TODAY’S HISTORY LESSON – MAY 11
330 Constantinople (Byzantium) becomes the capital of the Roman Empire
868 The earliest surviving dated printed book is produced in China
1189 Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa and 100,000 crusaders depart Regensburg for the Third Crusade
1573 Henry of Anjou becomes the first elected king of Poland.
1690 In the first major engagement of King William’s War, British troops from Massachusetts seize Port Royal in Acadia (Nova Scotia and New Brunswick) from the French.
1751 Pennsylvania Hospital founded by Dr. Thomas Bond and Benjamin Franklin
1812 British Prime Minster Spencer Perceval is shot by a bankrupt banker in the lobby of the House of Commons.
1812 Waltz introduced into English ballrooms – Most observers consider it disgusting & immoral.
1833 “Lady-of-the-Lake” strikes iceberg & sinks in N Atlantic; kills 215
1858 Minnesota is admitted as the 32nd U.S. state.
1904 Andrew Carnegie donates $1.5 million to build a peace palace
1910 Montana’s Glacier National Park forms
1949 By a vote of 37-12, Israel becomes 59th member of UN
1951 Jay Forrester patents computer core memory
1953 Winston Churchill criticizes John Foster Dulles domino theory
1960 Israeli soldiers capture Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires.
1963 Racial bomb attacks in Birmingham AL
1969 Monty Python comedy troupe forms
1981 The musical Cats is premiered
1987 1st heart-lung transplant take place (Baltimore)
2000 India’s population officially reaches 1 billion – Astha Arora named India’s billionth baby
2003 91% of Lithuanian voters opted to join the European Union—the first former Soviet nation to do so.
** history.net, onthisday.com, infoplease.com, timeanddate.com, thepeoplehistory.com, on-this-day.com **
