Wednesday, May 11, 2005

Wednesday, May 11

This Day In History

  • 1647   Peter Stuyvesant arrived in New Amsterdam to become governor.
  • 1816   The American Bible Society was formed in New York City.
  • 1832   The first national political platform was hammered out in Washington, DC.
  • 1858   Minnesota became the 32nd state of the Union.
  • 1888   Songwriter Irving Berlin was born Israel Baline in Temun, Russia.
  • 1894   Workers at the Pullman Palace Car Co. in Illinois went on strike.
  • 1910   Glacier National Park in Montana was established.
  • 1944   Allied forces launched a major offensive in central Italy.
  • 1946   The first CARE packages for Europe arrived at Le Havre, France.
  • 1947   The B.F. Goodrich Co. of Akron, Ohio, announced the development of a tubeless tire.
  • 1949   Israel was admitted to the United Nations.
  • 1949   Siam changed its named to Thailand.
  • 1981   Reggae musician Bob Marley died of cancer at age 36.
  • 1996   An Atlanta-bound ValuJet DC-9 caught fire shortly after takeoff from Miami and crashed into the Florida Everglades, killing all 110 people on board
  • 1997   The Deep Blue IBM computer defeated Garry Kasparov to win a six-game chess match between man and machine in New York.
  • 1998   India set off three underground atomic blasts, its first nuclear tests in 24 years.
  • 1998   A French mint produced the first coins of Europe's single currency, the euro.
  • 2001   Attorney General John Ashcroft delayed Timothy McVeigh's execution from May 16 to June 11 because of FBI mishandling of documents.
Happy Birthday To
  • 1888   Irving Berlin
  • 1912   Foster Brooks (comedian)
  • 1912   Phil Silvers (Philip Silversmith)
  • 1927   Mort Sahl (comedian: Broadway, night club acts, actor: Don’t Make Waves, Doctor You’ve Got to be Kidding)

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