May 11
Today is the 132nd day of 2016, there are 234 days left in the year.
1858 - Minnesota became the 32nd state.
1894 - Workers at the Pullman Palace Car Co. in Illinois went on strike. (The job action spread and crippled railroad service nationwide before the federal government intervened to end the strike in July.)
1904 - Artist Salvador Dali was born in Figueras, Spain.
1910 - Glacier National Park in Montana was established.
1927 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was founded during a banquet at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles.
1935 - The Rural Electrification Administration (REA) was created as one of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs.
1945 - The aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill was attacked and severely damaged by two kamikaze aircraft off the coast of Okinawa; according to the U.S. Navy, 346 men were killed, 43 were left missing and 264 were wounded.
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 name to Thailand.
1953 - A tornado claimed 114 lives in Waco, Texas.
1960 - Israeli agents captured Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Argentina.
1973 - Charges against Daniel Ellsberg for his role in the Pentagon Papers case were dismissed by Judge William M. Byrne, who cited government misconduct.
1981 - Reggae musician Bob Marley died of cancer at age 36.
1996 - A 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. (Deep Blue won two matches, Kasparov one match, and there were three draws.)
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.
2003 - More than 91% of Lithuanian voters opted to join the European Union, the first former Soviet nation to do so.
2010 - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown resigned, ending 13 years of the Labour Party government. (He was succeeded by Conservative David Cameron.)
Birthdays
27 - Cam Newton (football player)
28 - Jeremy Maclin (football player)
28 - Blac Chyna (model)
31 - Jadyn Wong (actress)
34 - Jonathan Jackson (actor)
40 - Karla Martinez (TV host)
48 - Jeffrey Donovan (actor)
64 - Mike Lupica (journalist)
75 - Eric Burdon (rock singer)
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Today in Sports History - May 11
1897 - Charlie Farrell of the Washington Senators throws out 8 attempted base stealers in one game.
1959 - Yogi Berra (New York Yankees) ended his streak of 148 errorless games.
1968 - The Montreal Canadiens sweep the St. Louis Blues to win the Stanley Cup.
1971 - Cleveland Indians pitcher Steve Dunning becomes the first American League pitcher to hit a grand slam.
1972 - The San Francisco Giants trade Willie Mays to the New York Mets for pitcher Charlie Williams and cash.
1972 - The Boston Bruins defeat the New York Rangers in six games for the Stanley Cup.
1980 - Pete Rose steals second, third and home in one inning for the Philadelphia Phillies.
1984 - The Detroit Tigers set a record for the best 30-game start in major league history, going 26-4.
1985 - In Bradford, England, 56 people died when a fire engulfed the main grandstand at Bradford's soccer stadium. Over 200 were injured.
1996 - Al Leiter threw the first no-hitter in Florida Marlins history.
2003 - Rafael Palmeiro (Texas Rangers) hit his 500th career home run to become only the 19th player in baseball history to reach the mark.
2006 - Hideki Matsui's streak of playing in every game since starting his Major League Baseball career with the New York Yankees ends at 518 games. Previous record holder was Ernie Banks, who played in 424 consecutive games with the Chicago Cubs.
2015 - The NFL announced that Tom Brady (New England Patiots) would be suspended without pay for the first four regular season games of the 2015-16 season. The supsension was for violation the NFL policy on the integrity of the game for his knowledge of under-inflated footballs after being checked by officials. It was also announced that the New England Patriots would be fined $1 million and would forfeit a 2016 first-round draft and a 2017 fourth-round selection in the NFL Draft.
Today is the 132nd day of 2016, there are 234 days left in the year.
1858 - Minnesota became the 32nd state.
1894 - Workers at the Pullman Palace Car Co. in Illinois went on strike. (The job action spread and crippled railroad service nationwide before the federal government intervened to end the strike in July.)
1904 - Artist Salvador Dali was born in Figueras, Spain.
1910 - Glacier National Park in Montana was established.
1927 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was founded during a banquet at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles.
1935 - The Rural Electrification Administration (REA) was created as one of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs.
1945 - The aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill was attacked and severely damaged by two kamikaze aircraft off the coast of Okinawa; according to the U.S. Navy, 346 men were killed, 43 were left missing and 264 were wounded.
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 name to Thailand.
1953 - A tornado claimed 114 lives in Waco, Texas.
1960 - Israeli agents captured Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Argentina.
1973 - Charges against Daniel Ellsberg for his role in the Pentagon Papers case were dismissed by Judge William M. Byrne, who cited government misconduct.
1981 - Reggae musician Bob Marley died of cancer at age 36.
1996 - A 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. (Deep Blue won two matches, Kasparov one match, and there were three draws.)
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.
2003 - More than 91% of Lithuanian voters opted to join the European Union, the first former Soviet nation to do so.
2010 - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown resigned, ending 13 years of the Labour Party government. (He was succeeded by Conservative David Cameron.)
Birthdays
27 - Cam Newton (football player)
28 - Jeremy Maclin (football player)
28 - Blac Chyna (model)
31 - Jadyn Wong (actress)
34 - Jonathan Jackson (actor)
40 - Karla Martinez (TV host)
48 - Jeffrey Donovan (actor)
64 - Mike Lupica (journalist)
75 - Eric Burdon (rock singer)
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Today in Sports History - May 11
1897 - Charlie Farrell of the Washington Senators throws out 8 attempted base stealers in one game.
1959 - Yogi Berra (New York Yankees) ended his streak of 148 errorless games.
1968 - The Montreal Canadiens sweep the St. Louis Blues to win the Stanley Cup.
1971 - Cleveland Indians pitcher Steve Dunning becomes the first American League pitcher to hit a grand slam.
1972 - The San Francisco Giants trade Willie Mays to the New York Mets for pitcher Charlie Williams and cash.
1972 - The Boston Bruins defeat the New York Rangers in six games for the Stanley Cup.
1980 - Pete Rose steals second, third and home in one inning for the Philadelphia Phillies.
1984 - The Detroit Tigers set a record for the best 30-game start in major league history, going 26-4.
1985 - In Bradford, England, 56 people died when a fire engulfed the main grandstand at Bradford's soccer stadium. Over 200 were injured.
1996 - Al Leiter threw the first no-hitter in Florida Marlins history.
2003 - Rafael Palmeiro (Texas Rangers) hit his 500th career home run to become only the 19th player in baseball history to reach the mark.
2006 - Hideki Matsui's streak of playing in every game since starting his Major League Baseball career with the New York Yankees ends at 518 games. Previous record holder was Ernie Banks, who played in 424 consecutive games with the Chicago Cubs.
2015 - The NFL announced that Tom Brady (New England Patiots) would be suspended without pay for the first four regular season games of the 2015-16 season. The supsension was for violation the NFL policy on the integrity of the game for his knowledge of under-inflated footballs after being checked by officials. It was also announced that the New England Patriots would be fined $1 million and would forfeit a 2016 first-round draft and a 2017 fourth-round selection in the NFL Draft.
