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Events on the 11th of May in history

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11 May 0330 Constantinople (Byzantium) becomes capital of Roman Empire
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11 May 0330 Byzantium is renamed Nova Roma during a dedication ceremony, but it is more popularly referred to as Constantinople.
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11 May 0868 A copy of the Diamond Sutra is printed in China, making it the oldest known dated printed book.
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11 May 0912 Alexander becomes Emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
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11 May 1189 Emperor Frederik I Barbarossa & 100,000 crusaders depart Regensburg
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11 May 1310 In France, fifty-four members of the Knights Templar are burned at the stake as heretics.
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11 May 1330 Constantinople (Istanbul) becomes new capital by Roman Emperor Constantine for Eastern Roman Empire
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11 May 1421 Jews are expelled from Styria Austria
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11 May 1502 Columbus begins 4th and last trip to "Indies"
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11 May 1502 Columbus begins 4th & last trip to "Indies"
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11 May 1548 Great fire in Brielle
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11 May 1625 Boers besiege Frankenburg estate in Upper-Austria
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11 May 1647 Peter Stuyvesant arrives in New Amsterdam to replace Willem Kieft as Director-General of New Netherland, the Dutch colonial settlement in present-day New York City.
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11 May 1672 Franco-Dutch War: Louis XIV of France invades the Netherlands.
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11 May 1674 Netherlands & Cologne sign peace treaty
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11 May 1678 French Admiral Jean d'Estr
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11 May 1689 Battle of Bantry Bay, French & English naval battle
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11 May 1690 English troops of W Phips conquer Port Royal Nova Scotia
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11 May 1745 War of the Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy: French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch–Hanoverian army.
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11 May 1745 Battle of Fontenoy (Doornik): Austrian Succession war
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11 May 1749 British parliament accept Consolidation Act: fleet reorganization
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11 May 1751 1st US hospital founded (Pennsylvania Hospital)
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11 May 1752 1st US fire insurance policy issued (Philadelphia)
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11 May 1772 Amsterdam theater destroyed by fire, 18 killed
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11 May 1784 England & Tippu Sahib van Mysore sign peace treaty
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11 May 1792 Captain Robert Gray becomes the first documented white person to sail into the Columbia River.
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11 May 1792 Columbia River discovered & named by US Captain Robert Gray
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11 May 1812 Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the House of Commons, London.
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11 May 1812 Waltz introduced into English ballrooms - Most observers consider it disgusting & immoral. No wonder it caught on!
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11 May 1813 In Australia, William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth lead an expedition to cross the Blue Mountains west of Sydney. Their route opens up inland Australia for continued expansion throughout the 19th century.
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11 May 1814 Americans defeat British at Battle of Plattsburgh
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11 May 1816 American Bible Society forms (New York)
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11 May 1818 Cincinnati Reds Hod Eller no-hits St Louis Cardinals, 6-0
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11 May 1820 HMS Beagle, the ship that will take Charles Darwin on his scientific voyage, is launched.
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11 May 1833 "Lady-of-the-Lake" strikes iceberg and sinks in N Atlantic; kills 215
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11 May 1846 President James K. Polk asked for and received a Declaration of War against Mexico, starting the Mexican–American War
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11 May 1850 Work starts on 1st brick building in San Fransisco
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11 May 1857 Indian Rebellion of 1857: Indian rebels seize Delhi from the British.
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11 May 1858 Minnesota is admitted as the 32nd U.S. State.
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11 May 1862 Confederates scuttle CSS Virginia off Norfolk, Virginia
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11 May 1862 American Civil War: The ironclad CSS Virginia is scuttled in the James River northwest of Norfolk, Virginia.
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11 May 1864 Gen J E B Stuart is mortally wounded at Yellow Tavern
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11 May 1864 General J E B Stuart is mortally wounded in Battle of Yellow Tavern VA (Sheridan's Raid, South Anna Bridge)
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11 May 1865 Jeff Thompson surrenders
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11 May 1867 Luxembourg gains its independence.
