Events - Scientific Events on May 11
1850 : A De Gasparis discovers asteroid #11 Parthenope
1883 : A Borrelly discovers asteroid #233 Asterope
1902 : L Carnera discovers asteroid #486 Cremona
1904 : G H Peters discovers asteroid #536 Merapi
1959 : "Kookie, Kookie Lend Me Your Comb" by Byrnes & Connie Stevens hits #4
1963 : "Puff (The Magic Dragon)" by Peter, Paul & Mary hits #2
1974 : "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" by Frank Sinatra hits #83
1974 : "Tubular Bells" by Mike Oldfield hits #7
1980 : A Mrkos discovers asteroid #4552 Nabelek
1980 : L Brozek discovers asteroid #3834 Zappafrank & #4190 Kvasnica
1981 : Kim Carnes' "Bette Davis Eyes" hits #1, stay there 9 weeks
1985 : C Shoemaker discovers asteroid #4204 Barsig, #4251 Kavasch & #8149
1985 : Madonna's "Crazy For You," single goes #1
1988 : C S & E M Shoemaker discover asteroid #5579 Uhlherr & #5957 Irina
1988 : C S Shoemaker discovers asteroid #4826 Wilhelms
1991 : E F Helin discovers asteroid #7290
1993 : Y Shimizu & T Urata discover asteroid #6834 & #8038