Wednesday, May 11, 2016

This Date in History - May 11

It's not Easter, so you will have to keep reading to figure this one out.

330:  BYZANTIUM IS RENAMED NOVA ROMA.

Sounds like a new Italian restaurant.

868:  A COPY OF THE DIAMOND SUTRA IS PRINTED IN CHINA, MAKING IT THE OLDEST KNOWN DATED PRINTED BOOK.

Back ordered on Amazon.

912:  ALEXANDER BECOMES EMPEROR OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE.

So much for that Nona Roma.

1792:  CAPTAIN ROBERT GRAY BECOMES THE FIRST DOCUMENTED WHITE PERSON TO SAIL INTO THE COLUMBIA RIVER.

For those of you who keep those kinds of records.

1812:  PRIME MINISTER SPENCER PERCEVAL IS ASSASSINATED BY JOHN BELLINGHAM IN THE LOBBY OF COMMONS, LONDON.

Any conspiracy theories?

1820:  HMS BEAGLE, THE SHIP THAT WILL TAKE CHARLES DARWIN ON HIS VOYAGE, IS LAUNCHED.

My favorite kind of dog.

1846:  PRESIDENT JAMES K. POLK ASKED FOR AND RECEIVED A DECLARATION OF WAR AGAINST MEXICO.

Donald Trump's favorite President.

1858:  MINNESOTA IS ADMITTED AS THE 32ND US STATE.

Making Mary Richards an American citizen.

1867:  LUXEMBOURG GAINS ITS INDEPENDENCE.

Wherever that is.

1889:  BUSINESSMAN JOHN CADBURY DIES.

Too much lousy candy.

1892:  ACTRESS MARGARET RUTHERFORD IS BORN.

Miss Marple.

1894:  FOUR THOUSAND PULLMAN PALACE CAR COMPANY WORKERS GO ON A WILDCAT STRIKE IN ILLINOIS.

Carry your own bags.

1904:  PAINTER SALVADOR DALI IS BORN.

Hello Dali.

1907:  THIRTY-TWO SHRINERS ARE KILLED WHEN THEIR TRAIN DERAILS IN CALIFORNIA.

Those wild conventions.

1910:  AN ACT OF THE US CONGRESS ESTABLISHES GLACIER NATIONAL PARK IN MONTANA.

T-shirts available at the gift shop.

1911:  ACTOR PHIL SILVERS IS BORN.

Bilko!!

1927:  THE ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURES ARTS AND SCIENCES IS FOUNDED.

And the winner is...

1933:  RELIGIOUS LEADER LOUIS FARRAKHAN IS BORN.

Too bad.

1944:  WORLD WAR II - THE ALLIES BEGIN A MAJOR OFFENSIVE ON THE GUSTAV LINE.

Is that like the Mendoza line?

1949:  SIAM OFFICIALLY CHANGES ITS NAME TO THAILAND FOR THE SECOND TIME.

It didn't take the first time?

1949:  ISRAEL JOINS THE UNITED NATIONS.

Dues payable immediately.

1963:  RACIST BOMBINGS IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA DISRUPT NONVIOLENCE AND PRECIPITATE A CRISIS INVOLVING FEDERAL TROOPS.

Yesterday once more.

1979:  MUSICIAN LESTER FLATT DIES.

He left us Flatt.

1984:  EIGHT PEOPLE PERISH IN A FIRE AT SIX FLAGS GREAT ADVENTURE'S HAUNTED CRISIS.

I actually remember this.

1985:  CARTOONIST CHESTER GOULD DIES.

God to Dick Tracy.   Come in, Dick Tracy.

1987:  KLAUS BARBIE GOES ON TRIAL FOR WORLD WAR II WAR CRIMES.

What a doll.

1987:  IN BALTIMORE, THE FIRST HEART-LUNG TRANSPLANT TAKES PLACE.

Aqua-lung by Jethro Tull.

1996:  RIGHT PEOPLE DIE DURING SUMMIT ATTEMPTS ON MOUNT EVEREST.

Asking for trouble.

2006:  BOXER FLOYD PATTERSON DIES.

Eight, nine, ten....

Dinner last night:  Had a big lunch so just a sandwich and a salad.






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