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11 May 1867 Treaty of London drawn, concerning Luxembourg
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11 May 1875 George "Charmer" Zettlein pitches the 1st 9 inning shutout
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11 May 1880 Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California.
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11 May 1881 Bedrich Smetana's opera "Libusa" premieres in Prague
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11 May 1887 13th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Lewis aboard Montrose wins in 2:39
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11 May 1888 16th Preakness: F Littlefield aboard Refund wins in 2:49
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11 May 1889 An attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort results in the theft of over $28,000 and the award of two Medals of Honor.
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11 May 1891 The Ōtsu incident: Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich of Imperial Russia (later Nicholas II) suffers a critical head injury during a sword attack by Japanese policeman Tsuda Sanzō. He is rescued by Prince George of Greece and Denmark.
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11 May 1892 18th Kentucky Derby: Lonnie Clayton aboard Azra wins in 2:41
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11 May 1893 Henri Desgrange establishes 1st bicycle-world record (35.325 km)
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11 May 1894 American RR Union strikes Pullman Sleeping Car Company
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11 May 1894 Pullman Strike: Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a wildcat strike in Illinois.
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11 May 1897 Washington Senator catcher Charlie Farrell throws out 8 attempted stealers
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11 May 1900 James J Jeffries KOs James J Corbett in 23 for heavyweight boxing title
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11 May 1904 Andrew Carnegie donates $1.5 million to build a peace palace
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11 May 1907 Bank of SF incorporated
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11 May 1907 Thirty-two Shriners are killed when their chartered train derails at a switch near Surf Depot in Lompoc, California.
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11 May 1907 Bank of San Fransisco incorporated
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11 May 1910 An act of the U.S. Congress establishes Glacier National Park in Montana.
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11 May 1910 Montana's Glacier National Park forms
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11 May 1912 38th Kentucky Derby: Carol H Shilling aboard Worth wins in 2:09.4
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11 May 1916 Einstein's Theory of General Relativity presented
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11 May 1917 Britain grants Royal Letters Patent to New Zealand
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11 May 1918 The Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus is officially established.
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11 May 1918 44th Kentucky Derby: William Knapp on Exterminator wins in 2:10.8
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11 May 1919 Yankees' Jack Quinn & Senators' Walter Johnson, 12 inning 0-0 tie
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11 May 1921 Tel Aviv is 1st all Jewish municipality
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11 May 1923 10 homeruns hit in Phillies 20-14 victory over St Louis Cardinals
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11 May 1924 Cartel des Gauches wins French parliamentary election
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11 May 1924 Pulitzer Prize awarded to Robert Frost (New Hampshire)
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11 May 1925 Communist Party of Holland splits
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11 May 1925 Kara-Kalpak Autonomous Region constituted in RSFSR
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11 May 1926 Airship Norge leaves Spitsbergen for 1st air crossing of Arctic Ocean
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11 May 1927 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is founded.
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11 May 1927 Belgium beats England 9-1 in soccer
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11 May 1927 Louis B Mayer forms Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
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11 May 1928 54th Kentucky Derby: Chick Lang aboard Reigh Count wins in 2:10.4
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11 May 1928 56th Preakness: Raymond Sonny Workman aboard Victorian wins in 2:00.2
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11 May 1928 63rd British Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 292 at Royal St George's
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11 May 1928 General Electric opens 1st TV-station (Schenectady NY)
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11 May 1929 Dr Annie Webb Blanton forms Delta Kappa Gamma Society in Austin, Texas
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11 May 1929 1st regularly scheduled TV broadcasts (3 nights per week)
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11 May 1931 Credit-Anstalt, Austria's largest bank, fails beginning financial collapse of Central Europe
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11 May 1935 61st Preakness: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 1:58.4
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11 May 1940 66th Preakness: Fred A Smith aboard Bimelech wins in 1:58.6
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11 May 1940 New York World's Fair reopens
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11 May 1941 1st Messerschmidt 109F shot down above England
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11 May 1942 William Faulkner's collections of short stories, Go Down, Moses, is published.
