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October 5, 2011

On October 5, 2011, in the Mekong River massacre, two Chinese cargo boats are hijacked and 13 crew members murdered. The year's #1 song was "Rolling in the Deep" by Adele. Violet McGraw, Lil Bub, Violet McGraw would arrive in the same year.

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2011 (MMXI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2011th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 11th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 2nd year of the 2010s decade.

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On October 5, 2011

  1. 2011 In the Mekong River massacre, two Chinese cargo boats are hijacked and 13 crew members murdered.

    2011 hijacking of two Chinese cargo ships and subsequent massacre of all 13 crew members

    The Mekong River massacre occurred on the morning of 5 October 2011, when two Chinese cargo ships were attacked on a stretch of the Mekong River in the Golden Triangle region on the borders of Myanmar (Burma) and Thailand. All 13 crew members on both ships were killed and dumped in the river. It was the deadliest attack on Chinese nationals abroad in modern times.

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Died on October 5, 2011

Derrick Bell American lawyer, professor, and civil rights activist
Bert Jansch Scottish folk musician (1943–2011)
Steve Jobs American businessman and inventor (1955–2011)
Charles Napier American actor (1936–2011)
Fred Shuttlesworth American civil rights activist (1922–2011)
Gökşin Sipahioğlu Turkish photographer and journalist

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Violet McGraw 2011– American actress
Lil Bub 2011– American celebrity cat (died 2019)
Violet McGraw 2011– American actress
Lil Bub 2011– American celebrity cat (died 2019)
Violet McGraw 2011– American actress
Lil Bub 2011– American celebrity cat (died 2019)

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