Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
Today in History
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. | |
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| 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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