This Day In History

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May 11th

1858
Minnesota became the 32nd state in the United States.

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.

1924
Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging the two companies.

1928
In Schenectady, NY, General Electric opened their first TV station.

1947
The B.F. Goodrich Co. of Akron, Ohio, announced the development of a tubeless tire.

1949
Siam changed its name to Thailand.

1960
Israeli agents captured Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Argentina.

1976
ABC aired the last episode of "Marcus Welby, MD."

1981
Reggae performer Bob Marley died of cancer in Miami at the age of 36.

1983
The final episode of "Quincy, M.E." aired on NBC.

1989
The final episode of "Dynasty" aired.

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.

2003
Rafael Palmeiro (Texas Rangers) hit his 500th career home run to become only the 19th player in baseball history to reach the mark.

Birthdays
82 Mort Sahl Comedian
68 Eric Burdon Rock singer (The Animals)
57 Shohreh Aghdashloo Actress
57 Frances Fisher Actress
57 Mike Lupica Sports journalist
56 Boyd Gaines Actor
54 Mark Herndon Country musician (Alabama)
50 Martha Quinn Former MTV VJ
46 Tim Raybon Country musician (The Raybon Brothers)
41 Jeffrey Donovan Actor
41 Keith West Country musician (Heartland)
35 Billy Kidman Professional wrestler
34 Coby Bell Actor ("Third Watch")
31 Perttu Kivilaakso Rock musician (Apocalyptica)
27 Jonathan Jackson Actor
23 atquick Cigar Asylum Inmate
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84 Salvador Dali 5/11/1904 - 1/23/1989 Spanish Surrealist painter and printmaker