WHAT HAPPENED ON 11. MAY
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Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II. (11. May 1987)

In Baltimore, Maryland, the first heart–lung transplant takes place. The surgery is performed by Dr. Bruce Reitz of the Stanford University School of Medicine. (11. May 1987)

More than 170 countries extend the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty indefinitely and without conditions. (11. May 1995)

After the aircraft's departure from Miami, Florida, a fire started by improperly handled chemical oxygen generators in the cargo hold of Atlanta-bound ValuJet Flight 592 causes the Douglas DC-9 to crash in the Florida Everglades killing all 110 on board. (11. May 1996)

The 1996 Mount Everest disaster: on a single day eight people die during summit attempts on Mount Everest. (11. May 1996)

Deep Blue, a chess-playing supercomputer, defeats Garry Kasparov in the last game of the rematch, becoming the first computer to beat a world-champion chess player in a classic match format. (11. May 1997)

India conducts three underground atomic tests in Pokhran to include a thermonuclear device. (11. May 1998)

Second Chechen War: Chechen separatists ambush Russian paramilitary forces in the Republic of Ingushetia. (11. May 2000)

David Cameron becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following talks between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats to form the UK's first coalition government since World War 2 after elections produced a hung parliament. (11. May 2010)

At least 46 people are killed by a pair of car bombs in Reyhanlı, Turkey. (11. May 2013)

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