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11 May 1942 Japanese troops conquer Kalewa
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11 May 1943 World War II: American troops invade Attu Island in the Aleutian Islands in an attempt to expel occupying Japanese forces.
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11 May 1943 Hermann Goering-division in Tunisia surrenders
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11 May 1943 US 7th division lands on Attu, Aleutian, (1st US territory recaptured)
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11 May 1944 World War II: The Allies begin a major offensive against the Axis Powers on the Gustav Line.
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11 May 1944 Opposition group surprise attack post office washer
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11 May 1944 Slomp Resistance fighter (Frits de Zwerver) freed from Arnhem prison
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11 May 1945 World War II: Off the coast of Okinawa, the aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill is hit by two kamikazes, killing 346 of its crew. Although badly damaged, the ship is able to return to the U.S. under its own power.
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11 May 1945 US marines conquer Awatsha Draw Okinawa
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11 May 1946 UMNO is created.
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11 May 1946 1st night game at Boston Braves Field (Giants 5, Braves 1)
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11 May 1946 72nd Preakness: Warren Mehrtens aboard Assault wins in 2:01.4
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11 May 1947 BF Goodrich announced the development of tubeless tire (Akron Ohio)
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11 May 1947 BF Goodrich manufactures 1st tubeless tire, Akron OH
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11 May 1947 Laos accepts constitution for parliamentary democracy
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11 May 1948 Haganah takes control of Safed & port of Haifa
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11 May 1948 Luigi Einaudi elected President of Italy
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11 May 1949 Israel joins the United Nations.
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11 May 1949 Siam officially changes its name to Thailand for the second time. The name had been in use since 1939 but was reverted in 1945.
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11 May 1949 1st Polaroid camera sold $89.95 (NYC)
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11 May 1949 By a vote of 37-12, Israel becomes 59th member of UN
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11 May 1949 Siam renames itself Thailand
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11 May 1950 Belgium mine disaster at Borinage, 39 die
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11 May 1950 Eug
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11 May 1951 Jay Forrester patents computer core memory
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11 May 1953 The 1953 Waco tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado hits downtown Waco, Texas, killing 114.
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11 May 1953 Tornado kills 114 in Waco TX ($39 million damage)
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11 May 1953 Winston Churchill criticizes John Foster Dulles domino theory
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11 May 1955 Israel attacks Gaza
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11 May 1956 Pinky Lee Show, last airs on NBC-TV
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11 May 1957 Gabriel Paris forms Government of Colombia
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11 May 1958 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Lawton Golf Open
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11 May 1958 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
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11 May 1959 "Kookie, Kookie Lend Me Your Comb" by Byrnes and Connie Stevens hits #4
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11 May 1959 Elvis Presley's 1st entry on UK charts with "Heartbreak Hotel"
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11 May 1959 Rodgers & Barer's musical "Once Upon a Mattress" premieres in NYC
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11 May 1959 Yankee catcher Yogi Berra's errorless streak of 148 games ends
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11 May 1960 French liner "France" launched
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11 May 1960 In Buenos Aires, Argentina, four Israeli Mossad agents capture fugitive Nazi Adolf Eichmann who is living under the alias of Ricardo Klement.
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11 May 1960 French liner "France" launched
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11 May 1960 Israeli soldiers capture Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires
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11 May 1962 Antonio Segni becomes President of Italy
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11 May 1962 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
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11 May 1962 US sends troops to Thailand
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11 May 1963 "Puff (The Magic Dragon)" by Peter, Paul and Mary hits #2
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11 May 1963 Racial bomb attacks in Birmingham Alabama
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11 May 1963 Racist bombings in Birmingham, Alabama disrupt nonviolence in the Birmingham campaign and precipitate a crisis involving federal troops.
