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What happened on May 11
- May 11, 0330 "Byzantium is renamed Nova Roma during a dedication ceremony, but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople."
- May 11, 1189 "Emperor Frederik I Barbarossa & 100,000 crusaders depart Regensburg"
- May 11, 1310 54 members of the Knights Templar are burned at the stake in France for being heretics.
- May 11, 1330 Constantinople (Istanbul) becomes new capital by Roman Emperor Constantine for Eastern Roman Empire
- May 11, 1502 "Columbus begins 4th & last trip to ""Indies"""
- May 11, 1548 Great fire in Brielle
- May 11, 1625 Boers besiege Frankenburg estate in Upper-Austria
- May 11, 1647 Peter Stuyvesant arrives in New Amsterdam to become governor
- May 11, 1674 Netherlands & Cologne sign peace treaty
- May 11, 1678 "French Admiral Jean d'Estr‚es' fleet runs aground on Aves-islands, Cura‡ao"
- May 11, 1689 "Battle of Bantry Bay, French & English naval battle"
- May 11, 1690 English troops of W Phips conquer Port Royal Nova Scotia
- May 11, 1745 Battle of Fontenoy (Doornik): Austrian Succession war
- May 11, 1751 First US hospital founded (Pennsylvania Hospital)
- May 11, 1751 The first US hospital founded (Pennsylvania Hospital)
- May 11, 1752 The first US fire insurance policy issued (Philadelphia)
- May 11, 1772 "Amsterdam theater destroyed by fire, 18 killed"
- May 11, 1784 England & Tippu Sahib van Mysore sign peace treaty
- May 11, 1792 Captain Robert Gray becomes the first documented white person to sail into the Columbia River.
- May 11, 1792 Columbia River discovered & named by US Captain Robert Gray
- May 11, 1812 "Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the House of Commons, London."
- May 11, 1812 Waltz introduced into English ballrooms - Most observers consider it disgusting & immoral.
- May 11, 1813 "In Australia, Lawson, Blaxland and Wentworth, lead an expedition westwards from Sydney. Their route opens up inland Australia for continued expansion throughout the 19th century."
- May 11, 1818 Charles XIV of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
- May 11, 1820 Launch of HMS Beagle the ship that took young Charles Darwin on his scientific voyage.
- May 11, 1833 """Lady-of-the-Lake"" strikes iceberg & sinks in N Atlantic; kills 215"
- May 11, 1841 Lt. Charles Wilkes lands at Fort Nisqually in Puget Sound.
- May 11, 1850 Work starts on first brick building in San Fransisco
- May 11, 1857 Indian Mutiny: Indian rebels seize Delhi from the British.
- May 11, 1858 Minnesota is admitted as the 32nd U.S. state.
- May 11, 1862 Confederates scuttle CSS Virginia off Norfolk VA
- May 11, 1862 CSS Virginia blown up by Confederates to prevent capture.
- May 11, 1864 "General J E B Stuart is mortally wounded in Battle of Yellow Tavern VA (Sheridan's Raid, South Anna Bridge)"
- May 11, 1865 Jeff Thompson surrenders
- May 11, 1867 Luxembourg gains its independence.
- May 11, 1867 "Treaty of London drawn, concerning Luxembourg"
- May 11, 1891 Otsu Scandal.
- May 11, 1893 Henri Desgrange establishes first bicycle-world record (35.325 km)
- May 11, 1894 American RR Union strikes Pullman Sleeping Car Co
- May 11, 1894 Pullman Strike: Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a wildcat strike in Illinois.
- May 11, 1900 James J Jeffries KOs James J Corbett in 23 for heavywgt boxing title
- May 11, 1904 Andrew Carnegie donates $1.5 million to build a peace palace
- May 11, 1907 "A derailment outside Lompoc, California kills 32 Shriners when their chartered train jumps off the tracks at a switch near Surf Depot."
- May 11, 1907 Bank of San Fransisco incorporated
- May 11, 1910 "Glacier National Park is established (Montana, USA)"
- May 11, 1910 Montana's Glacier National Park forms The park borders the Cdn. Waterton National Park in Canada
- May 11, 1916 Einstein's Theory of General Relativity presented
- May 11, 1917 Britain grants Royal Letters Patent to New Zealand
- May 11, 1918 The Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus was officially established.
- May 11, 1921 Tel Aviv is first all Jewish municipality
- May 11, 1924 Cartel des Gauches wins French parliamentary election
- May 11, 1924 Mercedes-Benz formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging the two companies.
