Birthdays on this date ...
1722 Peter Camper Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam)
1852 Charles Warren Fairbanks (R) 26th US VP (1905-09)
1854 Ottmar Mergenthaler Hachtel Germany, inventor (linotype)
1888 Irving Berlin [Isadore Balin], Temun, Russia, composer (White Xmas)
1891 Henry Morgenthau Jr US Secretary of the Treasury (1934-45)
1892 Dame Margaret Rutherford England, actress (Murder Most Foul)
1894 Florimond Cornellie Belgium, yachting (Olympic-gold-1920)
1894 Martha Graham Pitts, dance teacher (Appalachian Spring)
1895 William Grant Still Woodville Mississippi, composer (Afro-American)
19-- Darrow Igus Newark NJ, comedian (Fridays, Roll Out)
19-- Terry McGovern Berkley Calif, actor (Jim-Charlie & Company)
1901 Mari Sandoz Nebraska, author (Cheyene Autumn)
1902 Bidu Sayao Niteroi Brazil, soprano (Mimia-La Boh�me)
1903 Charlie Gehringer Detroit Tigers' 2nd baseman (1924-42)
1904 Salvador Dali Spain, surrealist artist (Crucifixion)
1906 Kent Taylor [Louis Weiss], Iowa, actor (Boston Blackie, Rough Riders)
1911 Doodles Weaver LA Calif, comedian
1912 Foster Brooks Louisville Ky, comedian/actor (Miles-Mork & Mindy)
1912 Phil Silvers Bkln NY, comedian (Sgt Bilko-Phil Silvers Show)
1913 Tutti Camarata Glen Ridge NJ, orch leader (Vic Damone Show)
1916 Camilo Jose Cela Spain, author (La Colmena-1951)
1920 Denver Pyle Bethune Colo, actor (Code 3, Tammy, Doris Day Show)
1924 Jackie Milburn English soccer star (Newcastle United)
1924 Ludek Pachman Czech chess Grandmaster
1927 Mort Sahl comedian/political satirist/beatnik (Big Party)
1930 Stanley L Elkin Bkln NY, writer/professor (The Living End)
1933 Louis Farrakhan leader of the black islam nation
1935 Doug McClure Glendale Calif, actor (Checkmate, Virginian, Roots)
1938 Carla Bley musician (Escalator Over the Hill)
1938 Harvey Sollberger Cedar Rapids Ia, flutist/composer (2 Oboes Troping)
1941 Eric Burdon rocker (Animals-House of the Rising Sun)
1943 Les Chadwick bassist (Gerry & the Pacemakers-Ferry Crossed the Mersy)
1943 Nancy Greene Canada, giant slalom (Olympic-gold-1968)
1947 Claude "Butch" Hudson Trucks drummer (Allman Brothers)
1948 Alfred Matt Austria, slalom (Olympic-bronze-1968)
1951 Bill Wall, Raymond, WA, chess player, computer security engineer, humorist
1952 Francis Fischer, actress
1953 Boyd Gaines Atlanta Ga, actor (Mark-One Day at a Time, Sure Thing)
1956 Mark Herndon rock drummer (Alabama-Take Me Down)
1959 Martha Quinn MTV vee-jay/actress (Bradys)
1961 Cecile Licad Manila Philippines, pianist (Leventritt Award-1981)
1961 Diana Lee Seattle Wa, playmate (May, 1988)
1962 Emilio Estevez actor (Breakfast Club, Young Guns)
1963 Natasha Richardson, actress
1963 Tim Rayborn, country singer-musician (The Rayborn brothers)
1964 Katie Wagner model/guest VJ (MTV)
1980 Austin O'Brien, actor
1982 Jonathan Jackson, actor
Deaths which occurred on May 11:
1871 John Herschel cataloguer of southern hemisphere stars, dies at 79
1927 Gen Henry Martyn Robert (Robert's Rules of Order), dies at 90
1960 John D Rockefeller Jr philanthropist, dies at 86
1976 Alvar Aalto architect (Finlandia House), dies at 78
1979 Lester Flatt of Flatt & Scruggs, dies at 64
1981 Bob Marley reggae singer, dies at 36 of brain & lung cancer in Miami
1981 Hoyt J Fuller editor (1st World magazine), dies at 57
1982 Leigh Snowden actress, dies at 51 of cancer
1985 Jorja Curtight actress, dies of a heart attack
On this day...
330 Constantinople founded
1421 Jews are expelled from Styria Austria
1689 Battle of Bantry Bay, French & English naval battle
1751 1st US hospital founded (Pennsylvannia Hospital)
1752 1st US fire insurance policy issued (Philadelphia)
1792 Columbia River discovered & named by US Capt Robert Gray
1812 Waltz introduced into English ballrooms. Most observers consider it
disgusting & immoral. No wonder it caught on!