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11 May 1963 "Puff (The Magic Dragon)" by Peter, Paul & Mary hits #2
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11 May 1963 Los Angeles Dodger Sandy Koufax 2nd no-hitter beats New York Giants, 8-0
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11 May 1965 "Flora, the Red Menace" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 87 performances
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11 May 1965 Bangladesh windstorm kills 17,000
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11 May 1965 1st of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (India)
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11 May 1965 Ellis Island added to Statue of Liberty National monument
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11 May 1965 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
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11 May 1965 West Indies becomes 1st holders of the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy
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11 May 1966 Real Madrid wins 11th Europe Cup I
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11 May 1967 "Sing, Israel Sing" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 14 performances
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11 May 1967 Andreas Papandreou, Greek economist and socialist politician, detained since April 21[1] by the Greek military junta is transferred to an Athens prison.
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11 May 1967 100,000,000th US phone connected
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11 May 1967 Great Britain, Ireland & Denmark apply for EG membership
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11 May 1968 Richard Harris releases "MacArthur Park"
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11 May 1968 The Toronto Transit Commission opens the largest expansion of its Bloor–Danforth line, going to Scarborough in the East, and Etobicoke in the West.
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11 May 1968 Richard Harris releases "MacArthur Park"
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11 May 1968 Stanley Cup: Montr
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11 May 1968 Students & police battle in Paris, 100s injured
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11 May 1969 Carol Mann wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
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11 May 1969 Monty Python comedy troupe forms
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11 May 1970 The Lubbock tornado, a F5 tornado, hits Lubbock, Texas, killing 26 and causing $250 million in damage.
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11 May 1970 Sammy Davis Jr weds Altovise
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11 May 1971 Cleveland's Steve Dunning becomes last American League pitcher to hit grand slam
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11 May 1972 Giants trade Willie Mays to Mets for pitcher Charlie Williams and cash
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11 May 1972 Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins beat the New York Rangers, 4 games to 2
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11 May 1972 John Lennon says his phone is tapped by the FBI on Dick Cavett Show
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11 May 1972 San Francisco Giants trade Willie Mays to New York Mets for pitcher Charlie Williams & cash
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11 May 1972 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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11 May 1973 Citing government misconduct, Daniel Ellsberg has charges for his involvement in releasing the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times dismissed.
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11 May 1973 Dutch Government of Uyl forms
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11 May 1974 "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" by Frank Sinatra hits #83
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11 May 1974 "Tubular Bells" by Mike Oldfield hits #7
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11 May 1974 "Tubular Bells" by Mike Oldfield hits #7
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11 May 1974 Steely Dan releases "Rikki Don't Lose that Number"
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11 May 1975 Flyers 1-Isles 2 - Semifinals - Series tied at 3 games
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11 May 1975 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic
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11 May 1975 Israel signs an agreement with European Economic Market
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11 May 1976 Last broadcast of "Marcus Welby, MD" on ABC-TV
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11 May 1976 Emmy 3rd Daytime Award presentation
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11 May 1977 Hamburger SV wins 17th soccer Europe Cup II
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11 May 1977 Ted Turner manages an Atlanta Braves game
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11 May 1978 Margaret A Brewer is 1st female general in the US Marine Corps
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11 May 1980 Pam Higgins wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament
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11 May 1980 Pete Rose, 39, steals second, third, & home in one inning for Phillies
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11 May 1981 Andrew Lloyd Webber/TS Eliot's musical "Cats" premieres in London
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11 May 1981 Kim Carnes' "Bette Davis Eyes" hits #1, stay there 9 weeks
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11 May 1982 Canucks 4-Isles 6-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 2-0 lead
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11 May 1983 "Dance a Little Closer" opens and closes at Minskoff Theater, New York City
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11 May 1983 "Dance a Little Closer" opens & closes at Minskoff Theater NYC
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11 May 1983 Aberdeen wins 23rd Europe Cup II
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11 May 1983 Comet C/1983 H1 (IRAS-Araki-Alcock) approaches 0.0312 astronomical units (AUs) of Earth
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11 May 1984 Johan Cruijff quits soccer
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11 May 1984 Tigers set best 30 game start record (26-4)
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11 May 1984 Transit of Earth as seen on Mars
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11 May 1985 Pope John Paul II arrives in the Netherlands
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11 May 1985 Soccer stadium in Bradford England catches fire; 53 die
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11 May 1985 Bradford City stadium fire: Fifty-six spectators die and more than 200 are injured in a flash fire at Valley Parade football ground during a match against Lincoln City in Bradford, England.
