [[Yaacov Agam]], Israeli sculptor
*[[1930]] - [[Edsger Dijkstra]], Dutch computer scientist (d. [[2002]])
*[[1933]] - [[Louis Farrakhan]], American Black Muslim leader
*[[1938]] - [[Carla Bley]], American musician and composer
*[[1940]] - [[Juan Downey]], Chilean video artist (d. [[1993]])
*[[1941]] - [[Graham Miles]], English snooker player
*[[1946]] - [[Robert Jarvik]], American physicist and inventor
*[[1948]] - [[Shigeru Izumiya]], Japanese folk musician
*[[1950]] - [[Jeremy Paxman]], British journalist and author
*[[1952]] - [[Renaud Séchan]], French composer
*1952 - [[Mike Lupica]], American sports journalist
*1952 - [[Shohreh Aghdashloo]], Iranian actress
*1952 - [[Frances Fisher]], English-born actress
*[[1954]] - [[Lubomir Stoykov]], Bulgarian journalist and broadcaster
*[[1955]] - [[John DeStefano, Jr.]], American politician
*[[1956]] - [[Theresa Burke]], Canadian journalist
*1956 - [[Alex Lester]], British broadcaster
*[[1959]] - [[Martha Quinn]], American television personality
*[[1963]] - [[Natasha Richardson]], English-born actress
*[[1964]] - [[John Parrott]], English snooker player
*[[1965]] - [[Greg Dulli]], American musician
*[[1966]] - [[Christoph Schneider]], German drummer ([[Rammstein]])
*[[1972]] - [[Anita Hegh]], Australian actress
*[[1977]] - [[Janne Ahonen]], Finnish ski jumper
*[[1981]] - [[Lauren Jackson]], Australian basketball player
*1981 - [[Neil Tapinos]], South African Top Radio Newscaster
*[[1982]] - [[Jonathan Jackson (actor)|Jonathan Jackson]], American actor
*[[1983]] - [[Matt Leinart]], American football player
*1983 - [[Holly Valance]], New Zealand-born actress and singer
*[[1984]] - [[Andres Iniesta]], Spanish football (soccer) player
He is particularly popular among bad movie fans due to his overacting that makes him twist his face in [[grimace]]s.
==Deaths==
*[[912]] - [[Leo VI the Wise|Leo VI]], [[Byzantine Emperor]] (b. [[866]])
*[[1304]] - [[Mahmud Ghazan]], Persian ruler (b. [[1271]])
*[[1610]] - [[Matteo Ricci]], Italian Jesuit missionary (b. [[1552]])
*[[1672]] - [[Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline]], English royalist (b. [[1615]])
*[[1708]] - [[Jules Hardouin Mansart]], French architect (b. [[1646]])
*[[1723]] - [[Jean Galbert de Campistron]], French dramatist (b. [[1656]])
*[[1777]] - [[George Pigot, Baron Pigot]], British governor of Madras (b. [[1719]])
*[[1778]] - [[William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham|William Pitt, the Elder]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. [[1708]])
*[[1812]] - [[Spencer Perceval]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (assassinated) (b. [[1762]])
*[[1869]] - [[Toshizou Hijikata]], [[Shinsengumi]] vice-commander
*[[1871]] - [[John Herschel]], British mathematician and astronomer (b. [[1792]])
*[[1848]] - [[Tom Cribb]], English boxer (b. [[1781]])
*[[1887]] - [[Jean Baptiste Boussingault]], French chemist (b. [[1802]])
*[[1891]] - [[A. E. Becquerel]], French physicist (b. [[1820]])
*[[1916]] - [[Max Reger]], German composer (b. [[1873]])
*1916 - [[Karl Schwarzschild]], German astronomer and physicist (b. [[1873]])
*[[1920]] - [[William Dean Howells]], American writer (b. [[1837]])
*[[1934]] - [[Orest Khvolson]], Russian physicist (b. [[1852]])
*[[1955]] - [[Gilbert Laird Jessop|Gilbert Jessop]], English cricketer (b. [[1874]])
*[[1960]] - [[John D. Rockefeller, Jr.]], American philanthropist (b. [[1874]])
*[[1963]] - [[Herbert Spencer Gasser]], American physiologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1888]])
*[[1970]] - [[Johnny Hodges]], American musician (b. [[1906]])
*[[1973]] - [[Lex Barker]], American actor (b. [[1919]])
*[[1976]] - [[Alvar Aalto]], Finnish architect (b. [[1898]])
*[[1981]] - [[Odd Hassel]], Norwegian chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1897]])
*1981 - [[Bob Marley]], Jamaican singer and musician (b. [[1945]])
*[[1985]] - [[Chester Gould]], American cartoonist (b. [[1900]])
*[[1986]] - [[Fritz Pollard]], American football player (b. [[1894]])
*[[1988]] - [[Kim Philby]], British spy (b. [[1912]])
*[[1996]] - [[Ademir]], Brazilian football player (b. [[1922]])
*[[2001]] - [[Douglas Adams]], English author (b. [[1952]])
*[[2002]] - [[Joseph Bonanno]], Italian-born gangster (b. [[1905]])
*[[2003]] - [[Noel Redding]], English bassist ([[The Jimi Hendrix Experience]]) (b. [[1945]])
He is now a financial counselor in [[Thailand]]
==Holidays and observances==
* [[Feast day]] of the following [[saint]]s in the [[Roman Catholic Church]]:
** [[Mamertus]]
** [[Gengou Gangulphus]]
** [[Majolus of Cluny]]
** [[Gauthier of Esterp]]
** [[John Rochester (saint)|John Rochester]]
** [[James Walworth]]
** [[Francis of Girolamo]]
* [[Roman Empire]] - [[Feast of the Lemures]] (See [[Larvae]])
* [[Holiday of the City of Miskolc]] (since 1992)
* [[National School Nurse Day]] ([[United States of America|U.S.]])
==External linkslink==
*[http://www.nanarland.com/interview/interview.php?id_interview=stuartsmithvo&vo=1 Interview with Stuart Smith on Nanarland.com]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/11 BBC: On This Day]
*{{imdb|id=0810051|name=Stuart Smith}}
* [http://www.thisdaythatyear.com/may/people11.htm ThisDayThatYear.com on May 11]
* [http://www.tnl.net/when/5/11 Today in History: May 11]
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[[Category:British B-movie actors|Smith, Stuart]]
[[category:Hong Kong film actors|Smith, Stuart]]
[[Category:Living people|Smith, Stuart]]
[[May 10]] - [[May 12]] - [[April 11]] - [[June 11]] – [[historical anniversaries|listing of all days]]
[[Category:british expatriates|Smith, Stuart]]
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