May 11
Today is the 131st day of 2017, there are 234 days left in the year.
1647 - Peter Stuyvesant arrived in New Amsterdam to become governor of New Netherland.
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.)
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.
1937 - "SPAM" was registered as a trademark by Hormel Foods, producer of the canned meat product.
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 devastated Waco, Texas, claiming 114 lives.
1960 - Israeli agents captured Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1973 - The espionage trial of Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony Russo in the "Pentagon Papers" case came to an end as Judge William M. Byrne dismissed all charges, citing government misconduct.
1981 - Reggae performer Bob Marley died of cancer in Miami at the age of 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 - 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 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 - 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
28 - Cam Newton (football player)
28 - Prince Royce (singer)
29 - Blac Chyna (model)
29 - Jeremy Maclin (football player)
32 - Jadyn Wong (actress)
34 - Holly Valance (singer)
35 - Jonathan Jackson (actor)
41 - Karla Martinez (TV host)
42 - Coby Bell (actor)
49 - Jeffrey Donovan (actor)
65 - Mike Lupica (journalist)
69 - Pam Ferris (actress)
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Today in Sports History - May 11
1959 - New York Yankees' catcher Yogi Berra's errorless streak of 148 games ends.
1963 - Los Angeles Dodgers' Sandy Koufax second no-hitter beats San Francisco Giants, 8-0.
1968 - The Montreal Canadiens sweep the St. Louis Blues to win the Stanley Cup.
1972 - San Francisco Giants trade Willie Mays to New York Mets for pitcher Charlie Williams and cash.
1972 - The Boston Bruins beat the New York Rangers in six games to win the Stanley Cup.
1980 - Pete Rose steals second, third, and home in one inning for Philadelphia Phillies.
1984 - The Detroit Tigers set a record for best 30-game start in major league history with a record of 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.
1988 - Mario Andretti records fastest Indianapolis 500 lap (221.565 mph).
2003 - Rafael Palmeiro of the Texas Rangers became the 19th player in major league history to hit 500 career home runs.
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 131st day of 2017, there are 234 days left in the year.
1647 - Peter Stuyvesant arrived in New Amsterdam to become governor of New Netherland.
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.)
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.
1937 - "SPAM" was registered as a trademark by Hormel Foods, producer of the canned meat product.
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 devastated Waco, Texas, claiming 114 lives.
1960 - Israeli agents captured Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1973 - The espionage trial of Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony Russo in the "Pentagon Papers" case came to an end as Judge William M. Byrne dismissed all charges, citing government misconduct.
1981 - Reggae performer Bob Marley died of cancer in Miami at the age of 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 - 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 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 - 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
28 - Cam Newton (football player)
28 - Prince Royce (singer)
29 - Blac Chyna (model)
29 - Jeremy Maclin (football player)
32 - Jadyn Wong (actress)
34 - Holly Valance (singer)
35 - Jonathan Jackson (actor)
41 - Karla Martinez (TV host)
42 - Coby Bell (actor)
49 - Jeffrey Donovan (actor)
65 - Mike Lupica (journalist)
69 - Pam Ferris (actress)
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Today in Sports History - May 11
1959 - New York Yankees' catcher Yogi Berra's errorless streak of 148 games ends.
1963 - Los Angeles Dodgers' Sandy Koufax second no-hitter beats San Francisco Giants, 8-0.
1968 - The Montreal Canadiens sweep the St. Louis Blues to win the Stanley Cup.
1972 - San Francisco Giants trade Willie Mays to New York Mets for pitcher Charlie Williams and cash.
1972 - The Boston Bruins beat the New York Rangers in six games to win the Stanley Cup.
1980 - Pete Rose steals second, third, and home in one inning for Philadelphia Phillies.
1984 - The Detroit Tigers set a record for best 30-game start in major league history with a record of 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.
1988 - Mario Andretti records fastest Indianapolis 500 lap (221.565 mph).
2003 - Rafael Palmeiro of the Texas Rangers became the 19th player in major league history to hit 500 career home runs.
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.
