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Events from History on May 11

1189 : Emperor Frederik I Barbarossa & 100,000 crusaders depart Regensburg
1330 : Constantine for Eastern Roman Empire
1330 : Constantinople (Istanbul) becomes new capital by Roman Emperor
1421 : Jews are expelled from Styria Austria
1502 : Columbus begins 4th & last trip to "Indies"
1548 : -12] Great fire in Brielle
1625 : -12] Boers besiege Frankenburg estate in Upper-Austria
1674 : Netherlands & Cologne sign peace treaty
1689 : Battle of Bantry Bay, French & English naval battle
1690 : English troops of W Phips conquer Port Royal Nova Scotia
1745 : Battle of Fontenoy (Doornik): Austrian Succession war
1749 : British parliament accept Consolidation Act: fleet reorganization
1751 : 1st US hospital founded (Pennsylvania Hospital)
1752 : 1st US fire insurance policy issued (Philadelphia)
1772 : Amsterdam theater destroyed by fire, 18 killed
1784 : England & Tippu Sahib van Mysore sign peace treaty
1792 : Columbia River discovered & named by US Capt Robert Gray
1812 : Waltz introduced into English ballrooms. Most observers consider it
1812 : disgusting & immoral. No wonder it caught on!
1814 : Americans defeat British at Battle of Plattsburgh
1816 : American Bible Society forms (NY)
1818 : Cincinnati Reds Hod Eller no-hits St Louis Cards, 6-0
1833 : "Lady-of-the-Lake" strikes iceberg & sinks in N Atlantic; kills 215
1850 : Work starts on 1st brick building in SF
1858 : Minnesota admitted as 32nd US state
1862 : Confederates scuttle CSS Virginia off Norfolk, VA
1864 : Battle of Yellow Tavern, VA (Sheridan's Raid, South Anna Bridge)
1864 : Gen J E B Stuart is mortally wounded at Yellow Tavern
1865 : Jeff Thompson surrenders
1867 : Treaty of London drawn, concerning Luxembourg
1875 : George "Charmer" Zettlein pitches the 1st 9 inning shutout
1881 : Bedrich Smetana's opera "Libusa," premieres in Prague
1893 : Henri Desgrange establishes 1st bicycle-world record (35.325 km)
1894 : American RR Union strikes Pullman Sleeping Car Co
1897 : Wash Senator catcher Charlie Farrell throws out 8 attempted stealers
1900 : James J Jeffries KOs James J Corbett in 23 for heavywgt boxing title
1904 : Andrew Carnegie donates $1.5M to build a peace palace
1907 : Bank of SF incorporated
1910 : Montana's Glacier National Park forms
1916 : Einstein's Theory of General Relativity presented
1917 : Britain grants Royal Letters Patent to New Zealand
1919 : Yanks' Jack Quinn & Senators' Walter Johnson, 12 inning 0-0 tie
1921 : Tel Aviv is 1st all Jewish municipality
1923 : 10 HRs hit in Phillies 20-14 victory over St Louis Cards
1924 : Pulitzer Prize awarded to Robert Frost (New Hampshire)
1925 : Communist Party of Holland splits
1925 : Kara-Kalpak Autonomous Region constituted in RSFSR
1926 : Airship Norge leaves Spitsbergen for 1st air crossing of Arctic O
1927 : Belgium beats England 9-1 in soccer
1927 : Louis B Mayer forms Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
1928 : 63rd British Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 292 at Royal St George's
1928 : General Electric opens 1st TV-station (Schenectady, NY)
1929 : 1st regularly scheduled TV broadcasts (3 nights per week)
1929 : Dr Annie Webb Blanton forms Delta Kappa Gamma Society in Austin Tx
1931 : Credit-Anstalt, Austria's largest bank, fails beginning financial
1931 : collapse of Central Europe
1940 : NY World's Fair reopens
1941 : 1st Messerschmidt 109F shot down above England
1942 : Japanese troops conquer Kalewa
1943 : Hermann Goering-division in Tunisia surrenders
1943 : US 7th div lands on Attu, Aleutian, (1st US territory recaptured)
1944 : Opposition group surprise attack post office Washer
1944 : Slomp Resistance fighter (Frits de Zwerver) freed from Arnhem prison
1945 : US marines conquer Awatsha Draw Okinawa
1947 : BF Goodrich announced the development of tubeless tire (Akron Ohio)
1947 : Laos accepts constitution for parliamentary democracy
1948 : Haganah takes control of Safed & port of Haifa
1948 : Luigi Einaudi elected president of Italy
1949 : 1st Polaroid camera sold $89.95 (NYC)
1949 : By a vote of 37-12, Israel becomes 59th member of UN
1949 : Siam renames itself Thailand
1950 : Belgium mine disaster at Borinage, 39 die
1950 : EugŠne Ionesco's "La Cantatrice Chauve," premieres in Paris
1951 : Jay Forrester patents computer core memory