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11 May 1985 40 die & 150 injured in fire at Bradford City football ground
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11 May 1985 Booby trap bomb kills 86 people in India
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11 May 1985 Dave Concepcion becomes 4th Cincinnati Red teammate to get 2,000 hits, the others include Pete Rose, Tony Perez & Cesar Cedeno
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11 May 1985 Madonna's "Crazy For You" single goes #1
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11 May 1986 Muffin Spencer-Devlin wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
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11 May 1987 In Baltimore, the first heart–lung transplant takes place. The surgery is performed by Dr. Bruce Reitz of the Stanford University School of Medicine.
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11 May 1987 Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II.
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11 May 1987 1st heart-lung transplant take place (Baltimore)
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11 May 1987 Corazon Aquino is elected President in the Philippines
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11 May 1988 France performs nuclear test
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11 May 1988 KV Mechelen wins 28th Europe Cup II
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11 May 1988 Mario Andretti records fastest Indianapolis 500 lap (221.565 mph)
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11 May 1989 217th and final episode of "Dynasty" is aired
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11 May 1989 217th & final episode of "Dynasty" is aired
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11 May 1989 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
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11 May 1989 Kenya announces worldwide ban on ivory to preserve its elephant herds
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11 May 1989 President Bush orders nearly 2,000 troops to Panam
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11 May 1990 New York Yankees trade Dave Winfield to Angels for Mike Witt
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11 May 1993 28th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks wins
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11 May 1993 Paramaribo Suriname TV studio destroyed by fire
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11 May 1994 "Naked Gun 33 1 / 3: The Final Insult, " released in France
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11 May 1994 "Grease" opens at Eugene O' Neill Theater NYC for 1,503 performances
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11 May 1994 6 white racists sentenced to death in South Africa
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11 May 1994 Inter Milan wins 23rd UEFA Cup
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11 May 1995 More than 170 countries extend the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty indefinitely and without conditions.
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11 May 1996 The 1996 Mount Everest disaster: on a single day eight people die during summit attempts on Mount Everest.
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11 May 1996 After the aircraft's departure from Miami, a fire started by improperly handled chemical oxygen generators 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.
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11 May 1996 Florida Marlin Al Leiter no hits Colorado Rockies, 11-0
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11 May 1996 Valujet DC-9 crashes in Miami, 109 die
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11 May 1997 "Play On!" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC after 61 performances
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11 May 1997 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 in a classic match format.
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11 May 1997 New York Mets C Everett & Butch Huskey are 9th to hit consecutive pinch HRs
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11 May 1997 Paine Webber Senior Golf Invitational
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11 May 1997 Sara Lee LPGA Classic
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11 May 1997 Scott McCarron wins Bellsouth Golf Classic
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11 May 1997 Terry-Jo Myers wins LPGA Sara Lee Classic
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11 May 1998 India conducts three underground atomic tests in Pokhran to include a thermonuclear device.
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11 May 2000 Second Chechen War: Chechen separatists ambush Russian paramilitary forces in the Republic of Ingushetia.
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11 May 2010 David Cameron becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following talks between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats to form the UK's first coalition government since World War II after elections produced a hung parliament.
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11 May 2013 Fifty-two people are killed in a bombing in Reyhanlı, Turkey.
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11 May 2014 Fifteen people are killed and 46 injured in Kinshasa in a stampede caused by tear gas being thrown into the stand by police officers attempting to defuse a hostile incident.
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