1816 American Bible Society forms (NY)
1818 Cincinatti Reds Hod Eller no-hits St Louis Cards, 6-0
1833 "Lady-of-the-Lake" strikes iceberg & sinks in N Atlantic; kills 215
1850 A De Gasparis discovers asteroid #11 Parthenope
1850 Work starts on 1st brick building in SF
1858 Minnesota admitted as 32nd US state
1862 Confederates scuttle CSS Virginia off Norfolk, VA
1864 Gen J.E.B. Stuart is mortally wounded at Yellow Tavern
1883 A Borrelly discovers asteroid #233 Asterope
1894 American RR Union strikes Pullman Sleeping Car Co
1897 Wash Senator catcher Charlie Farrell throws out 8 attempted stealers
1902 L Carnera discovers asteroid #486 Cremona
1904 G H Peters discovers asteroid #536 Merapi
1907 Bank of SF incorporated
1910 Glacier National Park in Montana established
1916 Einstein's Theory of General Relativity presented
1917 Britain grants Royal Letters Patent to New Zealand
1918 Exterminator wins Kentucky Derby
1919 Yanks' Jack Quinn & Senators' Walter Johnson, 12 inning 0-0 tie
1923 10 HRs hit in Phillies 20-14 victory over St Louis Cards
1925 Kara-Kalpak Autonomous Region constituted in RSFSR
1926 Airship Norge leaves Spitsbergen for 1st air crossing of Arctic O
1929 1st regularly scheduled TV broadcasts (3 nights per week)
1940 New York World's Fair reopens
1946 1st night game at Boston Braves Field (Giants 5, Braves 1)
1946 First CARE packages arrived in Europe, at Le Havre, France
1947 BF Goodrich manufactures 1st tubeless tire, Akron, Oh
1947 Laos accepts constitution for parliamentary democracy
1949 By a vote of 37-12, Israel becomes 59th member of UN
1949 Siam renames itself Thailand
1951 Jay Forrester patents computer core memory
1951 Botvinnik draws Bronstein to retain world chess title
1953 Tornado kills 114 in Waco Texas ($39M damage)
1959 Elvis Presley's 1st entry on UK charts with "Heartbreak Hotel"
1960 French liner "France" launched
1960 Israeli soldiers capture Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires
1963 LA Dodger Sandy Koufax 2nd no-hitter beats NY Giants, 8-0
1965 1st of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (India)
1965 Bangladesh windstorm kills 17,000
1968 Montreal Canadiens sweep St Louis Blues for the Stanley Cup
1968 Richard Harris releases "MacArthur Park"
1970 Sammy Davis Jr weds Altovise
1972 Boston Bruins beat NY Rangers 4 games to 2 for the Stanley Cup
1972 John Lennon says his phone is tapped by the FBI on Dick Cavett Show
1972 Willie Mays traded to NY Mets
1973 Charges against Daniel Ellsberg dismissed
1974 Steely Dan releases "Rikki Don't Lose that Number"
1975 Flyers 1-Isles 2-Semifinals-Series tied at 3 games
1975 Israel signs an agreement with European Economic Market
1977 Ted Turner manages an Atlanta Braves game
1981 Kim Carnes' "Bette Davis Eyes" hits #1, stay there 9 weeks
1982 Canucks 4-Isles 6-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 2-0 lead
1984 Transit of Earth as seen on Mars
1985 Over 50 die in a fire at a soccer stadium in Bradford, England
1985 Booby trap bomb kills 86 people in India
1985 Madonna's "Crazy For You," single goes #1
Dave Concepcion becomes 4th Cin Red teammate to get 2,000 hits,
the others include Pete Rose, Tony Perez & Cesar Cedeno
1988 Mario Andretti records fastest Indianapolis 500 lap (221.565 mph)
1989 217th & final episode of "Dynasty" is aired
1990 NY Yankees trade Dave Winfield to Angels for Mike Witt
1996 ValuJet crashes into FL everglades, killing all 110 aboard
1997 IBM DEEPER BLUE computer defeats Garry Kasparov in a 6-game match
1998 India set off 3 nuclear devices, its first nuclear test in 24 years
Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
Ancient Rome : Lemuria; a. d. v Id. Maias
Laos : Constitution Day (1947)
Minnesota : Admission Day (1858)
World : International Mother's Day
US : Mother's Day, give her a call today
- - - - - ( Sunday ) Ireland : Feis Ceoil music festival (1897)
- - - - - ( Monday ) US : Native American/Indian Day
- - - - - ( Saturday )
Religious Observances
RC : Commemoration of SS Philip & James the Less, apostles
Religious History
1621 Death of Johann Arndt, 65, German Lutheran theologian. Called the precursor of Pietism, Arndt was the greatest name in the history of German mysticism after Thomas a Kempis.
1682 The General Court of Massachusetts repealed two laws which had been passed two years earlier: one forbade the keeping of Christmas, and the second mandated capital punishment for Quakers who returned to the colony after being banished.
1824 St. Regis Seminary was opened in Florissant, Missouri. It was the first Roman Catholic institution established in America for the higher education of American Indians.
1825 The American Tract Society, the first national tract league in America, was formed in NY City by the merger of 50 smaller societies.
1888 The Woman's Missionary Union, Auxiliary to the Southern Baptist Convention, had its inception in Richmond, Virginia, when delegates from 15 states met to form a general women's organization within the denomination.
