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May 11, there are 235 days left in this year.
1858– Minnesota became the 32nd state in the United States.
1894– The Pullman Strike began.
1949– Siam changed its name to Thailand.
1960– Israeli agents captured Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Argentina.
1973– Charges against Daniel Ellsberg for his role in the Pentagon Papers case were dismissed.
1981– Reggae performer Bob Marley died of cancer in Miami at the age of 36.
1997– IBM’s supercomputer, Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov, the reigning world champion, in a six game chess match (2 for blue, 1 for Kasparov, and 3 ties).
1998– India set off atomic blasts.
2003– 91% of Lithuanian voters opted to join the European Union—the first former Soviet nation to do so.
Birthdays
1888– Irving Berlin, songwriter, “God Bless America”, “White Christmas”, “There’s No Business Like Show Business”
1892– Dame Margaret Rutherford, Oscar Award winning actress
1894– Martha Graham, modern dance, choreographer
1904– Salvador Dali, Spanish surrealist painter
1916– Camilo Jose Cela, novelist and poet
1916– Richard Feynman, physicist
1933– Louis Farrakan, religious leader, Nation of Islam
1963– Natasha Richardson, Tony Award winning actress,”Cabaret”, “Nell”, “The Parent Trap”