Daily Archives: May 11, 2016

Atlanta-bound ValuJet DC-9 crashes into Florida Everglades, killing 110 people 20 years ago this hour (May 11 1996)


Video: 'ValuJet Flight 592 'Florida Everglades Plane Crash''

(Saturday, May 11, 1996, 2:13:42 p.m. EDT) — An Atlanta-bound ValuJet DC-9 caught fire today shortly after takeoff from Miami and crashed into the Florida Everglades, killing all 110 people on board.

First CARE packages arrive at Le Havre, France 70 years ago today (May 11 1946)


Video: '1946 Occupied Austria Food Relief 221095-04'

(Saturday, May 11, 1946) — The first 20,000 CARE Packages, sent by a consortium of American charities to provide relief to the hungry of postwar Europe, arrived today at the French port of Le Havre