Today in History
May 11
May 11
| 1573 | Henry of Anjou becomes the first elected king of Poland. | |
| 1689 | French and English navies battle at Bantry Bay. | |
| 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. | |
| 1745 | French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army at Fontenoy. | |
| 1792 | The Columbia River is discovered by Captain Robert Gray. | |
| 1812 | British prime Minster Spencer Perceval is shot by a bankrupt banker in the lobby of the House of Commons. | |
| 1857 | Indian mutineers seize Delhi. | |
| 1858 | Minnesota is admitted as the 32nd U.S. state. | |
| 1860 | Giuseppe Garibaldi lands at Marsala, Sicily. | |
| 1862 | Confederates scuttle the CSS Virginia off Norfolk, Virginia. | |
| 1864 | Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart is mortally wounded at Yellow Tavern. | |
| 1960 | Israeli soldiers capture Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires. | |
| 1967 | The siege of Khe Sanh ends, the base is still in American hands. | |
Born on May 11 | ||
| 1885 | "King" Joseph Oliver, jazz cornetist and bandleader. | |
| 1888 | Irving Berlin, composer, writer of over 1,500 songs. | |
| 1894 | Mari Sandoz, writer and biographer (Crazy Horse). | |
| 1895 | William Grant Still, American composer and conductor. | |
| 1904 | Salvador Dali, surrealist painter. | |
| 1912 | Phil Silvers, comedian and actor. | |
| 1918 | Richard Feynman, theoretical physicist. | |
| 1930 | Stanley Elkin, author (George Mills). | |
| 1933 | Louis Farrakhan, American religious leader. | |
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