- May 11, 1926 Airship Norge leaves Spitsbergen for first air crossing of Arctic Ocean
- May 11, 1927 Belgium beats England 9-1 in soccer
- May 11, 1927 Louis B Mayer forms Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
- May 11, 1928 General Electric opens first TV-station (Schenectady NY)
- May 11, 1929 Dr Annie Webb Blanton forms Delta Kappa Gamma Society in Austin TX
- May 11, 1929 First regularly scheduled TV broadcasts (3 nights per week)
- May 11, 1929 The first regularly scheduled TV broadcasts (3 nights per week)
- May 11, 1931 "Credit-Anstalt, Austria's largest bank, fails beginning financial collapse of Central Europe"
- May 11, 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.
- May 11, 1941 The first Messerschmidt 109F shot down above England
- May 11, 1942 "German submarine U-S53 torpedoes British steamer Nicoya and Dutch ship Leno near Anticosti Island, Quebec"
- May 11, 1942 Japanese troops conquer Kalewa
- May 11, 1942 "William Faulkner's collections of short stories, Go Down, Moses, is published."
- May 11, 1943 Hermann Goering-division in Tunisia surrenders
- May 11, 1943 "Naval task force lands Army troops on Attu, Aleutians."
- May 11, 1943 "US 7th division lands on Attu, Aleutian, (1st US territory recaptured)"
- May 11, 1944 Allied forces launch a major offensive in central Italy
- May 11, 1944 Opposition group surprise attack post office washer
- May 11, 1944 Slomp Resistance fighter (Frits de Zwerver) freed from Arnhem prison
- May 11, 1944 World War II: The Allies start a major offensive against the Axis Powers on the Gustav Line.
- May 11, 1945 US marines conquer Awatsha Draw Okinawa
- May 11, 1945 Wewak in New Guinea captured by Australia's 6th Division
- May 11, 1946 "The first packages from the Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe, or CARE, arrive in Europe at Le Havre, France"
- May 11, 1946 UMNO is created.
- May 11, 1947 "BF Goodrich manufactures first tubeless tire, Akron OH"
- May 11, 1947 Laos accepts constitution for parliamentary democracy
- May 11, 1948 Haganah takes control of Safed & port of Haifa
- May 11, 1948 Luigi Einaudi elected President of Italy
- May 11, 1949 "By a vote of 37-12, Israel becomes 59th member of UN"
- May 11, 1949 First Polaroid camera sold $89.95 (NYC)
- May 11, 1949 Israel joins the United Nations.
- May 11, 1949 "Siam officially changes its name to Thailand, a name in use since 1939."
- May 11, 1950 "Belgium mine disaster at Borinage, 39 die"
- May 11, 1951 Jay Forrester patents computer core memory
- May 11, 1953 "The Waco Tornado: An F5 tornado hits downtown Waco, Texas, killing 114."
- May 11, 1953 Tornado kills 114 in Waco TX ($39 million damage)
- May 11, 1953 Winston Churchill criticizes John Foster Dulles domino theory
- May 11, 1955 Israel attacks Gaza
- May 11, 1956 "Pinky Lee Show, last airs on NBC-TV"
- May 11, 1957 Gabriel Paris forms Government of Colombia
- May 11, 1959 """Kookie, Kookie Lend Me Your Comb"" by Byrnes & Connie Stevens hits #4"
- May 11, 1959 "Rodgers & Barer's musical ""Once Upon a Mattress"" premieres in NYC"
- May 11, 1960 "French liner ""France"" launched"
- May 11, 1960 "In Buenos Aires, Argentina, four Israeli Mossad agents capture fugitive Nazi Adolf Eichmann, living under the assumed name Ricardo Klement."
- May 11, 1960 Israeli soldiers capture Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires
- May 11, 1960 The first contraceptive pill is made available on the market.
- May 11, 1962 Antonio Segni becomes President of Italy
- May 11, 1962 "Near the Coast of Mexico a 7.0 quake resulted in four persons killed, and many injured. Extensive property damage in south-central Mexico"
- May 11, 1962 US sends troops to Thailand
- May 11, 1963 """Puff (The Magic Dragon)"" by Peter, Paul & Mary hits #2"
- May 11, 1963 Racial bomb attacks in Birmingham AL
- May 11, 1964 Terence Conran opened the first Habitat store on London's Fulham Road.
- May 11, 1965 Ellis Island added to Statue of Liberty National monument
- May 11, 1965 "The first of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (India)"
- May 11, 1965 U.S. destroyers deliver first shore bombardment of Vietnam War.
- May 11, 1965 West Indies becomes first holders of the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy
- May 11, 1966 "Henry ""Dickie"" Marrow is murdered in a violent racially-motivated crime in Oxford, N.C.."
- May 11, 1966 Real Madrid wins 11th Europe Cup I
- May 11, 1967 """Sing, Israel Sing"" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 14 performances"
- May 11, 1967 "100,000,000th US phone connected"
- May 11, 1967 Andreas Papandreou is imprisoned in Athens by the Greek military junta.