1953 : Tornado kills 114 in Waco Texas ($39M damage)
1953 : Winston Churchill criticizes John Foster Dulles domino theory
1955 : Israel attacks Gaza
1956 : Pinky Lee Show, last airs on NBC-TV
1957 : Gabriel Paris forms govt of Colombia
1958 : US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
1958 : US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
1959 : Elvis Presley's 1st entry on UK charts with "Heartbreak Hotel"
1959 : Rodgers & Barer's musical "Once upon a mattress," premieres in NYC
1960 : French liner "France" launched
1960 : Israeli soldiers capture Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires
1962 : Antonio Segni becomes president of Italy
1962 : US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1962 : US sends troops to Thailand
1963 : LA Dodger Sandy Koufax 2nd no-hitter beats NY Giants, 8-0
1963 : Racial bomb attacks in Birmingham Alabama
1965 : "Flora, the Red Menace" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 87 performances
1965 : 1st of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (India)
1965 : Bangladesh windstorm kills 17,000
1965 : Ellis Island added to Statue of Liberty National monument
1965 : USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1965 : West Indies becomes 1st holders of the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy
1967 : "Sing, Israel Sing" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 14 perfs
1967 : 100,000,000th US phone connected
1967 : Great Britain, Ireland & Denmark apply for EG membership
1968 : Richard Harris releases "MacArthur Park"
1968 : Students & police battle in Paris, 100s injured
1969 : Monty Python comedy troupe forms
1970 : Sammy Davis Jr weds Altovise
1971 : Cleveland's Steve Dunning becomes last AL pitcher to hit grand slam
1972 : Giants trade Willie Mays to Mets for pitcher Charlie Williams & cash
1972 : John Lennon says his phone is tapped by FBI on Dick Cavett Show
1972 : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1973 : Dutch govt of Uyl forms
1974 : Steely Dan releases "Rikki Don't Lose that Number"
1975 : Israel signs an agreement with European Economic Market
1976 : Emmy 3rd Daytime Award presentation
1976 : Last broadcast of "Marcus Welby, MD" on ABC-TV
1978 : Margaret A Brewer is 1st female general in the US Marine Corps
1980 : Pete Rose, 39, steals second, third, & home in one inning for Phillies
1981 : Andrew Lloyd Webber/TS Eliot's musical "Cats," premieres in London
1982 : Canucks 4-Isles 6-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 2-0 lead
1983 : "Dance a Little Closer" opens & closes at Minskoff Theater NYC
1983 : Comet C/1983 H1 (IRAS-Araki-Alcock) approaches 0.0312 AUs of Earth
1984 : Johan Cruijff quits soccer
1984 : Transit of Earth as seen on Mars
1985 : 40 die & 150 injured in fire at Bradford City football ground
1985 : Booby trap bomb kills 86 people in India
1985 : Dave Concepcion becomes 4th Cin Red teammate to get 2,000 hits,
1985 : Pope John Paul II arrives in Netherlands
1985 : Soccer stadium in Bradford England catches fire; 53 die
1985 : others include Pete Rose, Tony Perez & Cesar Cedeno
1987 : 1st heart-lung transplant take place (Baltimore)
1987 : Corazon Aquino is elected president in the Philippines
1988 : France performs nuclear test
1988 : Mario Andretti records fastest Indianapolis 500 lap (221.565 mph)
1989 : 217th & final episode of "Dynasty" is aired
1989 : France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1989 : Kenya announces worldwide ban on ivory to preserve its elephant herds
1989 : President Bush orders nearly 2,000 troops to Panama
1990 : NY Yankees trade Dave Winfield to Angels for Mike Witt
1993 : 28th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks wins
1993 : Paramaribo Suriname TV studio destroyed by fire
1994 : "Grease," opens at Eugene O' Neill Theater NYC for 1,503 performances
1994 : "Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult," released in France
1994 : 6 white racists sentenced to death in South Africa
1996 : Florida Marlin Al Leiter no hits Colo Rockies, 11-0
1996 : Valujet DC-9 crashes in Miami, 109 die
1997 : "Play On!" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC after 61 performances
1997 : NY Mets C Everett & Butch Huskey are 9th to hit consecutive pinch HRs
1997 : Paine Webber Senior Golf Invitational
1997 : Sara Lee LPGA Classic

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