Notable Historical Events on May 11th
May 11th Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
330 |
Constantinople (Byzantium) becomes capital of Roman Empire |
1189 |
Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa & 100,000 crusaders depart Regensburg for the Third Crusade |
1310 |
Fifty-four members of the Knights Templar are burned at the stake in France for being heretics. |
1421 |
Jews are expelled from Styria Austria |
1502 |
Columbus begins 4th & last trip to "Indies" |
1548 |
Start of great fire in Brielle |
1625 |
Peasants besiege Frankenburg estate in Upper Austria |
1647 |
Peter Stuyvesant arrives in New Amsterdam. |
1674 |
Netherlands & Cologne sign peace treaty |
1678 |
French admiral Jean d'Estrees' fleet runs aground on Aves-islands, Curacao |
1689 |
Battle of Bantry Bay, French & English naval battle |
1690 |
English troops of W Phips conquer Port Royal, Nova Scotia |
1745 |
Battle of Fontenoy (Doornik): Austrian Succession war |
1749 |
British parliament accepts Consolidation Act: fleet reorganization |
1751 |
1st hospital founded (Pennsylvania Hospital) in the 13 Colonies in America |
1752 |
1st US fire insurance policy issued (Philadelphia) |
1772 |
Amsterdam theater destroyed by fire, 18 killed |
1784 |
Britain & Tippu Sahib of Mysore sign peace treaty |
1792 |
Columbia River discovered & named by US Capt Robert Gray |
1812 |
Waltz introduced into English ballrooms. Some observers consider it disgusting & immoral. |
1812 |
British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the House of Commons, London. Ironically, descendants of both were later elected to Parliament at the same time. |
1813 |
In Australia, William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth, lead an expedition westwards from Sydney. Their route opens up inland Australia for continued expansion throughout the 19th century. |
1816 |
American Bible Society forms (NY) |
1820 |
Launch of HMS Beagle, the ship that took young Charles Darwin on his scientific voyage. |
1833 |
"Lady-of-the-Lake" strikes iceberg & sinks in N Atlantic; kills 215 |
1841 |
Lt. Charles Wilkes lands at Fort Nisqually in Puget Sound. |
1850 |
Work starts on 1st brick building in San Francisco |
1858 |
Minnesota admitted as 32nd US state |
1862 |
Confederates scuttle CSS Virginia off Norfolk, VA |
1864 |
Battle of Yellow Tavern, VA (Sheridan's Raid, South Anna Bridge) |
1864 |
Gen J.E.B. Stuart is mortally wounded at Yellow Tavern |
1865 |
Confederate Brigadier General Meriwether Jeff Thompson surrenders at Jacksonport, Arkansas |
1867 |
Treaty of London drawn, concerning Luxembourg |
1875 |
George "Charmer" Zettlein pitches the 1st 9 inning shutout |
1881 |
Bedrich Smetana's opera "Libusa" premieres in Prague |
1887 |
13th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Lewis aboard Montrose wins in 2:39.25 |
1888 |
16th Preakness: F Littlefield aboard Refund wins in 2:49 |
1891 |
The Otsu Scandal: While visiting Japan, Prince Nicholas (later Tsar Nicholas II) survives an assassination attempt |
1892 |
18th Kentucky Derby: Lonnie Clayton aboard Azra wins in 2:41½ |
1893 |
Henri Desgrange establishes 1st bicycle-world record (35.325 km) |
1894 |
American RR Union strikes Pullman Sleeping Car Co |
1897 |
Wash Senator catcher Charlie Farrell throws out 8 attempted stealers |
1900 |
james j jeffries KOs James J Corbett in 23 for heavyweight boxing title |
1904 |
Andrew Carnegie donates $1.5M to build a peace palace |
1907 |
Bank of San Francisco incorporated |
1907 |
A derailment outside Lompoc, California, kills 32 Shriners when their chartered train jumps off the tracks at a switch near Surf Depot. |
1910 |
Montana's Glacier National Park forms |
1911 |
The United States becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty. |
1912 |
38th Kentucky Derby: Carol H Shilling aboard Worth wins in 2:09.4 |
1917 |
King George V grants Royal Letters Patent to New Zealand |
1918 |
44th Kentucky Derby: William Knapp on Exterminator wins in 2:10.8 |
1919 |
Cincinnati Reds Hod Eller no-hits St Louis Cards, 6-0 |
1919 |
Yanks' Jack Quinn & Senators' Walter Johnson, 12 inning 0-0 tie |
1921 |
Tel Aviv is 1st all Jewish municipality |
1923 |
10 HRs hit in Phillies 20-14 victory over St Louis Cards |
1924 |
Cartel des Gauches wins French parliamentary election |
1924 |
Pulitzer Prize awarded to Robert Frost (New Hampshire) |
1924 |
Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging the two companies. |
1925 |
Communist Party of Holland splits |
1925 |
Kara-Kalpak Autonomous Region constituted in RSFSR |
1926 |
Airship Norge leaves Spitsbergen for 1st air crossing of Arctic Ocean |
1927 |
Belgium beats England 9-1 in soccer |
1927 |
Louis B Mayer forms Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences |
1928 |
54th Preakness: Raymond Sonny Workman aboard Victorian wins in 2:00.2 |
1928 |
