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May 11 in recent years ... American journalist and politician, 26th United States Vice President (d. 1918) [43] ... Historical Events on May 11
Events. 1792 – Captain Robert Gray becomes the first documented white person to sail into the Columbia River. 1841 – Lt. Charles Wilkes lands at Fort Nisqually in Puget Sound. 1858 – Minnesota is admitted as the 32nd U.S. state. 1862 – American Civil War: The ironclad CSS Virginia is scuttled in the James River northwest of Norfolk ...
January 5 – John Mason Loomis, lumber tycoon, Union militia colonel in the American Civil War and philanthropist (died 1900) January 11 Clement V. Rogers, Cherokee politician and father of Will Rogers (died 1911) Bayard Taylor, poet and travel writer (died 1878) January 25 – George Pickett, Confederate general in the American Civil War ...
Ralph Boston, American Olympic athlete (d. 2023) May 11 – Milt Pappas, American baseball player (d. 2016) May 12 – Ron Ziegler, White House Press Secretary (d. 2003) May 13 – Harvey Keitel, American actor; May 15 – Barbara Hammer, American filmmaker (d. 2019) May 19. Sonny Fortune, American jazz musician (d. 2018) Nancy Kwan, American ...
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May 9 – L. Ron Hubbard publishes Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. May 11 – The Kefauver Committee hearings into U.S. organized crime begin. May 14 – The Huntsville Times runs the headline, "Dr. von Braun Says Rocket Flights Possible to Moon". May 25 The Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel is formally opened to traffic in New York City.
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Disasters 2011 Lorca earthquake: At least ten people are killed and dozens injured in the Spanish city of Lorca following a 5.3 magnitude earthquake. (AP via MSNBC) (Daily Mail) (BBC) Tokyo Electric Power Company will accept involvement from the Government of Japan and will not cap compensation payments resulting from the Fukushima I nuclear accidents. (Wall Street Journal) International ...