- May 11, 1967 "Great Britain, Ireland & Denmark apply for EG membership"
- May 11, 1968 "Richard Harris releases ""MacArthur Park"""
- May 11, 1968 "Students & police battle in Paris, 100s injured"
- May 11, 1969 Monty Python comedy troupe forms
- May 11, 1970 Sammy Davis Jr weds Altovise
- May 11, 1970 "The Beatles song ""The Long and Winding Road"" is released as a single in the United States. It becomes the group's last number one single in that country."
- May 11, 1970 "The Lubbock Tornado: An F5 tornado hits downtown Lubbock, Texas, killing 26."
- May 11, 1972 John Lennon says his phone is tapped by the FBI on Dick Cavett Show
- May 11, 1973 "Citing government misconduct, Daniel Ellsberg has his charges for his involvement in releasing the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times dismissed."
- May 11, 1973 Dutch Government of Uyl forms
- May 11, 1974 """Bad, Bad Leroy Brown"" by Frank Sinatra hits #83"
- May 11, 1974 """Tubular Bells"" by Mike Oldfield hits #7"
- May 11, 1974 "Steely Dan releases ""Rikki Don't Lose that Number"""
- May 11, 1975 Israel signs an agreement with European Economic Market
- May 11, 1976 Emmy 3rd Daytime Award presentation
- May 11, 1976 "Last broadcast of ""Marcus Welby, MD"" on ABC-TV"
- May 11, 1977 Hamburger SV wins 17th soccer Europe Cup II
- May 11, 1977 Ted Turner manages an Atlanta Braves game
- May 11, 1978 Margaret A Brewer is first female general in the US Marine Corps
- May 11, 1981 "Andrew Lloyd Webber/TS Eliot's musical ""Cats"" premieres in London"
- May 11, 1981 "Kim Carnes' ""Bette Davis Eyes"" hits #1, stay there 9 weeks"
- May 11, 1983 """Dance a Little Closer"" opens & closes at Minskoff Theater NYC"
- May 11, 1983 Aberdeen wins 23rd Europe Cup II
- May 11, 1983 Comet C/1983 H1 (IRAS-Araki-Alcock) approaches 0.0312 AUs of Earth
- May 11, 1983 In West Pubnico Nova Scotia a mob of 100 fishermen burn and sink two fisheries patrol boats at to protest lobster quotas.
- May 11, 1984 A transit of Earth from Mars takes place.
- May 11, 1984 Johan Cruijff quits soccer
- May 11, 1984 Transit of Earth as seen on Mars
- May 11, 1985 40 die & 150 injured in fire at Bradford City football ground
- May 11, 1985 "56 spectators die when a flash fire strikes a football ground during a match in Bradford, England."
- May 11, 1985 Booby trap bomb kills 86 people in India
- May 11, 1985 "Madonna's ""Crazy For You"" single goes #1"
- May 11, 1985 Number one hit on UK music charts - Paul Hardcastle - 19
- May 11, 1987 Corazon Aquino is elected President in the Philippines
- May 11, 1987 First heart-lung transplant take place (Baltimore)
- May 11, 1987 Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II.
- May 11, 1987 The first heart-lung transplant take place (Baltimore)
- May 11, 1988 KV Mechelen wins 28th Europe Cup II
- May 11, 1988 Mario Andretti records fastest Indianapolis 500 lap (221.565 mph)
- May 11, 1989 "217th & final episode of ""Dynasty"" is aired"
- May 11, 1989 Kenya announces worldwide ban on ivory to preserve its elephant herds
- May 11, 1989 "President Bush orders nearly 2,000 troops to Panama"
- May 11, 1993 28th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks wins
- May 11, 1993 Paramaribo Suriname TV studio destroyed by fire
- May 11, 1994 """Grease"" opens at Eugene O' Neill Theater NYC for 1,503 performances"
- May 11, 1994 6 white racists sentenced to death in South Africa
- May 11, 1994 Inter Milan wins 23rd UEFA Cup
- May 11, 1995 "In New York City, more than 170 countries decide to extend the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty indefinitely and without conditions."
- May 11, 1996 "After taking-off from Miami, a fire started by improperly handled oxygen canisters 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."
- May 11, 1996 Dr.Nnamdi Azikiwe the first president of Nigeria died at the age of 92. - Nigeria
- May 11, 1996 "Valujet DC-9 crashes in Miami, 109 die"
- May 11, 1997 "IBM 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."
- May 11, 1998 An election is held in the Philippines where actor Joseph Estrada emerged as winner for President.
- May 11, 1998 "India conducts three underground nuclear tests in Pokhran, including a thermonuclear device."
- May 11, 2000 Last performance of the musical Cats in London's West End.
- May 11, 2001 Kurt Schachner turned 40 YEARS OLD. And boy does he show it.
- May 11, 2004 The Stockline Plastics factory explosion in Glasgow kills nine people.
- May 11, 2007 "Pope Benedict XVI canonizes the first Brazilian-born saint, Frei Galvo."
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