63rd British Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 292 at Royal St George's |
1928 |
General Electric opens 1st TV-station (Schenectady, NY) |
1929 |
1st regularly scheduled TV broadcasts (3 nights per week) |
1929 |
Dr Annie Webb Blanton forms Delta Kappa Gamma Society in Austin Tx |
1931 |
Credit-Anstalt, Austria's largest bank, fails, beginning financial collapse of Central Europe |
1935 |
61st Preakness: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 1:58.4 |
1940 |
66th Preakness: Fred A Smith aboard Bimelech wins in 1:58.6 |
1940 |
NY World's Fair reopens |
1941 |
1st Messerschmidt 109F shot down above England |
1942 |
Japanese troops conquer Kalewa |
1942 |
William Faulkner's collections of short stories, Go Down, Moses, is published. |
1943 |
Hermann Goering division in Tunisia surrenders |
1943 |
US 7th div lands on Attu, Aleutian, (1st US territory recaptured) |
1944 |
Opposition group surprise attack post office Washer |
1944 |
Slomp Resistance fighter (Frits de Zwerver) freed from Arnhem prison |
1945 |
US marines conquer Awatsha Draw Okinawa |
1946 |
1st night game at Boston Braves Field (Giants 5, Braves 1) |
1946 |
72nd Preakness: Warren Mehrtens aboard Assault wins in 2:01.4 |
1946 |
United Malays National Organisation is created. |
1947 |
BF Goodrich announced the development of tubeless tire (Akron Ohio) |
1947 |
Laos accepts constitution for parliamentary democracy |
1948 |
Haganah takes control of Safed & port of Haifa |
1948 |
Luigi Einaudi elected president of Italy |
1949 |
By a vote of 37-12, Israel becomes 59th member of UN |
1949 |
Siam renames itself Thailand |
1950 |
Belgium mine disaster at Borinage, 39 die |
1950 |
Eugene Ionesco's "La Cantatrice Chauve" premieres in Paris |
1951 |
Jay Forrester patents computer core memory |
1953 |
Tornado kills 114 in Waco Texas ($39M damage) |
1953 |
Winston Churchill criticizes US Sec of State John Foster Dulles' domino theory |
1955 |
Israel attacks Gaza |
1956 |
Pinky Lee Show last airs on NBC-TV |
1956 |
Elvis Presley's 1st entry on UK charts with "Heartbreak Hotel" |
1957 |
Gabriel Paris forms government of Colombia |
1958 |
Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Lawton Golf Open |
1958 |
US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak |
1958 |
US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island |
1959 |
"Kookie, Kookie Lend Me Your Comb" by Byrnes & Connie Stevens hits #4 |
1959 |
Rodgers & Barer's musical "Once upon a mattress" premieres in NYC |
1959 |
Yankee catcher Yogi Berra's errorless streak of 148 games ends |
1960 |
French liner "France" launched |
1960 |
Israeli soldiers capture Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires |
1960 |
The first contraceptive pill is made available on the market. |
1962 |
Antonio Segni becomes president of Italy |
1962 |
US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island |
1962 |
US sends troops to Thailand |
1963 |
"Puff (The Magic Dragon)" by Peter, Paul & Mary hits #2 |
1963 |
LA Dodger Sandy Koufax 2nd no-hitter beats NY Giants, 8-0 |
1963 |
Racial bomb attacks in Birmingham Alabama |
1965 |
"Flora, the Red Menace" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 87 performances |
1965 |
1st of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (India) |
1965 |
Bangladesh windstorm kills 17,000 |
1965 |
Ellis Island added to Statue of Liberty National monument |
1965 |
USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR |
1965 |
West Indies becomes 1st holders of the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy |
1966 |
Real Madrid wins 11th Europe Cup I |
1967 |
"Sing, Israel Sing" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 14 perfs |
1967 |
100,000,000th US phone connected |
1967 |
Great Britain, Ireland & Denmark apply for EG membership |
1968 |
Richard Harris releases "MacArthur Park" |
1968 |
Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep St Louis Blues in 4 games |
1968 |
Students & police battle in Paris, 100s injured |
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. |
1969 |
Carol Mann wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open |
1969 |
Monty Python comedy troupe forms |
1970 |
Henry Marrow is murdered in a violent racially-motivated crime in Oxford, North Carolina. |
1971 |
Cleveland's Steve Dunning becomes last AL pitcher to hit grand slam |
1972 |
Giants trade Willie Mays to Mets for pitcher Charlie Williams & cash |
1972 |
John Lennon says his phone is tapped by FBI on Dick Cavett Show |
1972 |
Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins beat NY Rangers, 4 games to 2 |
1972 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1973 |
Dutch government of Uyl forms |
1973 |
Citing government misconduct, Daniel Ellsberg has his charges for his involvement in releasing the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times dismissed. |
1974 |
"Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" by Frank Sinatra hits #83 |
1974 |
"Tubular Bells" by Mike Oldfield hits #7 |
1974 |
Steely Dan releases "Rikki Don't Lose that Number" |
1975 |
Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic |
1975 |
Flyers 1-Isles 2-Semifinals-Series tied at 3 games |
1975 |
Israel signs an agreement with European Economic Market |
1976 |
Emmy 3rd Daytime Award presentation |
1976 |
Last broadcast of "Marcus Welby, MD" on ABC-TV |
1977 |
Hamburger SV wins 17th soccer Europe Cup II |
1977 |
Ted Turner manages an Atlanta Braves game |
1978 |
Margaret A Brewer is 1st female general in the US Marine Corps |
1980 |
Pam Higgins wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament |
1980 |
Pete Rose, 39, steals second, third, & home in one inning for Phillies |
1981 |
Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "Cats" (based on TS Eliot) premieres in London |
1982 |
Canucks 4-Isles 6-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 2-0 lead |
1983 |
"Dance a Little Closer" opens & closes at Minskoff Theater NYC |
1983 |
Aberdeen wins 23rd Europe Cup II |
1983 |
Comet C/1983 H1 (IRAS-Araki-Alcock) approaches 0.0312 AUs of Earth |
1984 |
Johan Cruijff quits soccer |
1984 |
Tigers set best 30 game start record (26-4) |
1984 |
Transit of Earth as seen on Mars |
1985 |
40 die and 150 injured in fire at Bradford City football ground, England |
1985 |
Booby trap bomb kills 86 people in India |
1985 |
Madonna's "Crazy For You" single goes #1 |
1985 |
Pope John Paul II arrives in Netherlands |
1985 |
Dave Concepcion becomes 4th Cin Red teammate to get 2,000 hits, others include Pete Rose, Tony Perez & Cesar Cedeno |
1986 |
Muffin Spencer-Devlin wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic |
1987 |
1st heart-lung transplant take place (Baltimore) |
1988 |
France performs nuclear test |
1988 |
KV Mechelen wins 28th Europe Cup II |
1988 |
Mario Andretti records fastest Indianapolis 500 lap (221.565 mph) |
1989 |
217th & final episode of "Dynasty" is aired |
1989 |
France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island |
1989 |
Kenya announces worldwide ban on ivory to preserve its elephant herds |
1989 |
President Bush orders nearly 2,000 troops to Panama |
1990 |
NY Yankees trade Dave Winfield to Angels for Mike Witt |
1993 |
28th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks wins |
1993 |
Paramaribo Suriname TV studio destroyed by fire |
1994 |
"Grease" opens at Eugene O' Neill Theater NYC for 1,503 performances |
1994 |
"Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult" released in France |
1994 |
6 white racists sentenced to death in South Africa |
1994 |
Inter Milan wins 23rd UEFA Cup |
1995 |
In New York City, more than 170 countries decide to extend the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty indefinitely and without conditions. |
1996 |
Florida Marlin Al Leiter no hits Colo Rockies, 11-0 |
1996 |
Valujet DC-9 crashes in Miami, 109 die |
1997 |
"Play On!" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC after 61 performances |
1997 |
NY Mets C Everett & Butch Huskey are 9th to hit consecutive pinch HRs |
1997 |
Paine Webber Senior Golf Invitational |
1997 |
Sara Lee LPGA Classic |
1997 |
Scott McCarron wins Bellsouth Golf Classic |
1997 |
Terry-Jo Myers wins LPGA Sara Lee Classic |
1997 |
Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov 3.5-2.5 in chess |
1998 |
India conducts three underground nuclear tests in Pokhran, including a thermonuclear device. |
2002 |
Last performance of the musical Cats in London's West End. |
2002 |
Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet of the Netherlands unveils the Man With Two Hats monument in Ottawa and Apeldoorn (May 2), 2000, symbolically linking both the Netherlands and Canada for their assistance throughout the Second World War. |
2007 |
Pope Benedict XVI canonizes the first Brazilian-born saint, Frei Galvão. |
2009 |
An American soldier in Iraq opened fire on a counseling center at Camp Liberty in Bagdhad, leaving 5 other US soldiers dead and 3 soldiers wounded. |
2010 |
Imelda Marcos win election to Philippine House of Representatives representing Ilocos Norte province. |
2012 |
Chinese scientists break world record by transferring photons over 97 kilometers using quantum teleportation |
2013 |
43 people are killed in two car bombings in Reyhanlı, Turkey |
2013 |
Bayern Munich set a new Bundesliga points record of 91 |
2013 |
Barcelona wins its fourth La Liga title in four years |
2016 |
Brazil Senate set to vote on Rousseff impeachment |
2016 |
Budweiser renames itself 'America' to inspire drinkers |
2017 |
Senate Intelligence Committee subpoenas Michael Flynn for documents in Russia investigation |
2018 |
Turkey's Erdogan and Russia's Putin say US wrong to quit Iran deal |
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